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California Woman Sues American Airlines, Claims Employee Stalked Her

Jan 21 2020 // A San Diego, Calif. woman is suing American Airlines, saying that a former employee stalked her by sending more than 100 unwanted texts, some of them sexually suggestive.In her Jan. 6 lawsuit, Ashley Barno contends that...

Boeing Employees’ Emails on Pilot Training Could Boost Crash Victim Claims

Jan 17 2020 // Internal emails from Boeing Co. employees could strengthen the legal case for families claiming the company’s push to minimize the training needed for new 737 Max aircraft contributed to two crashes that killed 346...

Panel Urges Mandatory Safety Systems for Aircraft Manufacturers

Jan 16 2020 // An expert committee on Thursday recommended the Federal Aviation Administration’s require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX...

Christmas Ransomware Attack Hit New York Airport Servers

Jan 15 2020 // An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said.Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced Thursday that the attack came to light...

Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Plane Belong in Malaysia, Not U.S., Court Affirms

Jan 13 2020 // A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought to hold the carrier, its...

Women Sue Frontier Airlines in Colorado Over Sex Assaults by Passengers

Jan 13 2020 // Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for allegedly refusing to help them and either not having or failing to follow policies to...

Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Hamper Probe of Boeing 737-800 Crash near Tehran

Jan 8 2020 // As investigators sift through the charred wreckage of a jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, contradictory reports have emerged about what might have caused the Boeing Co. 737-800 to abruptly plunge out...

Starr Insurance Names Swiss Re’s O’Ryan as Canadian Manager, General Aviation

Jan 8 2020 // Starr Insurance Cos. has appointed Paul O’Ryan as Canadian territory manager, general aviation, effective Jan. 6.O’Ryan joins Starr from Swiss Re where he was head of General Aviation Americas in Toronto for...

BGC Insurance’s Aerospace Broker Rebrands as ‘Piiq Risk’ with Spate of Key Hires

Jan 7 2020 // BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a global broker and division of BGC Partners Inc., announced it has rebranded its global aerospace re/insurance brokerage as Piiq Risk Partners.Since the division was launched during the second...

Look! Up in the Sky. Uber and Hyundai Unveil Air Taxi.

Jan 7 2020 // Uber and Hyundai Motor Co. announced they will develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network. The companies unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.In...

Capsicum Re Launches Aviation Reinsurance Team, Led by Bell from AIG

Jan 6 2020 // Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, launched a aviation reinsurance team led by David Bell. Bell is based in London and reports to Matt FitzGerald, managing partner of the London Property and Specialty...

Alaska Air Carrier Revises Estimate of Damage from Cyber Attack

Jan 2 2020 // An Alaska air carrier that suffered a cyber attack has experienced more disruption than initially projected, according to a company announcement.The RavnAir Group on Dec. 20 experienced what it called a...

Indonesia Hit by Worst Flooding Since 2013, with Death Toll Rising

Jan 2 2020 // Indonesian authorities re-opened the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta for limited operations, as the death toll rises from the city’s worst flooding in almost seven years.At least 16 people have died from the...

Commercial Airplane Crash Deaths Drop by More than 50% in 2019: Aviation Consultant

Jan 2 2020 // The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019 despite a high-profile Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia in March, a Dutch consulting firm said on Wednesday. Aviation...

Women Sue Frontier Airlines in Colorado Over Sex Assaults by Passengers

Jan 2 2020 // Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for allegedly refusing to help them and either not having or failing to follow policies to...

Helicopter Tours Criticized After Deadly Hawaii Crash

Dec 31 2019 // Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii are under increased scrutiny after a deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents in the state, with a congressman calling the trips unsafe and lacking proper oversight.A...

Court Says Airline’s Workers at Newark Airport Can’t Sue as Class in Pay Dispute

Dec 31 2019 // American Airlines workers at Newark’s airport who claim in a lawsuit they’ve been shorted on overtime pay can’t sue as a class, a federal appeals court ruled this week.The three-judge panel’s...

Blast at Beechcraft Plant in Kansas Injures More Than a Dozen People

Dec 30 2019 // More than a dozen people were injured on Dec. 27 when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, causing part of the building to collapse, authorities said.Daniel Wegner,...

Agriculture, Aviation Woes Cited for Lag in Personal Income Growth in Kansas

Dec 27 2019 // Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average largely because of troubles in agriculture.Kansas farmers face an expanding drought and low commodity prices, though a break in an ongoing tariff dispute may...

Congress, FAA Reviewing ‘Disturbing’ Boeing Employee Communications on Safety

Dec 27 2019 // Boeing Co. documents under review by a U.S. congressional panel appear to point to a “very disturbing” picture of commentary from the planemaker’s employees over the grounded 737 MAX aircraft, a...