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Air France said on Tuesday it had raised its pay offer to unions in a bid to end strikes that have already cost the airline E170m. The carrier, which is part of Air France-KLM, doubled the 1% immediate pay increase previously offered to unions and proposed talks on a deal for the 2019-21 period in response to their demands for a 6% wage hike. Air France is facing a seventh day of strikes on Wednesday in a six-week campaign that has coincided with rolling nationwide rail strikes, as SNCF workers protest against plans to reform the state-owned railway.<br/>

Korean Air said Tuesday one of its passenger jets hit its tail on the runway while landing at a Japanese airport, although no there were no injuries and no damage to the plane. On Monday morning at Kansai International Airport, the tail section of the carrier's B737-900 jet made contact with the runway just as it touched down, causing the pilots to take off again. The plane circled the airport once before making a landing with no further incident, the company said. A total of 91 crew members and passengers were on board and the Japanese authorities sent officials to look into what caused the strike, it said. The transport ministry said it plans to investigate the incident by checking the findings of the Japanese authorities.<br/>