Hundreds of Korean Air Lines employees plan to stage another rally this weekend against the founding family members accused of abuses and assaults on company staff, the organising group announced Thursday. The rally Saturday will in front of Seoul Station, the group said. Other workers from its affiliated companies and citizens may also join the protest. It is the second rally by the company staff and a rare movement by employees of a family-controlled conglomerate in Korea standing up against their own boss and his family. Last Friday, people wearing Guy Fawkes masks and Korean Air pilot uniforms, to hide their identities, filled the main stairway of the Sejong Center for Performing Arts, condemning the two women's alleged constant abusing of staff and demanding they withdraw from management. <br/>
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Air France likes to present itself as a cut above other European airlines. The company’s strategy is to justify its high ticket prices by offering a premium service. But facing intransigent unions at home and competition from abroad, the airline’s financial fizz is rapidly going flat. Air France’s trade unions are demanding an immediate pay rise of 5.1%. That looks bearable set against profits of E1.5b (US$1.8b) last year. But a decent-looking performance in 2017 owed much to low oil prices. Its finances are weakening fast. The company has warned of a big drop in profits this year. A series of 14 one-day strikes has already cost Air France at least E300m in recent weeks. Rising fuel costs, only half of which are hedged, and a squeeze on fares caused by airline overcapacity in Europe threaten to plunge Air France into the red sooner than its peers. <br/>