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#1 Employee Accused of Stealing 47 Vehicles From Car Rental Site at Airport
Oct 27 2025 // An employee allegedly stole 47 vehicles from an Avis Budget site at an upstate New York airport and rented them out around the region, police said Friday. The car rental company reported to authorities that the vehicles,...
#2 Alaska Airlines Vows IT Upgrades After Outage Forces 400 Flight Cancellations
Oct 27 2025 // U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000...
#3 Two Delta Jets Collide While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
Oct 3 2025 // Two Delta Air Lines Inc. regional jets collided at low speed while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to one flight attendant and prompting regulators to open an...
#4 Will Airport Runway Close Calls Spur Wider Adoption of Cockpit Alert Technology?
Oct 7 2025 // As a Boeing 757 aircraft prepared to land, an audio alert started blaring in the cockpit: “Traffic on runway! Traffic on runway!” Seconds later, the same warning popped up on the navigation display. It prompted...
#5 Plane Returns to Nebraska Airport After Cockpit Misinterpretation
Oct 22 2025 // A plane carrying passengers from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles made an emergency landing minutes into the flight “out of an abundance of caution” after pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach...
#6 More Flights Delayed Due to Air Traffic Control Staffing Issues
Oct 24 2025 // Air traffic control staffing issues are delaying travel at airports in New York, Washington, Newark and Houston, the Federal Aviation Administration said late on Thursday, as a U.S. government shutdown hit its 23rd...
#7 Airline Emergency Landing in Utah Likely Caused by Weather Balloon Collision
Oct 23 2025 // A United Airlines plane appears to have collided with a weather balloon while cruising over Utah at 36,000 feet last week, fracturing layers of its windshield and forcing an emergency landing. A California company called...
#8 FAA Extends Significant Flight Cuts at Newark Through October 2026
Sep 30 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration said last Thursday it will extend significant flight cuts at Newark, one of the three main airports serving the New York City area, through late October 2026 as it continues to face an...
#9 Waymo to Manually Test Autonomous Vehicles at Newark Airport
Oct 24 2025 // Alphabet’s Waymo said on Wednesday it will begin manual testing of its autonomous vehicles at Newark Liberty International Airport, as the firm looks to bring its robotaxis to one of the three main airports serving...
#10 People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation; Aon Promotes Polanco as Iberia Reinsurance Leader
Oct 1 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation AXA XL...
#11 Fire at Airport Cargo Complex Disrupts Bangladesh’s Garment Exports
Oct 21 2025 // A massive fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused extensive damage to goods and materials belonging to major garment exporters, with losses and impacts on trade likely to run into millions of dollars,...
#12 Update: Munich Airport Disruptions Ease After Drones Halt Flights
Oct 3 2025 // Flight disruptions eased at Munich International Airport after drone sightings on Thursday led German authorities to suspend operations at the country’s second-biggest hub. Flight operations have been running...
#13 People Moves: Lockton Re Taps Aon’s Bell as Head of Aviation; Canopius Hires Webber From Trans Re as Head of Reinsurance London
Oct 21 2025 // This edtiion of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Re and Canopius Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re Taps Aon’s Bell as Head of Aviation Lockton Re, the reinsurance...
