Latest Aviation Headlines
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Snow, Ice Disrupt pre-Christmas Travel in Europe; Many Flights Cancelled
Dec 20 2010 // Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London’s Heathrow, the...
Sky-High Premiums Force Closure of New Hampshire Flight School
Dec 7 2010 // The flight school at New Hampshire’s Lebanon Municipal Airport has disbanded. Greg Soho of Signal Aviation, which ran the school, says the decision to drop the program had nothing to do with demand for flight...
Northern Europe Counts Costs of Early Winter Weather
Dec 2 2010 // Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe on Thursday, keeping London’s Gatwick airport closed for a second day and disrupting road and rail travel in France, Germany and Switzerland. Days of...
Qantas Moves to Take Rolls-Royce to Court over Engine Failure
Dec 2 2010 // Qantas stepped up pressure on Thursday on engine maker Rolls-Royce to settle damages related to an engine failure on one of its giant Airbus A380 aircraft, but said it would keep the door open for an out-of-court...
Qantas Says Global A380 Fleet Needs to Replace up to 40 Engines
Nov 18 2010 // About 40 Rolls-Royce engines used in the world’s fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft may need to be replaced to ensure safety after one such engine partly disintegrated mid-flight this month, Australia’s Qantas...
5 Steps to Real-Time Performance Reviews of Employees
Nov 14 2010 // On the list of things that are done for all the wrong reasons in organizations, performance reviews rank near the top. They end up being “check the boxes” exercises that have little influence on performance...
Rolls Royce Engine Scare Highlights Wider Aerospace Risks
Nov 12 2010 // Even if the fiery blowout of a Rolls-Royce engine proves no fault of the builder, recent setbacks in aerospace could force investors to rethink bets on the next generation of far more challenging planes. “This...
EU Safety Regulator Orders A380 Engine Inspection
Nov 11 2010 // Europe’s aviation regulator said fire from an oil leak was the likely cause of last week’s engine failure of a Qantas A380 plane and ordered stringent inspections on super jumbos using Rolls-Royce...
Fear of Volcanic Ash Leads to Flight Cancellations to Jakarta
Nov 8 2010 // Just days before President Barack Obama’s long-awaited visit to Indonesia, some international flights were canceled over concerns about a volcano spewing ash hundreds of miles away. Malaysia was preparing to airlift...
Qantas Grounds A380s for 3 More Days to Inspect Engines
Nov 8 2010 // Australia’s Qantas Airways has grounded its A380 fleet for at least another three days as it investigates oil leaks as a possible cause of the explosion which tore apart one of the super jumbo’s engines last...
Qantas Grounds A380s after Engine Failure Causes Emergency Landing
Nov 4 2010 // Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet on Thursday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, one of the most serious incidents for the world’s largest passenger plane in...
Midwest Pummeled by Storms
Oct 28 2010 // A massive storm making its way through a big chunk of the United States brought a bit of everything: strong winds, rain, tornadoes and now even some snow for parts of the Midwest. The storm packed wind gusts of up to 81...
French Retirement Protests Take Violent Turn
Oct 21 2010 // Masked youths clad in black have torched cars, smashed storefronts and thrown up roadblocks, clashing with riot police across France as protests over raising the retirement age to 62 took a radical turn. Hundreds of...
Settlements Reached in Deadly New York Plane Crash
Oct 8 2010 // Families of at least five passengers killed when a plane crashed into a home last year have reached settlements with the airlines involved, and more agreements are expected before a wrongful-death trial begins, lawyers...
Aon Report Finds ‘Confidence Returning’ for Airlines
Sep 24 2010 // “Confidence is returning to the airline industry with airlines predicting a 13 percent increase in passenger numbers in 2011,” according to Aon’s “Airline Insurance Market Indicators, 2010/11...
Bartosh Elected ASCnet Chair, Boeing Vice Chair
Sep 24 2010 // Independent agent Brian Bartosh, president of Alpena, Mich.-based Top O’ Michigan Insurance, has been elected to serve as 2011 chair of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group for Applied Systems...
Ex-New Orleans Airport Director, Wife Back Out of Plea Deal
Sep 15 2010 // The former director of aviation at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport and his wife have backed out of a plea agreement to resolve charges they tried to profit from a bogus insurance claim after...
Venezuelan Plane Crash Kills 14; More Survive: 4 Missing
Sep 14 2010 // At least 14 people were killed Monday when a plane owned by Venezuela’s state-run airline Conviasa with 51 people on board slammed into the yard of a steel mill, officials said. Four on board were reported...
Former New Orleans Airport Director Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 2 2010 // The former airport director at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport faces criminal charges in an alleged case mail and insurance fraud related to Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said Sean...
Arizona Has More Plane Crashes Than Rest of U.S.
Aug 10 2010 // A fatal plane crash in north Phoenix was Arizona’s ninth of the year. Safety experts have no clear explanation why Arizona consistently records higher fatal-crash rates for light aircraft than the rest of the United...
