Tech Firms Collaborating to Make Drone Air Traffic Safe July 28, 2015 By Alan Levin Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet, has set its sights on doing the same for the...
AeroMexico Dreamliner Makes Emergency Landing in Ireland June 29, 2015 A Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route from Mexico City to Paris made an emergency landing at Ireland’s Shannon Airport on...
U.S. Vows Commercial Drone Rules Within a Year June 18, 2015 By David Morgan U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize...
Best Sees Insurance Opportunities with Increasing Commercial Drone Use May 12, 2015 A.M. Best’s analysis of the growth in the use of drone aircraft concludes that the “commercial use of drones presents...
FAA Eases Rules for Commercial Drones March 24, 2015 By Alan Levin Commercial drone operators will have an easier time using and testing their devices in the U.S. after the Federal Aviation...
Drone Use Takes Off Despite Safety Concerns, Restrictions November 17, 2014 By Joan Lowy The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes...
Lawmakers Question the Adequacy of Traffic Control After Fire Halts Flights September 29, 2014 By Alan Levin The havoc created by a suicidal technician at a Chicago-area flight-control center has some lawmakers asking how a single person...
Cell Phone Use Deemed Safe on Europe Airlines September 26, 2014 By Richard Weiss European airlines received permission from regulators to have passengers use personal electronic devices including mobile phones during flight, removing one...
More Pilots in Crashes Testing Positive for Prescription, Other Drugs September 10, 2014 By Alan Levin Four times as many pilots killed in airplane crashes tested positive for drugs over the past two decades, tracking a...
FAA Ruling Grounds AirPooler’s Uber-Style Sharing in Air Travel August 15, 2014 By Alan Levin and Thomas Black The trend in sharing services popularized by Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc. will take longer to gain a foothold...