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Air France said Friday it had reached a pay agreement for 2019 with unions representing ground staff, as it seeks to move on from labor disputes which weighed on its results last year. The deal will provide for pay increases of 1.8%, as well as money to finance individual bonuses and measures to make the payment of overtime easier, Air France said. The airline was hit by a series of costly strikes in 2018, which led to the departure of chief executive Jean-Marc Janaillac in May and his replacement by former Air Canada executive Ben Smith. On Thursday Air France announced the signing of a new agreement with cabin crew. “Together with yesterday’s signing of the agreement with Air France cabin crew, this is proof of our dedication to re-establishing trust with all Air France employees,” Smith said. <br/>

A traveller carrying a firearm boarded a flight from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and flew to Tokyo Narita International Airport on January 3, according to a statement from the TSA. "TSA has determined standard procedures were not followed and a passenger did in fact pass through a standard screening TSA checkpoint with a firearm at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the morning of January 3," the release states. Delta also issued a statement to CNN, saying that "upon the customer's disclosure, the airline reported the incident to the TSA." The security breach came two weeks into the government shutdown, during which TSA agents have been required to work but have not received paychecks. However, the TSA dismissed suggestions the government shutdown contributed to the security lapse and said a normal amount of staffers were working that day.<br/>