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Silk Way West awarded CEIV Lithium Batteries certificate

Silk Way West Airlines has been recognised as an IATA CEIV Lithium Batteries certified airline.

CEIV Lithium Batteries is a global standard developed by IATA to ensure the safe and secure handling of lithium batteries throughout the supply chain, providing standardisation and uniformity in the scope, depth and quality of assessments.

The certificate recognises that Silk Way West has implemented robust processes and best practices to mitigate relevant risks and comply with stringent requirements.

Darko Vucic, Vice President, Corporate Quality Assurance and Quality Control, QMS of Silk Way West Airlines, says, “We upgraded our knowledge of IATA’s DGR manual, implementing the latest standards and best practices related to the safe transport and handling of lithium batteries with further improvement of our safety performance by developing safety risk assessments specific to lithium batteries. The benefit for us, besides procedural improvements regarding the transport of lithium batteries, is to ensure that we continue to maintain the highest applicable.”