The Justice Department said Wednesday that a Chinese intelligence officer is facing espionage charges based on accusations that he participated in a five-year conspiracy to steal trade secrets from experts at U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.
Read moreThe owners of several vineyards claim in a federal class action that Napa County’s restrictions on helicopters are unconstitutional and will severely hamper their business.
Read moreAerospace giant United Technologies Corporation can pay $30 billion to acquire Rockwell Collins, but not without divesting two of the latter’s businesses, the Justice Department concluded Monday.
Read moreAll 47 passengers and crew survived a plane’s crash landing in a Pacific lagoon Friday morning, wading through waist-deep water to the emergency exits and escaping on local boats that came to the rescue in the Micronesia archipelago.
Read moreAn Irish man who missed his flight at Dublin Airport was arrested Thursday for running after the plane on the tarmac in a bid to flag it down.
Read moreShareholders say in a federal derivative complaint that directors of the airline internet-service company Gogo misled investors about technical problems with its 2Ku antenna system.
Read moreA German appeals court has upheld a ruling that Kuwait’s national airline did not have to transport an Israeli citizen because of Kuwait’s boycott of Israel.
Read moreA Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria.
Read moreHaving decorated a mirror with judicial headshots to prepare for his day in court, a pilot representing himself before the D.C. Circuit lobbied Friday for the court to block airport-screening procedures that subject crewmembers and passengers to identical searches.
Read moreIntegrated Flight Solutions sells fake documents with the knowledge that consumers will try to pass them off as genuine, the FTC claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreIn a federal class action, a Dallas man accuses the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration of discriminating against white people.
Read moreIf an airline knows that a travel-booking website tacks commissions for itself onto reservations, the airline must reimburse those fees in the event of a canceled flight, the European Union’s high court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreHackers obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travelers during a two-week data breach this summer that leaves the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the airline says.
Read moreRyanair and one of Ireland’s main unions have struck an agreement following a 22-hour negotiating session, paving the way for a ballot of pilots engaged in a long-running dispute with the airline.
Read moreRyanair pilots in several European countries staged a strike over work conditions on Friday that prompted the budget carrier to cancel 400 flights.
Read moreA Texas probate judge reduced a widow’s $4 billion verdict against JPMorgan Chase to only $7 million, 10 months after a jury found that the bank mishandled the estate of a former American Airlines executive.
Read moreThe TSA is considering ending screening of passengers at smaller airports across the country to focus security efforts at the largest airports.
Read moreMalaysia’s civil aviation chief said Tuesday he has resigned to take responsibility after an independent investigative report highlighted shortcomings in the air traffic control center during Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s disappearance four years ago.
Read moreA Malaysian-led independent investigation report released Monday, more than four years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, highlighted shortcomings in the government’s response and raised the possibility of “intervention by a third party.”
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