Air Botswana is seeking bids for an ATR 42-500, having previously offered the turboprop for sale in 2022. The African carrier identifies the aircraft as MSN 507 and says it is selling it and associated inventory on an "as is, where is basis". Fleets data records the 1996-vintage turboprop as being retired. It was first owned and operated by Continental Airlines before being leased to Air Botswana by ATR in 2000 and then sold to the African carrier in 2003. Sealed bids for purchase need to be submitted by 25 April.

The Irish High Court has ruled that the suspension of a 32 million per-year passenger cap on Dublin airport should extend beyond the current summer season. In a judicial review brought by several airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair plus several US carriers via the Airlines for America association, the court imposed an interim injunction until the results from a legal challenge on the issue, which has been referred to the courts on a European level, is concluded. A previous ruling blocked the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) from implementing the cap until the legal process is concluded. The IAA said that it would take the passenger cap into account when deciding its slot allocation for the winter season. Ryanair, notably, argued during the challenge that it believes Dublin airport can accommodate many more passengers than it does currently. Responding positively to the ruling, the airline said that it would be enabled to add new routes and grow traffic at Dublin and called on the Irish government to scrap the cap entirely. "Irish airports must be treated as strategically important infrastructure and should be removed from the local planning process," says Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary. "Dublin airport has opened a second runway, but the airlines can’t use it because of this illegal, 18-year-old, traffic cap. We should not have to waste time and money, going to the courts to do the government's work."

IATA’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) registry has gone live with more than 30 airlines, industry bodies, manufacturers and fuel producers having signed up to use the system, which aims to accelerate the sector’s transition away from fossil fuels. The SAF registry is being maintained and operated by the Civil Aviation Decarbonisation Organisation (CADO) – a Montreal-headquartered not-for-profit group created last month by IATA to run the system. IATA announced plans to establish the registry during its AGM in Dubai in June 2024, where it set out its objectives to enable airlines to accurately account for and report their emissions reductions from SAF. The global registry records SAF transactions transparently, the idea being that participating airlines’ emissions reductions can be tracked to show compliance with regulatory obligations and avoid double counting. IATA says the system will also help tackle the challenge of SAF supply scarcity by connecting airlines with SAF producers, regardless of where they are located. “In releasing the SAF registry to CADO for launch, we have put in place a critical platform for the benefit of all stakeholders,” states IATA senior vice-president sustainability and chief economist Marie Owens. “The registry will record the environmental attributes of SAF purchases in an immutable way, safeguarding against double counting.” While the registry is a “momentous” development, Owens cautions that it “cannot produce miracles on its own”. Government support is needed to ramp up the global production of renewable energy, including SAF. Participation in the registry will be free until April 2027, after which it will be operated “on a cost-recovery basis”, says IATA.