Latest Aviation Headlines
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Kobe Bryant Copter Company Had 2 Other Fatal Crashes in 35 Years
Jan 29 2020 // Island Express Helicopters Inc., the California-based charter company involved in Sunday’s crash that killed retired basketball star Kobe Bryant, has been involved in four previous crashes over the past 35 years, two...
Many Global Firms Face High Coronavirus Costs Due to Insurance Exclusions
Jan 29 2020 // Many global companies from hotels and airlines to industrial houses are expected to have to foot the bill for disruptions caused by a new coronavirus in China, with epidemics usually excluded from insurance cover, experts...
Coronavirus Impact: Growing List of Global Firms Cut Back on China Business Activities
Jan 29 2020 // Starbucks Corp. has closed more than half of its coffee shops in mainland China — about 2,000 of them — and Toyota Motor Corp. is halting production in the country, as global corporations grapple with a...
Cause of Kobe Bryant Copter Crash Unclear; Flight Approval Under Review
Jan 28 2020 // The helicopter carrying retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others had been cleared to operate in deteriorating weather but not the dense clouds into which it apparently flew shortly before crashing, according to...
Commercial Air Travel Passenger Death Rate Continues to Decline: MIT Study
Jan 27 2020 // It has never been safer to fly on commercial airlines, according to a new study by an MIT professor that tracks the continued decrease in passenger fatalities around the globe. The study finds that between 2008 and 2017,...
AGCS Appoints Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer Specialty, Succeeding O’Neill
Jan 22 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz Group, appointed Henning Haagen as chief underwriting officer specialty and member of the board of management, subject to...
Iran Crash Victims May Need Political Backing in Fight for Damages
Jan 22 2020 // Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims’ governments may be crucial as they seek damages, legal experts said. Lawyers...
California Woman Sues American Airlines, Claims Employee Stalked Her
Jan 21 2020 // A San Diego, Calif. woman is suing American Airlines, saying that a former employee stalked her by sending more than 100 unwanted texts, some of them sexually suggestive. In her Jan. 6 lawsuit, Ashley Barno contends that...
Boeing Employees’ Emails on Pilot Training Could Boost Crash Victim Claims
Jan 17 2020 // Internal emails from Boeing Co. employees could strengthen the legal case for families claiming the company’s push to minimize the training needed for new 737 Max aircraft contributed to two crashes that killed 346...
Panel Urges Mandatory Safety Systems for Aircraft Manufacturers
Jan 16 2020 // An expert committee on Thursday recommended the Federal Aviation Administration’s require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX...
Christmas Ransomware Attack Hit New York Airport Servers
Jan 15 2020 // An upstate New York airport and its computer management provider were attacked by ransomware over Christmas, officials said. Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced Thursday that the attack came to light...
Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Plane Belong in Malaysia, Not U.S., Court Affirms
Jan 13 2020 // A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought to hold the carrier, its...
Women Sue Frontier Airlines in Colorado Over Sex Assaults by Passengers
Jan 13 2020 // Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for allegedly refusing to help them and either not having or failing to follow policies to...
Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Hamper Probe of Boeing 737-800 Crash near Tehran
Jan 8 2020 // As investigators sift through the charred wreckage of a jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, contradictory reports have emerged about what might have caused the Boeing Co. 737-800 to abruptly plunge out...
Starr Insurance Names Swiss Re’s O’Ryan as Canadian Manager, General Aviation
Jan 8 2020 // Starr Insurance Cos. has appointed Paul O’Ryan as Canadian territory manager, general aviation, effective Jan. 6. O’Ryan joins Starr from Swiss Re where he was head of General Aviation Americas in Toronto for...
BGC Insurance’s Aerospace Broker Rebrands as ‘Piiq Risk’ with Spate of Key Hires
Jan 7 2020 // BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a global broker and division of BGC Partners Inc., announced it has rebranded its global aerospace re/insurance brokerage as Piiq Risk Partners. Since the division was launched during the second...
Look! Up in the Sky. Uber and Hyundai Unveil Air Taxi.
Jan 7 2020 // Uber and Hyundai Motor Co. announced they will develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network. The companies unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In...
Capsicum Re Launches Aviation Reinsurance Team, Led by Bell from AIG
Jan 6 2020 // Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, launched a aviation reinsurance team led by David Bell. Bell is based in London and reports to Matt FitzGerald, managing partner of the London Property and Specialty...
Alaska Air Carrier Revises Estimate of Damage from Cyber Attack
Jan 2 2020 // An Alaska air carrier that suffered a cyber attack has experienced more disruption than initially projected, according to a company announcement. The RavnAir Group on Dec. 20 experienced what it called a...
Indonesia Hit by Worst Flooding Since 2013, with Death Toll Rising
Jan 2 2020 // Indonesian authorities re-opened the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta for limited operations, as the death toll rises from the city’s worst flooding in almost seven years. At least 16 people have died from the...
