Latest Aviation Headlines
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FAA to Hold New Round of Runway-Safety Meetings After Close Calls
Nov 8 2023 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it would hold runway safety meetings at 16 additional airports in the coming weeks after a series of troubling close-call aviation incidents. In August, the FAA...
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...
Boeing Says ‘Cyber Incident’ Hit Parts Business After Ransom Threat
Nov 6 2023 // Boeing, one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law...
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...
United Wanted Young, Blue-Eyed, Blonde Women to Staff LA Dodgers Flights, Lawsuit Says
Oct 31 2023 // United Airlines UAL.O has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they were excluded from highly coveted assignments to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team because of their racial...
Boeing Assessing Lockbit Hacking Gang Threat of Sensitive Data Leak
Oct 30 2023 // Boeing Co said on Oct. 27 that it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it had “a tremendous amount” of sensitive data stolen from the aerospace giant that it would dump online if...
Flights Delayed and Canceled at Texas Airport After 2 Private Jets Clip Wings on Airfield
Oct 26 2023 // Flights were delayed and canceled this week at Houston`s William P. Hobby Airport as crews cleaned up after two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield, officials said. No injuries were reported...
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...
Aviation War Insurers Cancel Cover for Airlines Domiciled in Israel, Lebanon: Sources
Oct 19 2023 // Aviation war insurers have given notice to cancel cover for some airlines domiciled in Israel and Lebanon because of the conflict in the region, with some cancellations already taking effect, three industry sources with...
Bronx Contractor Cited For Excavation Hazards After 2 Deaths at JFK Airport
Oct 18 2023 // The deaths of two employees of a Bronx water and sewer contractor at a construction site at John F. Kennedy International Airport could have been prevented with proper safeguards, according to investigators with the...
Woman Charged After Three Stabbed at Atlanta Airport
Oct 13 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A woman was in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Officers assigned to the airport encountered a woman armed with a knife...
Israel to Provide $6 Billion War Insurance Cover for Israeli Airlines
Oct 13 2023 // Israel’s parliamentary finance committee approved a plan to provide a state guarantee of $6 billion to cover insurance against war risks to Israeli airlines, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. The guarantee...
Fidelis MGU and Castlelake Launch Aviation-Focused ‘Itasca MGA’
Oct 12 2023 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., a specialist MGA platform and wholly owned subsidiary of specialty re/insurer Fidelis MGU, and Castlelake L.P., a global alternative investment manager, announced the launch of an aviation-focused...
Update: Airlines Wrestle With Safety Risks of Evacuation Operations in Israel
Oct 12 2023 // Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with Norwegian Air and Dutch KLM canceling flights while Air France was going ahead with a special flight chartered by the French...
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...
Spanish Airline Air Europa Hit by Data Breach of Credit Card System
Oct 11 2023 // Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers’ credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday. The airline emailed customers whose credit...
SMBC Aviation Receives Cash Insurance Settlement Over Jets Stranded in Russia
Oct 3 2023 // Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital on Monday said it had received a cash insurance settlement of $710 million for its jets previously leased to Russia’s state-owned airline Aeroflot. The lessor under...
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...
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...
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...
