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CAPAS set for May return

: MICE News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

The Chengdu International Trade Fair for Automotive Parts and Aftermarket Services (CAPAS) will take place 18-20 May 2023 at the Chengdu Century City New International Exhibition & Convention Center, China.

FAA schedules safety summit

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a safety summit 10:30 a.m. March 15 regarding a number of recent airplane incidents - and aviation attorney Robert Clifford is calling for a focus on the Bombardier Challenger jet.

Five more airports join the ACI’s Roll of Excellence

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

ACI World has named the latest inductees into its director general’s Roll of Excellence, five airports that have won multiple awards over a five-year period in the last 10 years as part of the ASQ program:

Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport (Bali, Indonesia), Helsinki Airport (Helsinki, Finland), Guanacaste Airport (Liberia, Costa Rica), Tallinn Airport (Tallinn, Estonia) and Quito International Airport (Quito, Ecuador).

Flair loses four planes in 'commercial dispute'

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Canada's Flair Airlines says four of its leased planes were seized on the weekend in what the airline said was a 'commercial dispute' with a New York-based hedge fund.

Australian authorities in drugs haul

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Over a nine-month period since May 2022, Australia Post and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) say they have intercepted more than half a ton of illicit drugs sent by mail to the Australian state of Queensland.

Qantas Regional Grants are back

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Australia's Qantas has reopened its Regional Grants program, which provides A$10 million over five years to support Australia-based not-for-profit community groups and projects that benefit the country's regional areas.

AirAsia puts 10 million seats on sale

: BTN News; Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Malaysia-based AirAsia has launched a sale with 10 million discounted seats in Asia and Australasia to destinations world wide.

Southwest playing music during boarding/deplaning

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

USA-based Southwest has been seeking ways to fix 'choke points' in the boarding/deplaning process and for both, the jetway tends to be slow.

Virgin Australia launches Velocity bonuses

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

Virgin Australia is offering 2,000 bonus Velocity points per flight (4,000 per return ticket purchase) for members flying to the six international destinations it flies to using its B737 metal.

United welcomes first flight academy graduates

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

USA-based United Airlines says the first graduates from its Aviate (flight) Academy comprised 80 per cent women or minorities.

Spain extends free rail ticket program

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

Spanish authorities are extending a free rail ticket scheme offered in conjunction with train operator Renfe until December this year.

Verra to scrap rainforest offsets program

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

Verra, the carbon credit certifier used by Disney, Shell and other big corporations for climate claims, is to scrap its rainforest offsets program after investigators found it was flawed.

UK's HS2 goes off the rails

: BTN News; Monday, 13 March 2023

Because costs have soared by billions of pounds, the UK's proposed and expensive high speed rail project HS2 to connect London with the north will be delayed by years and major road building schemes will be mothballed, government ministers say.