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#1 Extreme Weather Forcing JFK, Other Airports to Redesign Runways, Systems
Sep 22 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Airports around the world are relocating sensitive electrical equipment to rooftops to protect it from flooding, reinforcing runways to handle extreme temperature swings and revving up air conditioning...
#2 United Airlines Is Latest to Discover Bogus Parts in Plane Engines
Sep 20 2023 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. discovered dubious parts in two aircraft engines, adding to the list of carriers worldwide that have found bogus components from supplier AOG Technics Ltd. The parts were discovered in a...
#3 Turbulence as P&W Engine Flaw Forces Airlines to Lease More Craft and Crews
Sep 20 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Airlines are scrambling to find replacements for hundreds of single-aisle jetliners that will be sidelined by a recently discovered engine issue, providing a boon to companies that lease out aircraft...
#4 Removing Barriers to CAT Risk Modeling Will Slow Insurer Flight From High-Risk Areas
Sep 18 2023 // Technology has been embraced in a variety of ways within the homeowners’ insurance market. Many aspects of the claims process have been automated, insurers are utilizing more climate data than ever before to predict...
#5 Airlines Face Israel Insurance Alert in Wake of Weekend Attacks
Oct 12 2023 // Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with carriers including Dutch KLM canceling flights while sister airline Air France mounted a special relief flight chartered by the...
#6 Clorox, Boeing, MGM and More: Why Big Hacks Have Surged in 2023
Dec 18 2023 // Widely disruptive, large-scale hacks are surging. After a lull in 2022, ransomware attacks on high-value targets such as big companies, banks, hospitals or government agencies, have seen a “massive uptick” this...
#7 Three Passengers Sue Alaska Airlines After Off-Duty Pilot Accused of Trying to Cut Engines
Nov 6 2023 // Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a plane while catching a ride in the...
#8 Airlines Face Doubling in War Insurance Premiums After Sudan Losses: Sources
Jul 26 2023 // Airlines could end up paying twice as much for insurance they need to protect themselves against losses triggered by war after a bruising year wiped out aviation war insurers’ revenue for 2023, industry sources...
#9 How Safe Are Cockpits? Aviation Experts Weigh in After Recent Security Scare
Oct 26 2023 // The attempt by an off-duty pilot to shut down the engines of a U.S. airliner in midflight highlights the threat that insiders pose to aviation safety with their ability to go where passengers are prohibited. Events like...
#10 Alaska Airlines’ Decision Not to Ground Boeing Jet Despite Warning Signs Comes Under Scrutiny
Jan 10 2024 // The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions about whether...
#11 Japan Airlines Flight Was Cleared to Land Before Fiery Collision at Tokyo Airport
Jan 3 2024 // As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern...
#12 Aviation Lessors Fight to Stop Insurance Dispute Hearings in Russia
Jul 10 2023 // More than 40 aviation leasing firms, locked in a battle with insurers over who should bear up to $10 billion in costs for 400 jets stuck in Russia, are urging the High Court to allow a reinsurance dispute to be heard in...
#13 United Airlines in $30 Million Settlement With Quadriplegic Man’s Family
Aug 24 2023 // United Airlines has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show. The settlement with the family of Nathaniel Foster Jr, known as N.J., was...
#14 State Takeover of Nashville Airport Board Remains as Lawsuit Proceeds
Aug 3 2023 // A three-judge panel won`t stop Tennessee officials from taking over Nashville`s airport operations while a lawsuit challenging the recently enacted statute allowing the change moves forward. In a decision handed down...
#15 People Moves: Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property & Energy, Continental Europe; Inigo Hires Aviation Specialist Harker From Marsh
Aug 28 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Inigo Limited. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property &...
#16 Boeing 737 MAX Engine Fire at Newark Airport Under Investigation
Jul 11 2023 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it is investigating an engine fire last week on a Boeing BA.N 737-900 MAX plane operated by United Airlines UAL.O at Newark Liberty International Airport in New...
#17 Typhoon Lan Grounds Flights, Halts Trains as It Crosses Japan
Aug 15 2023 // Typhoon Lan reached the coast of central Japan early Tuesday, grounding flights and halting trains as residents braced for heavy rain, flooding and landslides. Known locally as Typhoon No. 7, the storm has been traversing...
#18 Airlines Cleared to Inspect Grounded Boeing Jets After Mid-Air Incident
Jan 8 2024 // A delay in the inspection of grounded Boeing jets ended on Monday after U.S. officials retrieved a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 airliner and shares in the planemaker sagged on concerns over the troubled...
#19 Japan Airline’s Runway Collision Marks Test of How New Carbon Jets Cope in Disaster
Jan 5 2024 // Tuesday’s runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a...
#20 Averted Disaster on Horizon Air Flight Renews Scrutiny of Mental Health in Cockpit
Nov 1 2023 // What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot`s attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight with more than 80 people on board has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those allowed in the...
