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#1 Space War: Marsh Sues Willis Over Aviation Insurance Hires Soliciting Clients
May 12 2025 // Insurance broker Marsh USA is asking a New York court to stop several former employees and rival Willis Towers Watson from preparing to steal its aviation and space insurance clients using confidential information. In a...
#2 Lawsuit Says Florida Aviation Firm Didn’t Verify Inspections of Troubled Learjet
May 22 2025 // A British aviation firm contends in a lawsuit that a Florida aircraft management company failed to properly inspect a Learjet, botched repairs to landing gear – which allegedly caused a tire blowout on landing – then...
#3 Aircraft Lessor SMBC’s Proceeds From Russian Jet Insurance Settlements Hit $1.4B
May 22 2025 // Aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has booked a further $654 million in proceeds from insurance settlements over the past year related to jets stranded in Russia following Western sanctions, the Irish-headquartered...
#4 Widow of Arkansas Airport Director Killed in Raid Sues ATF Over Husband’s Death
May 16 2025 // The widow of an Arkansas airport director who was killed during a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raid on his home last year sued the agency and several officials, claiming the agency and officers acted...
#5 Boeing Agrees to Resolve US Criminal Case Over 737 Crashes
May 27 2025 // Boeing Co. has reached a tentative agreement with the US Justice Department that would allow the planemaker to avoid criminal charges for two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets more than six years ago. The settlement was...
#6 Air Traffic Control System Failing Americans, Airline CEOs Say
May 22 2025 // Major airline CEOs on Wednesday called on Congress to approve billions of dollars in funding to modernize the United States’ aging air traffic control system, saying it is “failing Americans.” The Federal...
#7 FAA Cuts Newark Flights After Air Traffic Control Issues
May 21 2025 // US aviation safety regulators will allow fewer flights at Newark airport after technology outages and a staffing crunch fueled a surge in delays and cancellations in recent weeks. The US Federal Aviation Administration...
#8 Army Working to Fix Military and Traffic Controllers Communications at DC Airport
May 16 2025 // A hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn’t worked for more than three years may have contributed to another near miss shortly after the U.S. Army resumed flying...
#9 Newark Plane Traffic Slowed Again Due to Telecoms Issue, FAA Says
May 12 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration was forced to briefly slow arriving and departing planes at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday because of a new telecommunications issue, the agency...
#10 US Aviation Authorities Probe LaGuardia Runway Close Call
May 20 2025 // Federal safety officials are probing an incident at New York’s LaGuardia airport earlier this month, during which a Republic Airways jet had to abort takeoff to avoid a collision with a United Airlines Holdings Inc....
#11 Newark Airport Runway to Reopen Monday After Construction
Jun 2 2025 // A runway at Newark Liberty International Airport will reopen on Monday nearly two weeks ahead of schedule following several chaotic weeks of equipment outages, runway construction and air traffic control staffing shortages...
#12 FAA Convening Emergency Task Force on Newark Telecom Outages
May 13 2025 // The Trump administration said on Monday it was convening an emergency task force and fast-tracking urgent steps to prevent additional telecom outages at the facility overseeing Newark air traffic after three incidents have...
#13 Senators Propose Air Safety Reforms for National Airport After Fatal Collision
Jun 6 2025 // A group of seven Democratic senators on Thursday introduced sweeping air safety legislation after a fatal collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet in January near Reagan Washington...
