Latest Aviation Headlines
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Update: China Eastern Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 Crashes; 132 People Feared Dead
Mar 21 2022 // A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday after a sudden descent from cruising altitude. Media said there were no signs of...
Aircraft Insurers Brace for Barrage of Russia Claims in Possibly Biggest Aviation Loss
Mar 18 2022 // Aircraft-leasing firms working to retrieve planes from Russia are set to collide with an aviation-insurance industry bracing for an unprecedented barrage of claims. Lessors of planes stuck in Russia since the onset of...
Australia, Netherlands Start Legal Proceedings Against Russia for Crash of Flight MH17
Mar 14 2022 // Australia and the Netherlands started legal proceedings against Russia over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, more than seven years after the deadly crash. The move, at the International Civil Aviation...
Aircraft Lessors Face Legal Quagmire on Russia Jet Repos. Will Insurers Provide Relief?
Mar 11 2022 // Global leasing companies staring at an imminent sanctions deadline to repossess more than 400 jets worth almost $10 billion from Russian airlines have received mostly radio silence as experts warn of legal wrangling that...
Kazakhstan’s Flagship Air Carrier Suspends Flights to Russia Amid Insurance Issues
Mar 11 2022 // Kazakhstan’s flagship carrier, Air Astana, has suspended all flights to Russia and over Russian territory because such flights can no longer be insured, the company said on Friday. Air Astana, in which...
Private Jet Linked to Russian Billionaire Impounded as UK Deepens Aviation Sanctions
Mar 9 2022 // Britain said on Wednesday it had impounded a plane connected to a Russian billionaire under new aviation sanctions which give authorities the power to detain any Russian aircraft and to ban exports of aviation or...
Britain Unveils New Aviation Sanctions Against Russia
Mar 9 2022 // Britain unveiled new aviation sanctions on Wednesday which give the power to detain any Russian aircraft and banning exports of aviation or space-related goods to Russia, saying it had already impounded one plane. The...
EXPLAINER – How Sanctions Against Russia Are Hitting Global Aviation Industry
Mar 8 2022 // Russia’s size and close integration into the global aviation industry since the end of the Cold War means sanctions related to its invasion of Ukraine are having outsized consequences relative to earlier freezes on...
People Moves: Lockton Hires Starr Cos.’ Shephard for Aviation; Arch Promotes Bonneau; AXA XL Names Zhou, Lui as Energy U/Ws in Canada
Mar 7 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton, Arch Insurance International and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Hires Starr Cos.’ Shephard for Aviation Carl...
UK to Ban Russian Companies From London Aviation Insurance Market
Mar 3 2022 // LONDON — Britain will ban Russian companies from the multi-billion dollar aviation and space insurance market in London, the world’s largest commercial and speciality insurance center, the finance ministry said on...
Global Firms Shut Ukraine Operations, as They Weigh Impact of Sanctions on Russia
Feb 25 2022 // Brewer Carlsberg, Japan Tobacco and a Coca-Cola bottler were among firms shutting factories in Ukraine on Thursday following Russia’s invasion, while UPS and FedEx Corp. suspended services in and out of the...
Global Aviation Industry Assesses Growing Risks of Doing Business With Russia
Feb 25 2022 // The fallout to the global aviation industry from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is spreading beyond the airspace closings over the conflict zone as airlines, lessors and manufacturers face up to growing risks of doing...
Ice Likely in Southern Plains as Flight Cancelations Number in Thousands
Feb 24 2022 // Hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas braced for an ice storm making its way into the Southern Plains. More than half an inch of...
Update: Ukraine Closes Airspace to Civilian Flights as Russian Military Action Begins
Feb 24 2022 // Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights on Thursday after Russia launched a land, sea and air invasion of its neighbor, while Europe’s aviation regulator warned about hazards to flying in bordering...
10 Cyber Attacks in 2021 Cost $600M With 40,000 Businesses Put at Risk
Feb 21 2022 // In just 10 cyber incidents last year, over $600 million in cash was stolen or taken as ransom, tens of millions of citizen records stolen, 40,000 businesses’ IT operations put at risk, one billion airline passenger...
Storm Eunice Batters Britain and Ireland With Record Winds Hitting 122 Mph
Feb 18 2022 // An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, killing at least one person, knocking out power for tens of thousands and shredding the roof of London’s O2...
Boeing, Reform Issues Await New U.S. Aviation Safety Chief
Feb 18 2022 // The next head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will face challenges overseeing Boeing Co. and a series of reforms mandated by Congress in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes. The job opened late...
More Airlines Avoiding Ukraine Airspace Amid Insurance Issues
Feb 14 2022 // More airlines are likely to avoid Ukraine’s airspace amid insurance issues and a decision by leading European carriers to stop overflights after a U.S. warning that Russia could invade at any time, a flight...
Texas Judge Drops Two of Six Boeing Max Test Fraud Counts Against Pilot
Feb 14 2022 // A judge has tossed two of six fraud counts against a former Boeing pilot involved in evaluating the troubled Boeing 737 Max jetliner. A federal judge in Fort Worth last week dismissed, on technical grounds, counts that...
10 Cyber Attacks in 2021 Cost $600M With 40,000 Businesses Put at Risk
Feb 10 2022 // In just 10 cyber incidents last year, over $600 million in cash was stolen or taken as ransom, tens of millions of citizen records stolen, 40,000 businesses’ IT operations put at risk, one billion airline passenger...
