The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently issued three separate decisions dismissing litigation arising from the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 on December 28, 2014. The
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On June 21, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published its final rule regarding routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) which will be codified at 14 C.F.R.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that aviation product liability claims are to be governed by state tort law standards of care, not a
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On February 2, 2016, the European Commission announced that the EU and US had reached a new transatlantic data transfer agreement. Though not yet legally binding, the new agreement, referred
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In accordance with the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) promulgates regulations aimed at promoting disabled passengers’ access to air travel and related services. These
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On August 25, 2015, recent amendments to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations pertaining to denied boarding compensation and domestic baggage liability limits will take effect. The DOT also has
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has issued the Final Rule mandating the implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS) for all certificate holders under Part 121 of the Code of
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In 2003 airlines had to deal with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak; now they must deal with the world’s largest outbreak of the Ebola virus. The disease has
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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Erie County, have previously held that the Federal Aviation
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On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which clarified the nature of claims that are preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act (“ADA”).1 In Northwest v. Ginsberg,
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