Air France-KLM board member Anne-Marie Couderc will be appointed as non-executive chairwoman of the Franco-Dutch airline company for several months, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Monday. Couderc, 68, will be appointed on Tuesday, Le Figaro reported, citing sources. A former top executive at Lagardere’s publishing company Hachette, she joined Air France-KLM’s board in May 2016. She was elected deputy in 1993 and headed the ministry for employment and social affairs between 1995 and 1997. Air France-KLM has to renew its governance following the resignation of CEO and chairman Jean-Marc Janaillac. He left the company after staff rejected a pay deal aimed at ending a wave of strikes at its French brand. Air France’s boss Franck Terner and his counterpart at KLM, Pieter Elbers, will continue to oversee the company’s operations, as will CFO Frederic Gagey, the paper reported.<br/>
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Air France-KLM’s board meets Tuesday morning to appoint an interim chief executive for the Franco-Dutch airline who will have to tackle French unions emboldened after the departure of previous boss Jean-Marc Janaillac. Janaillac, who announced his resignation on May 4 after French staff voted against a pay proposal, has been asked to remain on until after the end of Tuesday’s annual shareholder meeting, which starts at 1230 GMT.<br/>
A chief flight purser with Korean Air Lines was booked without physical detention on allegations of slapping a security officer at a pre-screening checkpoint, Gimpo Airport police said Monday. The 52-year-old flight purser is accused of violating the Aviation Security Act, authorities said. The purser slapped the security guard at the west side of the third floor domestic terminal pre-screening checkpoint at approximately 10:39 a.m. Sunday, police said. In order to speed up airline boarding and reduce gate congestion on the west side, the security officer reportedly informed all passengers to make use of the security checkpoints on the east side. The purser reportedly refused, took a picture of the security officer’s identification card and then slapped him across the face with an open palm. Police plan to refer the case to the prosecution this week. <br/>