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A new white paper argues that security screening alone cannot catch the lithium batteries, e-cigarettes and other hazardous items entering the air cargo supply chain undeclared. IATA has called for stronger, collaborative action across the air cargo supply chain to counter the risk from undeclared and mis-declared dangerous goods, arguing in a new white paper, […]
The supplemental order, signed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, adds 737-8 and 787-10 aircraft to the flag carrier’s existing Boeing fleet. Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered 11 more Boeing jets, a supplemental agreement signed on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and celebrated by government leaders including Bangladesh’s Minister of
BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES ORDERS 11 MORE BOEING JETS TO EXPAND FLEETRead More »
The agency alleges the New York and Georgia operator kept flying for compensation after surrendering its air carrier certificate and losing its required management personnel. The FAA is proposing a civil penalty of 260,868 dollars against ExcelAire, LLC, of New York and Georgia, alleging the company conducted unauthorised charter operations. According to the FAA, ExcelAire’s
FAA PROPOSES $260,868 FINE AGAINST EXCELAIRE FOR ALLEGED UNAUTHORISED CHARTER FLIGHTSRead More »
The new system will replace technology that has run the airline’s reservations, ticketing, inventory and check-in for more than two decades. Kenya Airways has selected travel technology company Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) to implement a new retailing platform that will become the operational and commercial backbone of the airline, supporting reservations, ticketing, inventory management and airport
KENYA AIRWAYS SELECTS SABRE TO MODERNISE RESERVATIONS AND RETAILING PLATFORMRead More »
AirAsia has resumed services to and from Jakarta after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport reopened following a closure caused by ash clouds from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, though two flights on 8 September remain cancelled. JAKARTA HUB REOPENS AFTER VOLCANIC ASH CLOSURE The continuing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait forced
AIRASIA RESUMES JAKARTA FLIGHTS AFTER MOUNT ANAK KRAKATAU ASH CLOUD CLOSES CGKRead More »
A Jetstar A320 touched down at Western Sydney International on Tuesday 1 September, testing ground operations eight weeks before the carrier becomes the first airline to fly passengers from the new airport. TRIAL RUN TESTS GROUND OPERATIONS AHEAD OF OCTOBER OPENING A Jetstar A320 touched down at Western Sydney International, known as Nancy-Bird Walton
JETSTAR COMPLETES TRIAL FLIGHT INTO WESTERN SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL AHEAD OF OCTOBER LAUNCHRead More »
SAS has confirmed that operational and practical preparations are complete for its nonstop Copenhagen–Mumbai service, opening on 1 October 2026 with five weekly Airbus A330 flights. The route marks the airline’s return to India after a 17-year absence and comes in the year it marks 80 years of international operations. A ROUTE REINSTATED, NOT LAUNCHED
Globe Air Cargo Türkiye has represented EGYPTAIR since 2016, during which the Egyptian flag carrier has moved from a purely belly cargo presence to operating two weekly Airbus A330 freighters alongside its scheduled services, and into the top ten carriers serving the Turkish market. WHAT A GENERAL SALES AND SERVICE AGENT ACTUALLY DOES Globe
TAAG Angola Airlines has completed a specialised live animal movement carrying two adult lions, each weighing approximately 200 kilograms, from Johannesburg to Lagos through Dr António Agostinho Neto International Airport in Luanda. This is an operation that the carrier presents as evidence of both its cargo capability and Luanda’s emerging role as a transit point
Air New Zealand and Air Chathams have expanded their interline partnership so that passengers travelling to and from the Chatham Islands can book one journey connecting to the national network, with baggage checked through. Whanganui joins at the same time, and the change coincides with the opening of a new terminal on the islands. THROUGH-TICKETING
THE CHATHAM ISLANDS GAIN A SINGLE TICKET TO THE NEW ZEALAND MAINLAND FOR THE FIRST TIMERead More »
