The chairman of China Southern Airlines, Si Xianmin, is being investigated for “severe violations of discipline,” according to a statement from Chinese corruption monitoring agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

266 firearms were discovered at US airports in October 2015, up 33.3% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for October 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).

Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) could deliver up to 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) to Iran if sanctions against the country are lifted.

Lufthansa has canceled 929 out of 3,000 flights on the third day of a week-long cabin crew strike over pay, retirement benefits and working conditions.

Emirates has started a review of security measures at airports throughout the Middle East, Western Asia and Africa as a consequence of the Oct. 31 crash of a Metrojet Airbus A321 in Egypt.

Passengers on Air Arabia and those passing through Sharjah International Airport are getting additional protection against disease.

Egypt’s Accident Investigation Committee has said its initial observation of the aircraft wreckage from the Oct. 31 Metrojet Airbus A321 crash “does not yet allow for identifying the origin of the inflight breakup.”

World air freight volumes grew marginally in September, rising 1% year-over-year, according to IATA’s Air Freight Market Analysis.