Heathrow Shutdown Raises Concerns Over Contingency Planning March 21, 2025 By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher The closure of Britain’s Heathrow Airport is set to affect the global aviation system for days at a cost of...
How Faulty Parts at Boeing’s 787 Jets Flew Below the Radar in Italy March 13, 2025 By Francesca Landini and Tim Hepher On a Saturday morning in May, 2020, Italian police officers caught two men pouring chemical waste into the sewers in...
AerCap CEO Sees No Quick Return to Russia if Market Reopens, on Insurance Concerns February 27, 2025 By Tim Hepher, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries The head of the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said on Wednesday that Russia may look to buy used...
Airbus Tests Electric Truck With Airliner Cockpit to Study Safer Taxiing May 24, 2024 By Tim Hepher Airbus is showing off an unusual vehicle – a truck fitted with basic A350 airliner controls – that it hopes...
At Least 50 Hurt as LATAM’s Boeing 787 to Auckland Dropped Abruptly Mid-Flight March 12, 2024 By Shivansh Tiwary and Tim Hepher At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to...
Airlines Face Israel Insurance Alert in Wake of Weekend Attacks October 12, 2023 By Anna Ringstrom , Bart H. Meijer and Tim Hepher Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with carriers including Dutch KLM canceling flights...
Jet Engine Maker CFM Says Suspect Parts Reached its Own Repair Shops October 5, 2023 By Tim Hepher Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday the number of engines suspected of containing falsely documented parts from a...
UK Firm Sold Thousands of Unverified Jet Engine Parts, CFM Says September 21, 2023 By Sam Tobin and Tim Hepher Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday thousands of engine components may have been sold with forged paperwork by...
Behind Aviation Recovery, Suppliers Struggle to Keep Up June 19, 2023 By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher For dealmakers, this week’s Paris Air Show will showcase the boom in demand for commercial planes and military technology. What...
French Court Clears Air France, Airbus Over Rio-Paris Plane Crash April 17, 2023 By Tim Hepher and Juliette Jabkhiro A French court on Monday cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of “involuntary manslaughter,” upsetting families of some of...