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Qantas has denied it is banning alcohol, perfumes and other liquids bought at airport duty-free shops in Manila following a report in News Corp papers Sunday. However the airline confirmed it is doing its own bag searches and beefing up security over concerns Islamic State militants may carry out an airborne terrorist attack. The move follows an insurgency in the Philippines by foreign-led jihadists who since May 23 have occupied the city of Marawi in the country's south. A Qantas spokesman said there is no change to the standard inbound restrictions enforced by the Australian govt that ban liquids, gels and aerosols over 100 millilitres. The airline has started its own mandatory searches of passengers' carry-on bags at the Manila departure boarding gate to enforce the standard restrictions. <br/>

Three US airlines have agreed to each pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines to resolve govt claims that they violated rules aimed at protecting consumers. The DoT detailed the violations and the fines levied against American Airlines Group, Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines in documents released Friday. The govt fined American Airlines US$250,000 after determining that the air carrier failed to make timely refunds to passengers in the first half of 2015. Delta agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve the govt's finding that the airline underreported the number of mishandled baggage complaints it received from passengers. The probe also found that Frontier failed to provide disabled passengers with wheelchair assistance as needed to board or exit aircraft and get around the terminal. <br/>