Tag: law
NEWS May 21, 2026 After 17 Years and Two Trials, a Paris Court Has Finally Found Airbus and Air France Guilty of Killing 228 People Over the Atlantic A Paris appeals court has today delivered one of the most consequential verdicts in the history of commercial aviation, finding both Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the June 2009 crash of Air France Flight AF447; a disaster that killed all 228 people on board and remains the worst aviation accident in French history. Read More →
NEWS May 07, 2026 Delta Is Facing a $5 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Steering Passengers Away From Cash Refunds They Had Already Paid For A class action lawsuit filed in a New York district court on May 1, 2026 has placed Delta Air Lines at the centre of one of the most pointed consumer protection challenges in recent US aviation history, accusing the Atlanta-based carrier of deliberately designing its cancellation website to push passengers who purchased fully refundable tickets toward an inferior, expiring electronic credit rather than the cash refund they contractually paid a premium to receive. Read More →
NEWS Apr 30, 2026 A Delta Passenger Snapped During a Weather Delay in Atlanta and Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison What began as a frustrating but routine weather delay at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of April 27, 2026, ended with a passenger in federal custody, a planeload of 168 travellers stranded for more than five hours on the tarmac. Read More →
NEWS Apr 28, 2026 Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $1 Million After 9-Year Lawsuit Over Religious Beliefs A nine-year legal battle between a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, her airline, and her own union has reached its financial conclusion. Read More →
NEWS Apr 24, 2026 A Single Social Media Reply About Cookies and Cache Has Landed JetBlue in Federal Court What began as a customer complaint about a $230 airfare increase on the social media platform X has escalated rapidly into a federal class action lawsuit, congressional scrutiny, and a nationwide conversation about one of the most contentious emerging practices in consumer commerce, surveillance pricing. Read More →
NEWS Apr 20, 2026 Frontier Is Taking American Airlines Back to Court Over a Second Tarmac Collision and The Bill Is $670,000 Frontier Airlines has filed a second federal lawsuit against American Airlines, this time targeting a ground collision at Boston Logan International Airport. Read More →
NEWS Mar 23, 2026 JetBlue Lawsuit Warns Against Dangerous Use of Cryogenic Dry Ice for Passenger First Aid Aviation safety experts and legal analysts are closely monitoring a high-profile lawsuit filed against JetBlue Airways. The case highlights a critical and potentially life-altering lapse in in-flight medical protocols. Read More →
NEWS Mar 21, 2026 JetBlue Pilots Launch Legal Challenge Against United Alliance Over Job Security Risks Labor relations at JetBlue Airways reached a critical boiling point this week as the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) filed a federal lawsuit to halt parts of the carrier’s expanding "Blue Sky" partnership with United Airlines. Read More →
NEWS Mar 13, 2026 Biting Passenger From Hell Evades Prison After Terrorizing JetBlue Flight A federal judge in Michigan has sparked debate across the aviation industry by handing down a sentence of probation to a man described by prosecutors as a “passenger from hell.” Read More →
NEWS Mar 12, 2026 Frontier Takes American To Court Over A Costly Tarmac Crunch At Miami International Miami International Airport has become the epicenter of a high-stakes legal battle between two of the nation's largest carriers. Read More →