Aflac flies to Newark the week insurers eye New York conference

Aflac flew from its Columbus, Georgia, home base to Newark Liberty International Airport on May 27, a 1-hour-44-minute hop that put the Gulfstream G280 on the ground in northern New Jersey at 6:22 p.m. Eastern.

The same week, the company’s senior leadership may be preparing for the annual Standard & Poor’s Insurance Conference in New York City, an event perennially held in late May where Aflac executives often meet with analysts and investors. The Newark arrival avoids the congestion of JFK or LaGuardia and places the corporate team a short drive from Manhattan. Aflac’s CEO Daniel Amos has used the Columbus-to-Newark corridor repeatedly; the May 21 flight from Columbus to Dulles suggests a wider East Coast business circuit that week.

The pattern holds: Aflac’s jet also flew to Tampa on May 26 and to Colorado Springs earlier the same day, likely moving executives between secondary offices or investment meetings. The New York-area stop, however, aligns with the highest concentration of institutional financial audiences in the firm’s calendar, per typical industry scheduling.