Egypt has barred the passage, takeoff and landing of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the civil aviation ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The US Federal Aviation Administration says it doesn't have sufficient data to order the grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX 8 aircraft that has been involved in two crashes and which has been grounded by 41 other countries this week, but US media reports say pilots of at least two of the Boeing planes reported problems last year.

More countries join in grounding jet model, US politicians call on FAA to follow suit

Etihad Airways Engineering, the largest independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider in the Middle East, has announced the addition of Airbus A350 maintenance capabilities to its extensive inhouse portfolio.

Cargo iQ has successfully trialled a new Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Solution to provide vastly improved planning and control options to small and medium sized forwarders who work with member airlines on a small-scale, or regional basis.

Airbus has delivered the first *FANS-C equipped A320 aircraft to easyJet. In the frame of Europe's SESAR Air Traffic Management (ATM) research programme, this aircraft - and others to follow - will take part in the Airbus-led project: "Demonstration of air traffic management improvements Generated by 4D Initial Trajectory Information Sharing" (DIGITS) which will demonstrate the sharing of an aircraft's predicted trajectory data with air traffic control (ATC).

PayCargo LLC which operates a patented web-based payment platform serving the freight and logistics industry, announced an agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world's airlines, to jointly offer the Air Cargo Industry an advanced and efficient payment and settlement system: The IATA-PayCargo System.

Jettainer, the leading international service partner for outsourced ULD management, is sending a visual container around the world for the 60th anniversary of the air freight container. The journey starts on 7 March in Frankfurt and will first take it to Singapore, where the IATA World Cargo Symposium is taking place next week. There, the Jettainer celebrations will continue with a second anniversary: the 15th anniversary of Jettainer.

The Council of ICAO, during its 216th Session, has made another set of important decisions toward the timely implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, announced four new partnerships in its Beyond NDC program today. Corporate travel management leaders Travel and Transport and Reed & Mackay join AERTiCKET, Europe's largest independent airline ticket consolidator, in this latest development for the rapidly growing program.