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Aviation Lessors Fight to Stop Insurance Dispute Hearings in Russia

LONDON —More than 40 aviation leasing firms, locked in a battle with insurers over who should bear up to $10 billion in costs for 400 jets stuck in Russia, are urging the High Court to allow a reinsurance dispute to …

Airline Unions Accuse Skywest of Evading Safety Rules by Seeking Charter Status for Flights

DALLAS (AP) – Airline unions are fighting a request by SkyWest Airlines to operate some flights as charters, accusing the company of trying to evade safety rules for passenger airlines. SkyWest is not a familiar name to most air travelers, …

No Survivors Found After Plane that Flew over DC and Led to Fighter Jet Scramble Crashes

WASHINGTON (AP) – A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic …

Pilot Groups Raise Alarm About the Push for One-Person Cockpits on Flights

Global pilot organizations called on regulators to continue requiring multiple aviators on commercial flights, saying that efforts to shrink to one-person crews risks passenger safety. Leaders of groups including the European Cockpit Association and Air Line Pilots Association International on …

Radar That Keeps Planes Apart at Airports Is Aging and Unreliable

A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed. …

Fire Damages Complex Housing Wright Brothers Plane Factory

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing a former airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said. Dayton fire crews were sent to the site just before 2:30 …

FAA Head Defends Safety of US Air Travel After Close Calls

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday he has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the technology failure last month that briefly halted all flights nationwide from taking off. Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen said he has …

Who’s to Blame? Jet Delivery Delays Spark Penalties Battle

DUBLIN –– A battle for compensation is brewing over delays in the delivery of commercial jets, with a Dublin aviation summit descending into a blame game over the worst industrial disruption in years. Airbus and Boeing are on average delivering …

ITA Airways Investigates Ground Collision at New York’s JFK Airport

MILAN –– Italy’s ITA Airways said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into a ground collision involving one of its aircraft at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport — the second such incident in less than a year. …

FAA Seeks to Extend Safety Mandate to Charter, Air Tour Operators, Aircraft Manufacturers

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday proposed requiring charter, commuter, air tour operators, and aircraft manufacturers to implement a key safety tool aimed at reducing accidents. The U.S. regulator wants to extend a mandate …