Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marsh’s Aviation Reinsurance Team to Join Guy Carpenter
Jun 24 2008 // Marsh has announced that its aviation reinsurance team will join Guy Carpenter, also an MMC company, which specializes in all aspects of reinsurance, by the end of 2008. When the process is completed, 29 Marsh colleagues...
Union Wants Kentucky Plane Crash Investigation Reopened
Jun 10 2008 // The air traffic controllers’ union is urging a federal safety board to reopen its findings on a 2006 plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people and include understaffing at the airport tower as a contributing...
First Aid Flights May Reach Myanmar; Death Toll Could Exceed 100,000
May 9 2008 // Myanmar’s (Burma’s) isolationist military regime gave the go-ahead for the first major airlift of international aid into the country Thursday, while dragging its feet on urgently requested visas by foreign...
Travelers Increases Aviation Insurance Coverage Capacity to $50 Million
Apr 29 2008 // Catering to the growing demand for expanded aviation insurance and coverage for larger general aviation aircraft, Travelers Aviation reported that it is increasing its capacity to insure aircraft for hull coverage values...
9 West Virginia Airports Get Federal Funds for Improvements, Safety
Apr 25 2008 // Nine West Virginia airports are getting federal funding for runway improvements and other projects. U.S. Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller say the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1.9 million to Yeager...
Tennessee: Bridge near Memphis Airport Undergoes Emergency Repairs
Apr 8 2008 // A bridge in Tennessee that is part of the main route to the Memphis International Airport is undergoing emergency repairs. State inspectors found that strong currents on Nonconnah Creek is washing away bed material around...
Traveler Trying to Carry Potential Explosives on Plane Arrested in Florida
Apr 3 2008 // A man was arrested Tuesday in Florida at Orlando International Airport carrying materials in his luggage that could have been used for an explosive device, FBI officials said. Federal behavioral specialists spotted Kevin...
2008 Aviation Outlook Unclear
Mar 31 2008 // Capacity for aviation coverage appears to be increasing, but, as claims are also on the rise, the outlook for the year ahead is not one that is easy to predict. Aon aviation industry analyst, Magnus Allan, commented...
Singapore Air Again Grounds A380 for Fuel Pump Fault
Mar 26 2008 // Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it had to ground an Airbus A380 on Monday and transfer passengers to two smaller Boeing 747s bound for Sydney, after a fuel pump failed to work. This was the fourth incident in...
It Figures
Mar 24 2008 // $1.9 Million New York-based aviation fueling company Allied Aviation Services Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to settle a racial...
Crash of Military Training Flight under Investigation in Alabama
Mar 19 2008 // The Navy says Marines from Maryland and Florida were killed when their plane crashed into an Alabama mountain during a training flight. Instructor pilot Maj. David Yaggy, 34, of Sparks, Md., and 2nd Lt. Alexander Prezioso,...
Insurers Settle Lawsuits over Philippines Crash for $165M
Mar 19 2008 // Insurance companies have agreed to pay $165 million (euro104.63 million) to settle lawsuits brought by relatives of those killed in a 2000 plane crash in the Philippines, lawyers for the families said. The families of...
Feds to Investigate North Carolina Helicopter Crash
Mar 17 2008 // A Wilmington, N.C. fire captain died last week when his helicopter crashed and exploded near the city, authorities said. John Miller was the only passenger in the helicopter, said Sgt. Craig Bredenbeck of the New Hanover...
Company Pays $1.9M to Settle Racial Discrimination Case in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // An aviation fueling company with headquarters in New York has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport who said they were taunted with hangman’s...
Aon Study Finds Aerospace Premiums Down by 11%
Mar 7 2008 // Aon’s recently published “Aerospace Insurance Market Review 2007” highlights the year’s “soft market driven by high capacity and historically low claims.” Aon determined that the...
Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments. Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage...
AIR Assesses Damages from European Windstorm Emma
Mar 4 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet...
Experimental Planes Collide at Fla. Airfield East of Orlando
Mar 3 2008 // An experimental plane that may have been having trouble landing struck another that was taxiing at an airfield March 1, setting both on fire and killing two people, authorities said. Two people were critically injured. The...
NationAir Now Aviation Insurance Provider for Parade of Pistons
Feb 28 2008 // Chicago-based NationAir Aviation Insurance recently announced that it has joined with Parade of Pistons as the expo’s exclusive aviation insurance partner. Parade of Pistons is a series of regional aircraft expos...
Aon Review Sees Harder Aviation Market
Feb 27 2008 // Aon’s “Airline Insurance Market Review of 2007” cites the “high level of hull and liability claims, at US$1.7 billion, coupled with the lowest amount of lead hull and liability premium since 2000...
