All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 23 2015 // A machete-wielding attacker who died hours after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy who stopped his rampage at New Orleans’ international airport had a bag loaded with Molotov cocktails, authorities say.Richard...
Mar 22 2015 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to unveil new steps soon to make it easier for companies to use drone aircraft for specific business operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Commercial...
Mar 11 2015 // The pilots of a Delta plane that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport last week during a snowstorm have told investigators that automatic systems designed to slow down the plane were not working properly,...
Mar 9 2015 // As the National Transportation Safety Board begins its investigation into a Delta jetliner that slid off a runway while landing during a snowstorm at LaGuardia Airport, there is no shortage of questions to pursue:How big a...
Mar 9 2015 // The Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing one year ago Sunday had an underwater locator beacon whose battery had expired in December 2012, according to an interim report on the incident.Flight 370 was also carrying...
Mar 6 2015 // One insurance broker in Colorado has already written policies on 2,600 drones, and a San Francisco-based company said it has assembled an Uber-like list of 1,000 trained operators businesses can hire to do the flying for...
Mar 6 2015 // The aviation industry is behind the curve in terms of its response and readiness to the insidious threat posed by cyber criminality whether from criminals, terrorists, nation states or hackers, according to Peter...
Mar 5 2015 // The first set of lawsuits stemming from the crash of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco two years ago have been settled, but dozens of additional cases remain after the accident that killed three Chinese teenagers...
Mar 4 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired NationAir Aviation Insurance (NationAir) based in West Chicago, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1978, NationAir is a retail insurance broker offering...
Mar 4 2015 // Asiana Airlines Inc. settled 72 personal injury claims in lawsuits filed over a July 2013 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport and is continuing to negotiate with other passengers.The airline announced the...
Mar 2 2015 // Successful terrorists have shifted their focus in recent years away from attacking airlines to attacking subway and rail systems, according to an analysis of terrorist attacks over a 30-year period from 1982 to 2011 by a...
Mar 2 2015 // Allied World Europe and Airbus have entered into a relationship whereby Allied World will offer complimentary aircraft hull insurance to airlines that purchase Airbus’ Runways Overrun Prevention System (ROPS).ROPS is...
Mar 2 2015 // ACE Group has signed a partnership agreement with Transavia to provide the airline’s customers with travel and flight cancellation insurance cover.Transavia, based in The Netherlands, is a member of the Air France...
Feb 26 2015 // Insured losses in 2014 were at the lowest level seen since 2009, according to Guy Carpenter’s annual Global Catastrophe Review.The report says that significant insured losses in 2014 totaled approximately USD33...
Feb 16 2015 // The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been...
Feb 5 2015 // Even after two deadly crashes in seven months, TransAsia Airways Corp. will likely rebound quickly as insurance covers any financial losses and its coveted routes through Taipei’s downtown airport keep it popular...
Feb 4 2015 // A TransAsia Airways Corp. turboprop plane crashed into a river near Taipei moments after taking off, killing at least 19 of the 58 people on board in the second fatal accident in less than a year for the Taiwanese...
Feb 3 2015 // Malaysia, which suffered two commercial air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, said on Monday the United Nations must make reporting of risks to airlines over conflict...
Feb 2 2015 // Indonesian air crash investigators said on Monday they had not so far found evidence that the pilot of an AirAsia jet had left his seat, or that power to an automated control system was shut off, shortly before the...
Feb 2 2015 // The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unusual procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control, and by the time he returned it was too late to save the...