The change comes as the airline prepares to bring a freight aircraft into service.

The explosives were in printer cartridges being transported by freight aircraft from Yemen to the US.

A Boeing 727 Dublin-to-Liverpool freight aircraft, carrying five crewmen, caught fire as it approached the airport at Speke, Liverpool, last night.

Last week, Azul announced it has leased two Boeing Co BA.N freight aircraft "to support the rapid growth of its cargo business unit."

Guernsey - Two people were killed last night when a freight aircraft crashed and burst into flames as it came into land at Guernsey Airport.