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Follow the latest legal battles and lawsuits within the global aviation industry.
Alaska Airlines ordered to remove gendered rules on flight attendant uniforms
Alaska Airlines has agreed to drop the company’s traditional male and female uniform rules after the Washington state…
American Airlines faces lawsuit after flight attendant locks mother in lavatory
The American Airlines Group is facing a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed that one of the…
Delta first class passenger arrested for forcibly kissing flight attendant
A passenger flying first class with Delta Air Lines was arrested after being accused of getting drunk, forcibly…
Color blind pilot sues United Airlines after being terminated
United Airlines is being sued by a color blind pilot who was terminated shortly after being grounded due…
Comair sues Boeing over 737 purchases, seeks $83M in damages: report
Comair, the defunct South African airline, has sued Boeing for fraud over an agreement to buy eight 737…
Sacked flight attendant sues Spirit Airlines over racial discrimination
Former Spirit Airlines flight attendant Chelsea Blackmon is filing an employment discrimination lawsuit against the airline after not…
Adria Airways CEOs Schuster, Kowarsch face €78 million lawsuit
Former executives of now-defunct Slovenian airline Adria Airways, Arno Schuster and Holger Kowarsch, are facing a €78 million…
Travel booking company Sabre sues Hawaiian Airlines over alleged contract breach
Global distribution system (GDS) provider Sabre has filed a lawsuit against Hawaiian Airlines for an alleged breach of…
JetBlue to pay flight attendants $3.6M over long-running wage lawsuit
JetBlue Airways will pay $3.6 million to over 500 of its flight attendants as settlement over a wage…
Ukraine International Airlines sues Iran over shot-down flight PS752
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Supreme Court, in Canada, against the Islamic Republic…
Drinks firm Bacardi sues American Airlines over missing cases of Cognac
The curious case of crates of Cognac. Drinks maker Bacardi USA is suing American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) over…
Sunwing Airlines ‘party flight’ organizer plans to sue airline
The organizer of a Sunwing Airlines flight to Cancun, Mexico, which gained notoriety as a ‘party flight’ during…
ETF Airways to sue Bremen Airport for damages caused by rabbit
ETF Airways, a Croatian Charter airline, is preparing to take legal action against Bremen Airport (BRE). The airline…
Boeing reaches $225M settlement with shareholders over 737 MAX oversight – WSJ
Boeing’s current and former directors have reached an agreement with shareholders in a lawsuit concerning board oversight of…
US Department of Justice sues to stop American Airlines and JetBlue partnership
Together with the Attorneys General in six states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Former Boeing test pilot to face charges over 737 MAX crashes
US federal prosecutors are preparing to indict Mark Forkner, a former Boeing test pilot, over the two crashes…
Smartwings files lawsuit against Boeing over 737 Max grounding
Boeing is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from the Czech-based airline Smartwings, seeking compensation over the losses…
Accused of fraud, Boeing pays $2.5 billion settlement for 737 MAX crashes
Boeing has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) of conspiracy to defraud the government for…