Latest Aviation Headlines

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Connecticut Mayor Sues Delta Airlines Over Dog Bite

Jul 13 2020 // Bridgeport’s mayor is suing Delta Airlines over a dog bite he says he suffered on a flight.A suit filed in state Superior Court alleges Mayor Joe Ganim was sitting in his seat on a Delta flight in November 2018 when...

13 Hawaiian Airlines Employees Test Positive for COVID-19

Jul 9 2020 // Hawaiian Airlines Inc. says 13 of its employees have tested positive for the coronavirus following an annual training course.The employees who tested positive for COVID-19 took part in flight attendant training at the...

Kristopher Parsons Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services to Grow Aviation Business

Jul 9 2020 // Atlanta, GA, July 9, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to welcome Kristopher Parsons to the wholesale brokerage and binding firm. Parsons joins the organization as a senior vice president, senior broker...

FAA, Boeing Complete Certification Test Flights on 737 MAX, in Key Milestone

Jul 2 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co have completed certification test flights on the 737 MAX, a key milestone toward the plane’s return to service, the U.S. regulator said on Wednesday.The MAX has been...

Textron Aviation Cited for 2019 Explosion at Kansas Site

Jul 1 2020 // Federal regulators have cited aircraft maker Textron Aviation for a December 2019 explosion that injured 15 workers at its Wichita, Kansas, manufacturing plant.U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...

Boeing Withheld Facts on Flight-Control System Blamed for 2 Fatal Crashes: Probe

Jul 1 2020 // Boeing Co. provided only “limited information” on the flight-control software later implicated in two fatal crashes on the 737 Max as it was being approved by federal regulators, a government watchdog report...

RKH Specialty Appoints 14 New Aviation Experts in London and Colombia

Jun 29 2020 // RKH Specialty, the London-headquartered wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of 14 new senior Aviation experts in London and Colombia, as part of RKH’s wider plan of building the...

FAA Issues Final Directive on Boeing 737 MAX Airplane Inspections

Jun 25 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday finalized a directive requiring airlines to complete inspections of a key component of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes that, if faulty, could result in a loss of power to the...

More Than 10,000 People Join Lawsuit Against EasyJet for Massive Data Breach

Jun 24 2020 // EasyJet Plc faces a lawsuit over a data breach disclosed last month that potentially exposed private details of 9 million passengers.More than 10,000 people have joined the suit since it was filed last month, according to...

Air Safety Regulator, Boeing Made Mistakes on 737 MAX, Says Federal Aviation Chief

Jun 18 2020 // The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Steve Dickson, acknowledged on Wednesday that Boeing Co. and the U.S. air safety agency both made mistakes on the 737 MAX jet, but rejected senators’ accusations the...

Lawmaker Wants Government to Require Masks for Airline Passengers

Jun 18 2020 // A U.S. senator said on Wednesday he was hoping for bipartisan support in Congress for mandatory rules on masks for air travel after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration again resisted calls for a mandate.While...

Airlines Vow to Ban Passengers Who Refuse to Wear Masks

Jun 16 2020 // U.S. airline passengers who refuse to wear facial coverings during the novel coronavirus pandemic could have their flying privileges revoked, the industry’s main lobby group said on Monday.Major U.S. airlines may...

Senators Draft Bill to Reform How U.S. Approves New Plane Designs

Jun 15 2020 // Two key U.S. senators are circulating a bipartisan draft bill that would reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new aircraft in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.The...

Safety Agency Warns of Tail Strikes, Off-Course Flying by Near-Empty Airplanes

Jun 12 2020 // One nearly empty passenger jet “climbed like a rocket,” prompting the pilots to exceed their assigned altitude. Others have scraped their tails on takeoff, gone off course or strayed close enough to other...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Crash of WWII-Era Airplane in Connecticut

Jun 11 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against the owners and operators of a World War II-era airplane that crashed at a Connecticut airport last October, killing seven people.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state Superior Court by...

Starr Launches Usage-Based Aviation Insurance for Pilots Who Rent

Jun 9 2020 // Starr Insurance Companies has launched Starr Gate, a new general aviation policy for pilots who rent aircrafts.The coverage offers “high-definition underwriting” and usage-based pricing with a tool designed to...

California Orders Unlicensed Van Rental Company to Stop Selling Insurance Products

Jun 4 2020 // The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order against unlicensed van rental company, Airport Van Rental Inc. and its owners, Yazdan Irani, 57, of Encino, and his wife, Kimberly, 61, for operating a...

National Safety Board Urges Helicopter Manufacturers to Add Crash-Data Recorders

Jun 3 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to record data, audio and images, after former NBA star Kobe Bryant...

Hawaii Lifting Quarantine for Travel Between Islands June 16

Jun 3 2020 // Hawaii Gov. David Ige said that starting on June 16, he will lift the 14-day quarantine for people traveling between the state’s islands that he instituted to control the spread of the coronavirus.A separate 14-day...

Grounded Airplanes at Risk from Asia’s Tropical Storm Season, Industry Experts Warn

Jun 3 2020 // Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can’t...