All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 11 2023 // Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers’ credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday.The airline emailed customers whose credit...
Oct 3 2023 // Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital on Monday said it had received a cash insurance settlement of $710 million for its jets previously leased to Russia’s state-owned airline Aeroflot.The lessor under...
Sep 22 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Airports around the world are relocating sensitive electrical equipment to rooftops to protect it from flooding, reinforcing runways to handle extreme temperature swings and revving up air conditioning...
Sep 20 2023 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. discovered dubious parts in two aircraft engines, adding to the list of carriers worldwide that have found bogus components from supplier AOG Technics Ltd.The parts were discovered in a single...
Sep 20 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Airlines are scrambling to find replacements for hundreds of single-aisle jetliners that will be sidelined by a recently discovered engine issue, providing a boon to companies that lease out aircraft...
Sep 18 2023 // Technology has been embraced in a variety of ways within the homeowners’ insurance market. Many aspects of the claims process have been automated, insurers are utilizing more climate data than ever before to predict...
Sep 14 2023 // When Dutch airline KLM launched adverts urging customers to “fly responsibly” and think about the environmental impact before booking a flight, it said it was showing its commitment to a sustainable future.But...
Aug 31 2023 // A forklift operator has died in an accident at Boston`s Logan International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. The 51-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was an employee of a JetBlue contractor. He was trying...
Aug 30 2023 // Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the German airline, is looking to sell its insurance brokerage unit Albatros and insurance business Delvag, according to people familiar with the matter.The country’s largest carrier is working...
Aug 28 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Inigo Limited.A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Taps Zurich’s Weiss as Head of Property &...
Aug 24 2023 // United Airlines has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show.The settlement with the family of Nathaniel Foster Jr, known as N.J., was...
Aug 22 2023 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it will hold runway safety meetings at 90 airports over the next few weeks after a series of troubling close-call aviation incidents.Earlier this month, the FAA and...
Aug 15 2023 // Typhoon Lan reached the coast of central Japan early Tuesday, grounding flights and halting trains as residents braced for heavy rain, flooding and landslides.Known locally as Typhoon No. 7, the storm has been traversing...
Aug 14 2023 // Japan is preparing for its second typhoon in a week, with airline companies canceling flights and rail operators halting some operations.Typhoon Lan is forecast to make landfall Tuesday in central Japan near Osaka, the...
Aug 3 2023 // A three-judge panel won`t stop Tennessee officials from taking over Nashville`s airport operations while a lawsuit challenging the recently enacted statute allowing the change moves forward.In a decision handed down...
Aug 2 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Devyn Reiley, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie, was one of four people who died in two separate crashes at a Wisconsin aircraft convention over the weekend, event...
Aug 1 2023 // Some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and insurers are aiming to be ready to go to trial in June 2024 over contested insurance claims for aircraft stuck in Russia, a lawyer for one of the lessors said on...
Jul 31 2023 // A pilot and two passengers were killed Sunday when a single-engine plane crashed into a hangar and burst into flames at a Southern California airport, authorities said.The Beechcraft P35 with three people on board crashed...
Jul 26 2023 // Airlines could end up paying twice as much for insurance they need to protect themselves against losses triggered by war after a bruising year wiped out aviation war insurers’ revenue for 2023, industry sources...
Jul 24 2023 // Howden, the London based insurance group, announced it has acquired Hudson Sky International, a specialist aviation broker in Switzerland.This acquisition is part of Howden’s wider strategy to become a leader in its...