Latest Aviation Headlines
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Southwest Airlines, Archer Aviation to Develop Plans for Flying Air Taxis in California
Jul 19 2024 // Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks at California airports where the Texas-based airline operates. The companies said they have...
Justice Department to Charge Boeing, Seeks Guilty Plea From Planemaker
Jul 2 2024 // The US Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing has...
People Moves: Sompo Taps AXA XL’s Murley as Head of UK Distribution, Insurance; Howden’s Aviation Announces 4 Senior Hires
Jun 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Howden Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Taps AXA XL’s Murley as Head of UK Distribution,...
US Prosecutors Recommend DOJ Criminally Charge Boeing as Deadline Looms
Jun 24 2024 // U.S. prosecutors are recommending to senior Justice Department officials that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the planemaker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar...
Details of Aviation Lessor Settlements With Russia Over Trapped Planes
Jun 21 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have struck settlements with Russia totalling around $2.7 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
Singapore Airlines Offers Compensation for Flight Hit by Turbulence
Jun 11 2024 // Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the carrier said on Tuesday. Passengers...
UK Court Decides Aircraft Disputes to Be Heard in Ukraine, Not London
Jun 7 2024 // A legal battle between insurers and aircraft leasing companies over jets stuck in Ukraine should be heard in Ukraine rather than London, the High Court in London ruled on Thursday. Aircraft lessors, including...
Student Pilot’s Solo Cross-Country Flight Crashed In Connecticut Campground
Jun 7 2024 // PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) — A student pilot was attempting a solo cross-country flight before crashing into a Connecticut campground, according to a federal aviation report released Tuesday. The 1968, fixed-wing,...
Southwest Airlines in Court Over Firing of Flight Attendant With Anti-Abortion Views
Jun 5 2024 // Whether a flight attendant was fired for her religious beliefs or for improper conduct when she sent graphic anti-abortion material and disparaging messages to a union leader was at the heart of appeals court arguments...
American Airlines Sued for Removing Black Passengers From Flight
Jun 3 2024 // American Airlines was accused in a lawsuit on May 29 of race discrimination for temporarily removing three Black men from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to New York City. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn,...
Cabin Pressure: A Firsthand Examination of the Realities of Airline Worker Risks
Jun 3 2024 // For airline passengers and workers alike, it feels like trouble is lurking behind every cloud of late. Frightening scenes of a door plug flying off an airplane mid-flight have dominated news coverage. Clips of collisions...
Insurers Off the Hook in O’Hare International Airport Construction Dispute
Jun 3 2024 // Cracked steel columns are not “property damage,” but are building products that are not covered by a contractor’s general liability policy, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in an opinion that...
Flight Attendants Accuse Jacksonville Jags Kicker of Sexual Assault on Plane
May 31 2024 // Two unnamed flight attendants have filed suit against the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and former placekicker Brandon McManus, accusing him of sexual assault during an 8-hour flight to London last fall. The women,...
Boeing Pays Millions in Wages After in Washington Investigation
May 31 2024 // A Washington wage complaint investigation resulted in The Boeing Co. paying $11.5 million in unpaid wages to nearly 500 workers. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries reports receiving four complaints...
People Moves: Specialist Aviation MGA Itasca Names John as CEO, Succeeding Zolotusky; DUAL Group Appoints Allianz’s Sayce as Group Head of Emerging Products
May 29 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at aviation specialist Itasca MGA Ltd. and DUAL Group, Howden’s MGA subsidiary. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialist Aviation MGA...
Families of Marines Killed in California Osprey Crash Sue Boeing, Bell, Rolls Royce
May 28 2024 // Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the aircraft’s manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that...
Airbus Tests Electric Truck With Airliner Cockpit to Study Safer Taxiing
May 24 2024 // Airbus is showing off an unusual vehicle – a truck fitted with basic A350 airliner controls – that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports safer as concern grows over a spate of...
Allianz Is Lead Insurer for Singapore Airlines Incident: Sources
May 24 2024 // Allianz is the lead insurer for the Singapore Airlines aircraft which left one person dead and scores injured after it hit severe turbulence and had to be diverted to Bangkok this week, two sources said on Thursday. The...
Boeing Faces ‘Long Road’ on Safety Issues, FAA Says
May 24 2024 // U.S. planemaker Boeing faces a “long road” to address safety issues, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as it prepares to receive the company’s plan to address concerns. In...
These Flight Routes Suffer the World’s Worst Turbulence
May 23 2024 // The deadly turbulence on a Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight on its way from London to Singapore has put a spotlight on the world’s most unstable air routes. A British man was killed and seven other people were...
