Air France’s French unit is predicting that 25% of its flights will be cancelled Monday, on the 10th day of a strike by staff over pay. In a statement on Sunday, the airline company said 65% of its long-haul and medium-haul flights will be carried out from the Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris. Eight-five percent of short-haul flights will be guaranteed from the Parisian airport of Orly and other regional airports in France, it added. About 28% of the company’s pilots are expected to strike. One flight attendant in five is expected to walk out. The first round of the strike took place in February. Air France on Friday launched a new consultation period with staff members to try to end the dispute that has so far cost it E220m. CE Jean-Marc Janaillac said it would be hard for him to stay in his post if the talks failed.<br/>
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Add Korean Air Lines to the country’s family-run conglomerates that are seeing the founding clan’s representation diluted. This time, Hanjin Chairman Cho Yang-ho pushed out his youngest daughter after allegations she threw water in the face of an advertising agency worker during a business meeting. For good measure, he also fired his eldest daughter who four years ago spent five months in jail after the so-called nut rage incident. The executive had forced a plane to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York because of the way she’d been served her macadamia nuts. Cho Yang-ho, also chairman of Korean Air, said Sunday he will promote professional business managers to replace the airline’s Senior VP Emily Cho, his youngest daughter, and Heather Cho, president of the Kal Hotel Network. The chairman announced the changes days after South Korean police had searched Korean Air headquarters following reports of the “water rage” incident.<br/>
Authorities say a woman was arrested after she disrupted a flight from London to Salt Lake City and attacked a federal air marshal. Documents filed in US District Court in Utah allege that 45-year-old Sarah Beach threw coffee on passengers, overturned a drink cart and ran up and down the aisle before she was seated next to an air marshal on the Thursday's Delta flight. Prosecutors say she later grabbed an air marshal's head and neck before she was handcuffed in a seat. Beach also uses the name Sarah Cullum. She is identified as a US citizen living in London. She was expected to have a lawyer appointed to represent her Friday during a court hearing on a misdemeanor assault charge.<br/>
US customs charged a Delta passenger US$500 for an apple the airline gave out as a free snack on a flight from France. Crystal Tadlock was given an apple sealed in a wrapper on her flight from Paris on Wednesday. She was not hungry at the time and figured it would be a good snack for her second leg back to Denver, she told a local media station in Colorado. Tadlock likely passed by numerous signs and alerts from customs warning of items that must be declared at her port of entry in Minneapolis. This includes fresh fruit, Customs and Border Patrol says. A random search brought Tadlock in contact with a customs agent who found the contraband apple. “He had asked me if my trip to France was expensive and I said, ‘yeah.’ I didn’t really get why he was asking that question, and then he said ‘It’s about to get a lot more expensive after I charge you US$500,’” Tadlock said. She was then issued a US$500 citation and had her global entry status revoked, she said. The status is earned through a screening process and allows expedited clearance for international travellers.<br/>
Garuda Indonesia's shareholders have approved a planned a $750m global bond issuance. The approval was granted during its 19 April during a joint annual and extraordinary general meeting, which was required as the issuance represents nearly 80% of its equity. Earlier statements from the SkyTeam carrier say that it will issue issue bonds with a five-year tenure. Proceeds will be used to refinance short and long-term debt, as well as to fund its operations. ANZ Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi-UFJ, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered have been appointed joint lead managers of the planned transaction. Separately, Garuda has appointed Triyanto Moeharsono as its operations director, replacing director of production Puji Nur Handayani.<br/>