Latest Aviation Headlines
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Swiss Re Opens General Aviation Office in New York
Oct 11 2011 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ aviation unit is expanding its operations in the North American general aviation (GA) market. It launched a New York-based underwriting team dedicated to developing its GA portfolio...
Boeing Arrest Points to Workplace Drug Problem
Oct 4 2011 // The arrest of more than three dozen people on drug charges at a Boeing military aircraft plant highlights the growing problem of prescription drug abuse by U.S. workers, according to experts. Federal authorities last...
Hurricane Ophelia Sweeps Past Bermuda, Heads North
Oct 3 2011 // Hurricane Ophelia swirled to the east of Bermuda Saturday, whipping up showers, thunderstorms and surf on the British overseas territory as it raced northwards over the Atlantic, forecasters said. Ophelia, the third major...
Insurers Draw Distinctions Between Air Races and Airshows
Oct 3 2011 // With an 11th fatality declared as a result of the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. on Sept. 16, one of the world’s airshow insurance experts is anxious to draw a distinction between airshows...
Insurance Risks of Business Travelers
Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Typhoon Nesat Hits China after Pummeling Hong Kong
Sep 29 2011 // Typhoon Nesat hit Hainan Island in south China on Thursday after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and most businesses in one of Asia’s largest financial centers. China recalled ships and...
Mass. Family in Last 9/11 Case Says Officials Escaped Responsibility
Sep 27 2011 // Even after settling what had been the last wrongful death lawsuit against the airlines over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the family of Mark Bavis warned that neither those companies, nor government regulators have done...
In Wake of Reno Tragedy, Insurers Draw Distinctions Between Air Races and Airshows
Sep 21 2011 // With an 11th fatality declared as a result of the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. on Friday, one of the world’s largest airshow insurers is anxious to draw a distinction between airshows...
Massachusetts Family Settles Last Wrongful Death Lawsuit from 9/11
Sep 21 2011 // The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement, according to an attorney for the family of a passenger on a plane that was flown by hijackers into the...
Reno Crash Probe Focuses on Wayward Part
Sep 19 2011 // Investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact at an air race crash in Reno as a 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac. The...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Sues Saudi Arabia for $215M Over 9/11 Claims
Sep 15 2011 // Lloyd’s of London’s Syndicate 3500 filed a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, several Saudi charity and financial organizations and prominent Saudi individuals over 9/11 terror attacks. The insurer said...
Willis’ Report Finds Airline Industry Losses Hit 5-Year Low
Sep 14 2011 // The airline industry had a “relatively turbulent free start to the third quarter, with losses hitting a five-year low of $794 million,” according to the latest report from the Aerospace division of Willis Group...
New England Coast Weathers Irene; Inland Flooding, Power Outages Major Concerns
Aug 29 2011 // As Tropical Storm Irene churned up the eastern seaboard it left many of New England’s coastal states relatively unscathed, while inflicting some of the worst damage on landlocked Vermont, where severe flooding is now...
8 Dead as Typhoon Nanmadol Slams Northern Philippines
Aug 29 2011 // Slow-moving Typhoon Nanmadol remained dangerous Sunday despite weakening as it struck the tip of the mountainous northern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead and scuttling a visit by a U.S. Navy battleship...
East Coast Cities, Resorts Prepare for Irene
Aug 26 2011 // North Carolina braced Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the U.S. east coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm. With more than 50 million...
Irene Causes Extensive Property Damage on Smaller Islands in the Bahamas
Aug 26 2011 // Large and powerful Hurricane Irene roared across the Bahamas archipelago on Wednesday, knocking down trees and destroying homes on a path that officials said posed the greatest threat to the country’s smaller,...
Earthquake Rattles East Coast; No Deaths or Major Damage Reported
Aug 23 2011 // A strong earthquake struck the U.S. East Coast and was felt as far away as Canada on Tuesday, shaking buildings in many cities, delaying flights and trains and sending thousands of frightened workers into the...
Rio-Paris Crash Probe Finds Air France Pilots Ignored Warnings
Jul 29 2011 // French investigators said on Friday that the crew of Air France’s Rio-Paris flight which crashed into the Atlantic two years ago ignored repeated stall warnings and failed to follow textbook...
Judge Releases Mass. Agency from 9/11 Lawsuit
Jul 29 2011 // The Massachusetts Port Authority was dismissed as a defendant from the last pending wrongful death lawsuit related to the Sept. 11 attacks, leaving United Airlines and a security company facing a trial in which airport...
Willis Report Notes Stable Market for Airlines, but Questions Sustainability
Jul 25 2011 // Willis’ monthly airline insurance insight report indicates that “the insurance market has remained remarkably stable for airlines, with no change in the drivers of capacity and claims. “The experience of...
