Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pilots: Don’t Underestimate Safety Threat Posed by Drones
Apr 7 2016 // You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach—it’s called that because you come in low enough to buzz the Grand Central Parkway and Mets’ Citi Field...
Carbone-Moser Joins Great American Insurance Group’s Aviation Division as VP
Apr 5 2016 // Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Group has hired Mellissa Carbone-Moser as divisional vice president within its Aviation Division. She will be responsible for the supervision and management of all aviation-related...
Augusta, Georgia Approves Drone Ban Over Crowds
Apr 5 2016 // Augusta, Ga., has approved one of the region’s first local drone laws, which bans the unmanned aircraft from flying in areas where 100 or more people might gather. Officials with the Association County Commissioners...
Atlanta Airport, Uber Battle Over Background Checks for Drivers
Mar 29 2016 // A battle over background checks for Uber drivers at the world’s busiest airport comes as cities like Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, consider more thorough screenings to prevent criminals from getting behind the...
The Future of Commercial Drone Use
Mar 29 2016 // There could be 7 million small drones in the sky by 2020, according to U.S. aviation officials, who believe that as many as 2.7 million of them will be used for commercial purposes. These same officials predict that small...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Adds Southern California Aviation Team
Mar 28 2016 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has established a regional aviation insurance team that operates out of the Santa Ana, Calif. office. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions offers a range of aviation insurance products, from physical...
Fairfax Financial to Buy 33% Stake in India’s Bangalore Airport for $322 Million
Mar 28 2016 // Indian airport operator GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd. said it sold a stake in its Bengaluru aerodrome to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., helping cut debt. The shares rose. Fairfax will buy 33 percent of Bangalore...
Uber, Lyft Will Begin Operations at Seattle Airport
Mar 24 2016 // Ridesharing services, like Uber and Lyft, will soon be allowed to pick up riders at Washington’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Seattlepi.com reported the Port of Seattle announced this week it would allow the...
AIR Says Brussels Attacks Have Limited Insurer Impact; FERMA Issues Comment
Mar 24 2016 // The deadly coordinated attacks in Brussels on March 22, which killed 33 people and wounded 260. are expected to have limited impact on the insurance industry, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Loss of...
Brit Leads New Commercial General Aviation Consortium at Lloyd’s
Mar 23 2016 // Brit Ltd., the global specialty insurer, has launched a Lloyd’s consortium for commercial general aviation. Now quoting business, the consortium is being led by Brit with capacity also being provided by Kiln, Hiscox,...
Update: Explosions Rip Through Brussels Airport & Subway; Death Toll Rises
Mar 22 2016 // Belgium was on the highest terror-alert level after three bombings in Brussels on Tuesday killed at least 31, injured more than 180 and raised fears of follow-up attacks. Prime Minister Charles Michel, condemning the...
FlyDubai CEO Defends Decision to Land Plane in Bad Weather Before Fatal Crash
Mar 21 2016 // FlyDubai’s top executive said conditions for landing were appropriate when one of its flights crashed at a windy airport in southern Russia, even though three other carriers rerouted flights to other...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
ArgoGlobal Launches Insure4Drones, Online Portal for UK Drone Insurance
Mar 15 2016 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, today announces the launch of Insure4Drones. The online portal, developed with approved Lloyd’s coverholder JRW Group, offers click-and-buy insurance...
Aon Launches Charter Flight Cancellation Coverage
Mar 14 2016 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, launched an insurance product for the charter aircraft industry addressing the financial losses associated with the cancellation of...
Germanwings Probe Urges Change for Pilots’ Medical Privacy, License-Loss Cover
Mar 14 2016 // Pilots would lose privacy protection for health records and airlines would need insurance when the employees lose their license under a proposal from the French air-safety agency that investigated the deliberate crash of a...
N.D. Aviation Business Operator Sues Airport Director for Discrimination
Mar 11 2016 // A woman who operates an aviation business at the Minot, N.D., airport has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the airport director who quit last week after spearheading construction of a new terminal. Eva Lucke,...
U.K. Eyes Requiring Drones to Fit Anti-Collision Technology for Aviation Safety
Mar 10 2016 // Britain is considering whether civilian drones will have to be fitted with technology intended to prevent collisions with airplanes after a series of near-misses around airports. “The U.K. government and the Civil...
Senate Bill Would Require Testing Drone Operators on Rules of the Sky
Mar 10 2016 // All U.S. drone operators would for the first time have to prove they understand aviation regulations under broad legislation introduced Wednesday in the Senate. A bill setting policy for the Federal Aviation Administration...
Real-Time Tracking to Be Required for Aircraft, After MH370 Disappearance
Mar 8 2016 // The U.N.’s aviation agency on Monday announced new requirements for the real-time tracking of civilian aircraft in distress, following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 two years ago. The...
