All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 11 2008 // A federal judge dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people two years ago.U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said in a 13-page opinion that no...
Jun 27 2008 // International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), an aircraft leasing and remarketing firm, will remain a core holding of insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG).Robert B. Willumstad, AIG chairman and chief...
Jun 24 2008 // Marsh has announced that its aviation reinsurance team will join Guy Carpenter, also an MMC company, which specializes in all aspects of reinsurance, by the end of 2008.When the process is completed, 29 Marsh colleagues...
Jun 10 2008 // The air traffic controllers’ union is urging a federal safety board to reopen its findings on a 2006 plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people and include understaffing at the airport tower as a contributing...
May 9 2008 // Myanmar’s (Burma’s) isolationist military regime gave the go-ahead for the first major airlift of international aid into the country Thursday, while dragging its feet on urgently requested visas by foreign...
Apr 29 2008 // Catering to the growing demand for expanded aviation insurance and coverage for larger general aviation aircraft, Travelers Aviation reported that it is increasing its capacity to insure aircraft for hull coverage values...
Apr 25 2008 // Nine West Virginia airports are getting federal funding for runway improvements and other projects.U.S. Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller say the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1.9 million to Yeager...
Apr 8 2008 // A bridge in Tennessee that is part of the main route to the Memphis International Airport is undergoing emergency repairs.State inspectors found that strong currents on Nonconnah Creek is washing away bed material around a...
Apr 3 2008 // A man was arrested Tuesday in Florida at Orlando International Airport carrying materials in his luggage that could have been used for an explosive device, FBI officials said.Federal behavioral specialists spotted Kevin...
Mar 31 2008 // Capacity for aviation coverage appears to be increasing, but, as claims are also on the rise, the outlook for the year ahead is not one that is easy to predict.Aon aviation industry analyst, Magnus Allan, commented –...
Mar 26 2008 // Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it had to ground an Airbus A380 on Monday and transfer passengers to two smaller Boeing 747s bound for Sydney, after a fuel pump failed to work.This was the fourth incident in...
Mar 24 2008 // $1.9 MillionNew York-based aviation fueling company Allied Aviation Services Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to settle a racial...
Mar 19 2008 // The Navy says Marines from Maryland and Florida were killed when their plane crashed into an Alabama mountain during a training flight.Instructor pilot Maj. David Yaggy, 34, of Sparks, Md., and 2nd Lt. Alexander Prezioso,...
Mar 19 2008 // Insurance companies have agreed to pay $165 million (euro104.63 million) to settle lawsuits brought by relatives of those killed in a 2000 plane crash in the Philippines, lawyers for the families said.The families of about...
Mar 17 2008 // A Wilmington, N.C. fire captain died last week when his helicopter crashed and exploded near the city, authorities said.John Miller was the only passenger in the helicopter, said Sgt. Craig Bredenbeck of the New Hanover...
Mar 13 2008 // An aviation fueling company with headquarters in New York has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport who said they were taunted with hangman’s...
Mar 7 2008 // Aon’s recently published “Aerospace Insurance Market Review 2007” highlights the year’s “soft market driven by high capacity and historically low claims.”Aon determined that the...
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments.Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage for...
Mar 4 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet...
Mar 3 2008 // An experimental plane that may have been having trouble landing struck another that was taxiing at an airfield March 1, setting both on fire and killing two people, authorities said. Two people were critically injured.The...