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Korean Air suspended the youngest daughter of its chairman, a sister of the infamous “nut rage” heiress, from her duties on Monday pending a police investigation of complaints she threw a cup of water at someone. Cho Hyun-min, a senior VP, faced pressure from the airline’s unions to step down after media reports she threw water into the face of an advertising agency manager, sparking a public backlash. “Korean Air has excluded senior vice president Cho Hyun-min from work and suspended her from duties as of April 16 until the outcome of the police investigation,” the airline said. Cho, also known as Emily Cho, apologised on Thursday for what she called her “foolish behaviour”. Cho, speaking to TV channel MBC after she cut short a vacation overseas and arrived in back home on Sunday, denied she had thrown a cup of water at the manager’s face but said she had “pushed” it. She said her action was “foolish”.<br/>

Air France said Monday it had proposed a final pay offer to unions in a bid to end costly strikes. The airline said it was offering an additional pay increase of 1% for 2018, taking the overall increase to 2%. For 2019, 2020 and 2021 Air France said it was offering a general wage increase of 5%, equivalent to 1.65% per year. The airline said the estimated cost of the strikes, including action planned for April 17 and 18, was E220m. The pay offer is open up until April 20 at midday local time, Air France added.<br/>