Latest Aviation Headlines

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Fire Near Florida Airport Burns 3,500 Rental Cars

Apr 7 2020 // More than 3,500 rental cars were damaged or destroyed in a fire that burned near a Florida airport before being contained late Friday night. The Fort Myers News-Press reports the cars were in a grassy area used as an...

Passenger Sues United Airlines Over Refusal to Refund Airfare Despite U.S. Order

Apr 7 2020 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. was sued by a passenger for refusing to issue refunds for canceled flights, three days after U.S. regulators ordered airlines to reimburse customers.The passenger, Jacob Rudolph, filed the...

Consumers Find Travel Insurance Policies Not Much Help in Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 6 2020 // Purchasers of travel insurance are finding their policies all but worthless as the global pandemic forces them to change their plans, or worse, leaves them sick at sea.Most travel insurance companies won’t provide...

Coronavirus Impact on Aviation Insurance: Gallagher

Apr 5 2020 // Airplanes with a total insured value of more than $160 billion are grounded around the world, presenting risks for insurers, a report said on Friday.Singapore has the largest number of planes standing idle at airports, at...

Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash

Mar 27 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration revoked a foundation’s permission to carry passengers aboard its World War II-era planes after a deadly crash in October.The agency cited safety concerns in its decision to...

Boeing Suspending Production in Seattle over Virus

Mar 26 2020 // Boeing will suspend operations at its Seattle area facilities due to the spread of coronavirus, idling tens of thousands of aerospace workers, the company said Monday.At least 110 people have died from COVID-19 in...

Pandemic Hampers World’s Weather Forecasts with Halting of Commercial Flights

Mar 26 2020 // The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial eye in the sky has...

India in Lockdown Rushes to Maintain Back Office Functions for Global Businesses

Mar 25 2020 // Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased...

Construction Contractor Getting $184M in Colorado Settlement

Mar 23 2020 // The Denver International Airport has settled a dispute for more than $180 million with a contracting company that was fired before completing a terminal renovation project.The airport filed an agreement Friday in a...

M5.7 Earthquake in Utah Confirmed

Mar 20 2020 // With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety of their homes. But on Wednesday morning, even that protection felt fragile as an...

Willis Towers Watson Launches Business Aviation Community Group

Mar 17 2020 // Willis Towers Watson announced the launch of “A Class,” a community group focused on delivering data, knowledge and solutions to its business aviation clients.A Class focuses on data analytics and risk...

Pilot Dies After Small Plane Crashes in Massachusetts

Mar 16 2020 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a wooded and swampy area shortly after takeoff from a Massachusetts airport has died, authorities say.The Cessna 177 single-engine plane crashed about 100 yards north of the...

Insurers Face Big Investment Losses, Trade Credit Claims from Coronavirus Crisis

Mar 12 2020 // Having initially brushed off the potential impact from coronavirus-linked claims, global insurers are waking up to the prospect of a double whammy – a sharp rise in payouts at a time of big investment losses.Because...

Passenger Reaction to Sneezing Person Caused Colorado Flight to Divert

Mar 11 2020 // A commercial flight from Colorado ski country to Newark, New Jersey made an unscheduled stop in Denver after several passengers became disruptive because they were seated next to someone who they thought was sick,...

Workers on Coronavirus Front Lines Fear Protections Are Inadequate

Mar 9 2020 // As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed: Many were working without the most effective masks to protect them from...

Trucking Can Be Deadly. And Not Just For Truckers.: Viewpoint

Feb 28 2020 // Of the major industries for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported workplace fatality rates for 2018, truck transportation was the most dangerous, with 28 deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers.To be sure,...

Marsh JLT Specialty Names Hanrahan Global Head of Aviation, Succeeding Harker

Feb 26 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Garrett Hanrahan as global head of Aviation, Marsh JLT Specialty.Hanrahan is succeeding Simon Harker who is retiring after 44 years in the industry. Based in Dallas,...

Kobe Bryant’s Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Helicopter Operator

Feb 25 2020 // Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publicly mourned their deaths...

Aviation Safety Whistleblower to Get $90K

Feb 25 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to pay $90,000 to an aviation safety inspector who faced retaliation for raising concerns about unqualified flight safety inspectors, a U.S. agency said Monday.The U.S....

Helicopter Pilot in Kobe Bryant Crash Had FAA Violation in 2015

Feb 24 2020 // The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, was reprimanded five years ago for flying into airspace that had reduced visibility without permission,...