Airlines, aerospace, and other aviation industry clients come to Jones Day to solve their most difficult problems in North America, Europe, and Asia.

We have broad experience in handling matters involving civil aviation regulation and enforcement, competition law and antitrust, mergers and alliances, aircraft acquisition and finance, aircraft accident litigation, airport terminal construction and expansion projects, aviation environmental issues, as well as aviation company bankruptcy, reorganization, and restructuring issues.

Our aviation lawyers have held high ranking transportation posts in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and we have industry general counsel experience.  We were part of the U.S. delegation negotiating the "open skies" agreement, and we have navigated through complex and often conflicting aviation regulatory regimes worldwide. Our lawyers also are experienced in structuring international commercial alliances.

We represent clients in civil litigation filed in the U.S. and elsewhere and before the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the European Commission, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Our aviation lawyers have been recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Bloomberg, and The American Lawyer. A number of our lawyers are pilots, and we are active in aviation and legal organizations, including IATA, The Wings Club, NBAA, AOPA, ISASI, the International Aviation Women’s Association, and bar associations.  We also have participated in regional business aircraft associations, Angel Flight of Georgia, and the Air Care Alliance.

For additional information, read our Airlines & Aviation Industry brochure, Aviation Product Liability brochure, and Airlines and Aviation News Blast.

Jones Day sponsored the 2009 China-U.S. Aviation Symposium, held in Beijing, which brought together officials to discuss cooperation in airport development, air traffic management, environmental issues, airport security, and general aviation development.  We also sponsored the 2009 U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa: Partners in Aviation Conference organized by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, which focused on aviation infrastructure development and in-bound investment by U.S. businesses providing air traffic control and airport services and technologies.  Additionally, we sponsored the 2008 and 2009 IATA Legal Symposia, the world's premier annual international air law event.