Beyond the flight deck: Risks arise as air transport industry incorporates AI

Aerospace America
Paul Marks
20 August 2025

Artificial intelligence is already being woven into the very fabric of air travel, from ticket pricing to airline marketing, from baggage handling to ground operations, and from predictive maintenance to air traffic management.

And that means legal and insurance implications for lawyers.

Speakers attending the Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Aviation meeting on July 1, organized by the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Air Law Specialist Group, are already weighing the risks.

Held at the London offices of aviation law firm DAC Beachcroft, the meeting included lawyers warning of potential legal risks regarding data protection and competition law. At issue? If data from rival carriers or travel agencies is used in an airline’s ticket pricing algorithms, for instance, it could look like collusion and an attempt at cartel-style price fixing...

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