Latest Aviation Headlines
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Cold Weather Flights: Best Practices from Lessons Learned
Mar 12 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Most aviation accidents are due to human error. An estimated 69% of general aviation non-commercial fixed-wing aircraft accidents in 2021 were caused by pilot...
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines Call Off $3.8B Merger on Antitrust Hurdle
Mar 4 2024 // Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after a U.S. judge blocked the deal in January on anti-competition concerns. A...
FAA Criticizes Boeing, Says it Wants a Plan in 90 Days to Address Quality Problems
Feb 28 2024 // Boeing must develop a comprehensive action plan to address “systemic quality-control issues” within 90 days, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, following an all-day meeting with the plane...
American Airlines Must Face Lawsuit Over ESG Retirement Investing
Feb 23 2024 // American Airlines must face a lawsuit claiming it failed to prudently oversee employee retirement funds because it used asset managers that pursued sustainable investment strategies, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas...
Swiss Re, Others, Drop Call for Moscow Aviation Dispute Hearing
Feb 7 2024 // Swiss Re is among a growing list of reinsurers to drop its demand that a near $10 billion battle with aircraft leasing companies, seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia, should be heard in Moscow, court...
Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says
Feb 7 2024 // A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been properly attached before the plane was delivered by Boeing Co., US investigators said Tuesday. Four...
Goose Found in Helicopter’s Flight Control System in Fatal Oklahoma Crash
Feb 5 2024 // A dead goose was found in part of the flight control system of a medical helicopter that crashed in western Oklahoma, killing all three people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation...
Boeing Is Sued by Shareholders Following MAX 9 Blowout
Feb 1 2024 // Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines...
Aviation Lessors Secure Settlements With Russia Totaling $2.5B for Trapped Planes
Jan 31 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have secured settlements with Russia totaling more than $2.5 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
Aviation Sector Sees No Quick Tech Solution to GPS ‘Spoofing’ Interference Problem
Jan 30 2024 // Global regulators, aviation security specialists and manufacturers failed to reach an agreement on a quick technical fix to the problem of GPS spoofing near war zones at a meeting on Thursday [Jan. 25], instead calling for...
FAA Steps Up Scrutiny of Boeing With Calls for Checks on Another 737 Model
Jan 22 2024 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that airlines operating Boeing 737-900ER jets inspect door plugs to ensure that they are properly secured after some operators reported unspecified issues with...
Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout
Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet. The...
FAA Launches Probe of Boeing 737 MAX 9 After Mid-Air Panel Incident
Jan 12 2024 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is launching a formal investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX 9 after a cabin panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight last week in mid-air, forcing an emergency landing, the...
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...
Loss of Alaska Airlines Cockpit Recording Rekindles Industry Safety Debate
Jan 10 2024 // The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel mid-flight on Jan. 5 was overwritten, U.S. authorities said, renewing attention on long-standing safety calls for longer...
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...
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...
Update: Japan Airlines Counts Losses From Wrecked Tokyo Plane
Jan 4 2024 // Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday said it expected losses of more than $100 million after one of its planes was destroyed when it collided with another aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport this week. All...
Insurer AIG Leads Policy for Japan Airlines Plane Involved in Runway Collision: Sources
Jan 3 2024 // U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million “all-risks” policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources said...
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...
