Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Adds Six to Aviation Team
Nov 24 2009 // Aon UK announced that it has made six new appointments to its aviation team. “The move is part of Aon’s recruitment drive to bring in fresh thinking and further rejuvenate the strength of its service offering...
AIG Draws $2.1 Billion to Buy Aircraft Leasing Firm Shares
Nov 8 2009 // American International Group Inc. tapped the U.S. government for another $2.1 billion to buy shares of its aircraft leasing arm, International Lease Finance Corp, or ILFC, the insurer said in a regulatory filing...
Policy Discount Offered for General Aviation Aircraft with Seatbelt Airbags
Nov 3 2009 // Irving, Texas-based Aggressive Insurance announced it will offer a premium discount to the owners and pilots of general aviation aircraft with seatbelt airbags on board. A new participant in the aviation insurance...
At Least 14 Reported Dead as Typhoon Mirinae Lashes Philippines
Nov 2 2009 // Typhoon Mirinae has battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces, still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people [IJ Note — later reports have increased the death toll to 24] and...
Texas-based Aggressive Insurance Unveils New Aircraft Program
Sep 25 2009 // Aggressive Insurance, based in Irving, Texas, has announced a new aircraft insurance program. Aggressive is initially introducing the program in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. The program...
European Safety Agency Orders More Airbus Speed Sensor Checks
Sep 24 2009 // European safety officials have ordered checks on certain Airbus speed sensors supplied by U.S. manufacturer Goodrich, just weeks after clamping down on similar equipment from France’s Thales. Potentially faulty speed...
31 Reported Dead, as Flash Floods Slam Turkey
Sep 11 2009 // The heaviest rainfall in at least eight decades sent flash floods barreling across a major highway and into busy business districts in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Wednesday, trapping factory workers and truck...
FAA Will Change Airspace Rules over Hudson River
Sep 4 2009 // Federal aviation officials say they will change airspace rules over the Hudson River at New York City after
Pay-By-The-Hour Aviation Insurance Broadly Available
Sep 1 2009 // Flight schools, aircraft rental operators, charter operators, flying clubs, aerial mapping and survey, and other qualifying commercial aviation operators nationwide may take advantage of a new pay-by-the-hour insurance...
Missouri Aviation Specialists Offer Pay-by-the-Hour Insurance Coverage
Aug 28 2009 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Travers and Associates is now offering pay-by-the-hour insurance coverage as a cost saving alternative to traditional commercial aviation insurance packages. Travers and Associates specializes in...
Don’t Mock Safety in Recreation & Leisure
Aug 17 2009 // Insurance plays an important role in trying to get businesses, employees, drivers, pilots and passengers to pay attention to safety rules and procedures. Everybody needs a little fun in their lives – even insurance...
Kisor Joins Willis Aerospace
Aug 11 2009 // Willis Aerospace, a division of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Stephen Kisor to its global aviation team as executive vice president and head of the Willis Aviation office in Los Angeles. Kisor, who will be joining...
Investigators Still Search for Clues in NYC Air Crash
Aug 10 2009 // As investigators try to piece together how a small plane and tourist helicopter came to enter each other’s airspace over the Hudson River on a clear summer day, divers were to search for clues to the crash believed...
Apex Global Picks Stone to Lead Aviation Division in Houston
Aug 6 2009 // Dallas-based insurance and risk management services firm Apex Global Partners (AGP) has appointed John Stone as managing director of its Houston Aviation Operations. Stone, a pilot, is experienced in structuring insurance...
Marsh Issues Business Risk, Insurance Advice for Overseas Travelers
Jul 20 2009 // In the wake of the fatal bombings in Indonesia, PMarsh has issued a reminder to companies with employees who travel overseas of the need to have robust travel policies and emergency procedures in place to deal with crisis...
France Sees Global ‘Airline Blacklist’ Ready Soon
Jul 13 2009 // A global blacklist for unsafe airlines will be set up soon, France’s Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau said on Monday. On Thursday the head of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had rejected...
Catlin Strengthens London Aviation Team
Jul 9 2009 // Catlin Group Limited has strengthened its already significant London aviation underwriting team with the addition of Richard Power and Mark Stanley. Power will join Catlin on August first as a senior underwriter and head...
Jackson’s Death and Event Cancellation; Max Cap Rejected; Still Searching Air France Crash Cause; Den Dekker is New FERM
Jul 6 2009 // Michael Jackson’s untimely death, barely two weeks before he was to begin a long awaited series of 50 concerts stretching over eight months, has been the world’s top story. It’s also a story in London,...
French Official Says No ‘Black Box’ Signals from Flight 447
Jun 24 2009 // A French official said sounds detected by search teams in the Atlantic depths are not those of Flight 447’s black boxes. The aide to France’s top transport official, Jean-Louis Borloo, said the “black...
Wife of New Jersey Musician Killed in Airline Crash Sues
Jun 22 2009 // The family of a jazz guitarist from New Jersey who was killed in the crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, N.Y., in February has sued Continental Airlines and the flight’s operator. The lawsuit was filed Monday in...
