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People Movers Still in Use at Dulles Airport Despite Recent Crashes

Dec 4 2025 // People movers will continue darting across Dulles International Airport for years to come, despite recent incidents that have revived safety questions for passengers who use them.At the Nov. 19 meeting of the Metropolitan...

Airline Pilots Hide Mental Health Struggles to Keep Flying

Dec 3 2025 // Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for...

Airbus Says Quality Lapses on A320 Panels Need Inspection

Dec 2 2025 // Airbus SE suffered a one-two punch on its popular A320 airliner after revealing a quality issue on some fuselage panels — just days after a software glitch on about 6,000 jets required emergency upgrades.“Airbus is...

Air France, Airbus Dispute Pilot Roles in Rio-Paris Crash

Dec 1 2025 // Air France and Airbus clashed over the role of pilots in a mid-Atlantic crash that killed 228 passengers and crew more than 16 years ago as the two companies fought corporate manslaughter charges at the climax of an...

Joby Aviation Sues Air-Taxi Rival Archer in California Over Trade Secrets

Nov 24 2025 // Electric air-taxi company Joby Aviation has sued rival Archer Aviation in California state court for allegedly stealing its trade secrets, according to a complaint made public on Thursday.Joby said in the lawsuit, filed on...

People Moves: IQUW Taps Munich Re’s Gregory as Reinsurance Underwriter; The Fidelis Partnership Names Dlugosch From Swiss Re as Group Head of Aviation

Nov 20 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at IQUW and The Fidelis Partnership.A summary of these new hires follows here. IQUW Taps Gregory From Munich Re as Underwriter in London Reinsurance...

Mobile Lounge Crash Into Dock at Dulles Airport Injures 18 People

Nov 11 2025 // A vehicle transporting passengers at a Washington, D.C.-area airport hit a dock at the building Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital, according to officials.A mobile lounge, which transports passengers...

United Airlines Seeks to End Lawsuit Over Windowless ‘Window Seats’

Nov 11 2025 // United Airlines has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it unfairly charged passengers extra money to sit in “window seats” that, to their surprise, lacked windows.Passengers filed proposed...

Flight Delays, Cancellations Accelerate as Air Traffic Controller Shortages Surge

Nov 10 2025 // Airlines canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights on Sunday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air travel will fall to a “trickle” in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday as air traffic control...

Chicago Jury is Picked in Boeing Trial Over Payouts Related to Ethiopia Crash

Nov 7 2025 // More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial related to the disaster that killed all 157 people on board was set to proceed.Boeing has settled most of the dozens of...

Boeing Avoids US Criminal Charge in 737 Max Jet Crash Case

Nov 7 2025 // Boeing Co. will avoid a criminal charge over two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge paved the way for a $1.1 billion settlement agreement, handing the embattled manufacturer a victory in a long-running legal...

FAA to Detail Flight Cut Plan at Major Airports on Friday

Nov 6 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday was working to hammer out details of an unprecedented plan to cut 10% of flights at 40 high-traffic U.S. airports to address safety concerns regarding air traffic controllers...

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...

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,...

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 day.The...

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...

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...

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...

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 AviationLockton Re, the reinsurance...

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,...