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The World’s Airlines History: Past, Present & Future

Welcome to Airline History

If you have a passion for commercial airlines then you have come to the right place. This includes airlines from 285 countries (current & previous) and regions around the world. Iberia has now been added. The world has been split into 4 geographical areas based on the UN geoscheme. See “The World” on the index for further details.

Please see below for daily additions and updates, with both also available on the sidebar on every page
The administration is not responsible for possible inaccuracies and irrelevance of the information provided

I would like to thank the following for their information: Denis Dionne + Craig Morris (TimeTables) + ch-aviation + Robert Hoppe + Jan Warmerdam + Gklavas Athanasios (Airline tickets) + Fred Niven (Ansett)

The World
View our list containing 285 of the worlds countries with airlines.
Today in History
Find out what happened on this day in airline history, updated every day!
Airline History
View our list of over 5,800 airline/aircraft specific dates, regularly updated!

The latest additions / updates

Updated every day, find the latest airlines that have been added or updated within the database.

[ Air Taiwan ]

Taiwan

Updated: June 30, 2022

( Philippine Airways )

Philippines

Updated: June 30, 2022

Teeside Aviation

United Kingdom

Updated: June 30, 2022

Aircam

United Kingdom

Added: June 30, 2022

Genair

United Kingdom

Updated: June 30, 2022

Eastern Airways (i)

United Kingdom

Updated: June 30, 2022

Casair

United Kingdom

Updated: June 30, 2022

Flyr

Norway

Updated: June 30, 2022

Hala Air

Libya

Added: June 30, 2022

( Attawasol Airlines )

Libya

Updated: June 29, 2022

( Aero Sahara )

Libya

Updated: June 29, 2022

( acacusair )

Libya

Updated: June 29, 2022

Lloyd Airlines

USA

Updated: June 29, 2022

Liza Aviation

Togo

Updated: June 29, 2022

[ General Air Cargo ]

USA

Updated: June 29, 2022

[ General Air Cargo ]

Costa Rica

Updated: June 29, 2022

( GenAir )

USA

Updated: June 29, 2022

( GenAir )

Ireland

Updated: June 29, 2022

Latest News
  • JetSMART Peru officially launched operations on 14Jun 2022 [Peru]
  • Norse Atlantic Airways launched operations between London Gatwick and New York JFK on 14Aug2022 [Norway]
  • Eswatini Airlink ceased operating on 01Jun2022
  • Niceair started operations from Akureyri on 02Jun2022 [Iceland]
  • Global Airways began commercial flight operations on 21May2022 [Lithuania]

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