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The wing of a United Airlines flight clipped the tail of a Delta plane Friday evening at a Boston airport, federal aviation officials said. The incident happened around 7:20 pm at Boston Logan International Airport when the United plane was taxing to a holding pad at the airport and clipped the tail of a Delta flight, the FAA said. No injuries were reported. Alex Wilson, who said he was aboard the Delta flight waiting to take off, told CNN he felt the plane rock back and forth for a few seconds. “[It] wasn’t immediately clear what caused this, although it felt like a brief earthquake,” he told CNN. A few minutes later, Wilson said he noticed emergency vehicles outside his plane. Shortly after, the pilot came on the intercom to inform the passengers that another plane struck their back tail. Video that Wilson recorded from inside the plane shows several emergency trucks and personnel by the aircraft. In another video, the United Airlines plane, which was bound for Newark, is seen getting towed. Wilson said his Delta flight, which was headed to Detroit, eventually got towed back to its original gate. “The winglet of a United aircraft clipped the tail of another aircraft at Boston Logan International Airport,” United said in a statement. “Customers on the United aircraft deplaned normally at the gate, and we will rebook them onto other flights.” Meanwhile, Delta apologized for the delays to customers. “The aircraft came into contact with another aircraft while awaiting takeoff clearance on the Logan airfield,” Delta Air Lines said in a statement to CNN. “Delta teams are working to get customers to their final destinations tonight, and we apologize for the delay.”<br/>

United Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines to power the 70 Airbus A321neo and 50 A321XLR aircraft it has on order. Deliveries of the high-capacity narrowbodies are scheduled to begin later this year. In total, P&W engines – or those provided by companies in which it has a controlling share – power more than 250 United aircraft, including International Aero Engines V2500-equipped A320ceos and PW4000-powered Boeing 777s and 767s. “GTF engines will enable United to get the most out of their A321neo and A321XLR aircraft, delivering industry-leading payload, range and environmental performance for those aircraft types,” says Rick Deurloo, P&W president of commercial engines.<br/>

Lufthansa has submitted a new offer to the pilots of core brand Lufthansa Airlines and the cargo subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo in an ongoing wage dispute, a spokesperson for the German flagship carrier said on Friday. With the offer, wage negotiations have begun in earnest, said a spokesperson from the pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC). Exploratory talks had been dragging on for some time, so the VC had asked for a concrete offer at the beginning of June. The offer comes days before a truce period on strikes runs out on June 30, threatening to disrupt the busy summer season if no agreement is found for the more than 5,000 cockpit employees. According to a report in the German daily Handelsblatt on Friday, combined with wage increases that were already paid last September, the revised offer amounts to a salary increase of 18.5%, which would be paid over several years until 2025. In a letter seen by Reuters on Friday, the collective bargaining committee said essential elements from the list of demands were still missing from the offer in a first assessment.<br/>

Polish flag-carrier LOT has been appointed Michal Fijol as the new president and CE of the airline. LOT has confirmed Fijol’s appointment to the top role and adds that CFO Pawel Rozkrut is leaving his post. Fijol has been serving as the carrier’s chief commercial officer for the past seven years. His career has included working with a number of international media companies, among them Axel Springer, Ringier and Aufeminin. Fijol has been with LOT since early 2016, when he took up a post in the commercial affairs division. He says the LOT is an “extremely professional and passionate” company, and that its personnel will bring “nothing but good results, and strengthen the position of the national carrier” in Polish and international markets.<br/>

Korean Air needs to address global antitrust regulators' monopoly concerns over the South Korean national flag carrier's planned merger with its smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines, the transport minister has said. In 2021, Korean Air submitted documents to antitrust regulators in 14 countries for the review of its integration with Asiana Airlines. The company has received approval from 11 countries, including Britain, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Turkey and China, and is awaiting a decision from Japan, the United States and the European Union. Last month, the EC informed Korean Air of its preliminary review, in which it stated that its proposed acquisition of Asiana may restrict competition in the markets for passenger and cargo air transport services between the EU and South Korea. A US report said the Department of Justice was considering suing to block the two carriers' combination due to the same competition reasons. Korean Air said the DOJ has not made any official decision on the combination. "To help global regulators wrap up their reviews of the planned merger as quickly as possible, Korean Air needs to responsibly come up with measures to resolve the (regulators') monopoly worries," Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Won Hee-ryong said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Friday. On the government side, it has explained its efforts to prevent merged companies from wielding monopoly power in the markets to overseas regulators, the minister said.<br/>

Singapore Airlines Friday refuted a media report saying it may raise its stake in Air India from the 25.1% which it secured as part of the Tata Group's Vistara merger to create a bigger full-service India's national carrier. Singapore's state carrier's statement was in response to a report by Indian newspaper Mint, which said the carrier had expressed its desire to gradually raise its stake in the Indian airline to about 40%. "The Mint story dated 16 June 2023 is incorrect. There (is) no change in SIA's position from the November 2022 announcement," Singapore Airlines said. The media report, citing three people familiar with the development, stated Singapore Airlines and the Tata Group have had initial talks regarding the potential increase in stake, in response to a request from a Singapore-based airline. Air India did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<br/>