09 - September

Wednesday, September 01, 1926

Northwest Airlines was founded by Colonel Lewis Brittin, under the name Northwest Airways (>>Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 01, 1927

National Air Transport delivers the first air cargo in the United States between Dallas and New York (>UAL). View airlines from USA.

September 01, 1930

Aviaarktika, the flying branch of the Department of Polar Aviation of Glavsevmorput, started operations. View airlines from USSR.

Wednesday, September 01, 1937

Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline, began operations as TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines). View airlines from Canada.

Wednesday, September 01, 1943

Ozark Air Lines was founded (>>TWA >>American Airlines). View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 01, 1946

Vickers Viking entered service with BEA (British European Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, September 01, 1948

Pak-Air was established with a DC.3. View airlines from Pakistan.

Saturday, September 01, 1951

Fiji Airways' first commercial flight. View airlines from Fiji.

Wednesday, September 01, 1954

First flight Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation, 4 engine airliner, turbine powered version of Constellation family. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 01, 1954

Finnair inaugurated a Helsinki to London service operating Convair CV340s. View airlines from Finland.

Wednesday, September 01, 1965

CAS (Continental Air Services), a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Air Lines started flying in South-East Asia. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 01, 1967

Air Rhodesia was formed (>Air Zimbabwe). View airlines from Southern Rhodesia.

Friday, September 01, 1967

Air Malawi started operations on this date & suspended all flights on 25Feb2013. View airlines from Malawi.

September 01, 1969

Kingdom of Libya Airlines (KLA), was rebranded as Libyan Arab Airlines (aka Jamahiriya Libyan Airlines). View airlines from Libya.

September 01, 1970

Caribbean International Airways was registered in Bridgetown. View airlines from Barbados.

September 01, 1970

Falconair, a Malmo based holiday charter carrier, ceased operations. View airlines from Sweden.

Friday, September 01, 1972

British Airways Group was established, which resulted in BOAC and BEA being dissolved on 31Mar1974 upon the formation of British Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Saturday, September 01, 1979

Command Airways was rebranded as Magnum Airlines Helicopters. View airlines from South Africa.

Saturday, September 01, 1979

Air Lanka made its inaugural flight (>Srilankan Airlines). View airlines from Sri Lanka.

Tuesday, September 01, 1981

Horizon Air, founded in 1981, started operations. View airlines from USA.

September 01, 1983

Fleming International Airways was renamed as Cam Air International. View airlines from USA.

September 01, 1996

ARPA purchased 80% of the shares of the former state-owned LAP & both airlines were merged under the name TAM - Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur. View airlines from Paraguay.

Tuesday, September 01, 1998

MaxAir, formed in 1996 by Max Renard, began revenue flights. View airlines from Sweden.

Wednesday, September 01, 1999

JMC Airlines was launched by merger of Flying Colours & Caledonian Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, September 01, 1999

AMC Aviation was rebranded as AMC Airlines. View airlines from Egypt.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Albatros Airways was grounded. View airlines from Albania.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

SkyEurope  ceased operations. View airlines from Slovakia.

Thursday, September 01, 2011

IndiGo started international services with a flight from Delhi to Dubai. View airlines from India.

Monday, September 01, 2014

Bylina had its AOC suspended by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia). View airlines from Russia.

Monday, September 01, 2014

Avianca Ecuador start operations after renamed from AeroGal. View airlines from Ecuador.

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

CanJet having started operations on 05Sep2000, now ceased. View airlines from Canada.

September 01, 2015

Voyage Air, established in 2006, was issued AOC/Aircraft Operation License BG-53 for transportation of passengers and cargo. View airlines from Bulgaria.

September 01, 2017

Buta Airways, the low-cost subsidiary of AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines commenced operations. View airlines from Azerbaijan.

Tuesday, September 02, 1919

Handley Page Transport Ltd started flights from London Cricklewood to Paris Le Bourget with converted HP WWI bombers. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, September 02, 1998

First flight of the B.717. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 02, 2005

Swe Fly ceased operations. View airlines from Sweden.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Kato Airline ceased operations. View airlines from Norway.

September 02, 2010

Air Tourist Gabon restarted as Allegiance Gabon. View airlines from Gabon.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Namibia flyafrica launched services. View airlines from Namibia.

September 02, 2016

fly Lapland was a Luleå Kallax based carrier that was declared bankrupt. View airlines from Sweden.

Wednesday, September 03, 1924

Tajik Air was established as Stalinabad Aero-Centre. View airlines from Tajikistan.

Sunday, September 03, 1939

Following the formal declaration of war by the British Government on Germany, all civil flying ceased. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 03, 1970

Air France places the first orders for the Airbus A300. View airlines from France.

Thursday, September 03, 1981

First flight of the British Aerospace 146. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Sunday, September 03, 1989

Filair, established in 1987 by Captain Dany Philemotte, started operations. View airlines from DR Congo.

Thursday, September 03, 1998

Blue Panorama was established by tour operator Astra Travel. View airlines from Italy.

Saturday, September 03, 2005

HK Express, incorporated on 10Mar2004, started operations as Hong Kong Express. View airlines from Hong Kong.

September 03, 2008

Italiatour Airlines started operations. View airlines from Italy.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

BA CityFlyer accepts delivery of its first Embraer 170, narrow-body medium-range twin-engine jet airliner. View airlines from United Kingdom.

September 03, 2018

VLM Airlines (Slovenia) ceased operations. View airlines from Slovenia.

Wednesday, September 04, 1940

LASO operated its first flight from Palomar to Esquel (+>LADE (Lineas Aereas del Estado)). View airlines from Argentina.

Sunday, September 04, 1949

First flight Bristol Type 167 Brabazon, British large propeller-driven airliner, designed to fly transatlantic routes. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Saturday, September 04, 1971

First transatlantic crossing of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde made by 1 on a sales and demonstration tour. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 04, 1981

Ed Beauvais, CEO, founded the company that would become America West. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 04, 2000

Ameristar Air Cargo, established and wholly-owned by Tom Wachendorfer, started operations. View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Republic Airlines, founded in 2005, started operations. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

flySur, created in 2007 as TAER Andalus, started operations. View airlines from Spain.

Friday, September 04, 2015

Korongo's investors decided to discontinue the flight operations and to dissolve the company. View airlines from DR Congo.

Friday, September 04, 2015

BizAir Shuttle terminated its sole remaining route. View airlines from USA.

September 04, 2018

Air Mandalay ceased operations amidst overcapacity in Myanmar's aviation market. View airlines from Myanmar.

Friday, September 05, 1919

For 1st time, airplanes used to aid whale hunting along coast of Vancouver, BC. i.e. planes spot whales and radio to ships. View airlines from Canada.

Tuesday, September 05, 1922

Aerolloyd Polish Airlines launched regular flights from Gdańsk to Warsaw and onward from there to Lwów (=>LOT). View airlines from Poland.

Monday, September 05, 1927

Aeroposta Argentina Airline (>Aerolineas Argentinas) was formed in Buenos Aires. View airlines from Argentina.

Friday, September 05, 1958

LADECO was founded (=>LanExpress). View airlines from Chile.

Tuesday, September 05, 1978

Germania operations started as SAT Flug (Special Air Transport). View airlines from Germany.

Saturday, September 05, 1981

Air Vanuatu, established in early 1981, operated its first flight. View airlines from Vanuatu.

Monday, September 05, 1988

Sky Bahamas started operations as Sky Unlimited. View airlines from Bahamas.

September 05, 1994

Tasman Cargo Airlines commenced operations as Premier Airlines. View airlines from Australia.

Tuesday, September 05, 2000

CanJe started operations. View airlines from Canada.

September 05, 2007

UK International Airlines was awarded its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the UK CAA. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Colgan Air ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 06, 1962

Merpati Nasantara Airlines was officially constituted. View airlines from Indonesia.

September 06, 1963

CCF Aviation was incorporated. View airlines from United Kingdom.

September 06, 1977

Command Airways, founded on 30Jun1977, started scheduled services. View airlines from South Africa.

Thursday, September 06, 2001

AeroPostal Cargo de Mexico started operations in Mexico City. View airlines from Mexico.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Maximus Air was established as Experts Air Cargo by the UAE Ministry of Defence & rebranded to Maximus Air Cargo on this date. View airlines from UAE.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Frontier Airlines creates a new airline named Lynx Aviation. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Mais Linhas Aéreas, established in Salvador in Brazil’s Northeast region, started operations. View airlines from Brazil.

Monday, September 07, 1936

The tarmac of Geneva Airport is covered with concrete over a length of 400m, the first of its kind in Europe. View airlines from Switzerland.

September 07, 1982

Kampuchea Airlines started services (>>Royal Air Cambodge). View airlines from Cambodia.

September 07, 1982

Kampuchea Airlines started services (>>Royal Air Cambodge). View airlines from Cambodia.

Wednesday, September 07, 1988

PBA (Provincetown-Boston Airlines), founded by John C. Van Arsdale on 30Nov1949, was fully consolidated in to Texas Air. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 07, 1990

Zhejiang Airlines was formed. View airlines from China.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Avolar began operations. View airlines from Mexico.

September 07 2011

Ventura AirConnect conducted its inaugural flight between Bhopal and Gwalior. View airlines from India.

Saturday, September 07, 2013

South Supreme Airlines officially launched international operations with its maiden flight between Juba & Khartoum. View airlines from South Sudan.

Wednesday, September 08, 1909

Samuel Cody flew from Aldershot to Farnborough and back (46 miles in 1 h and 3 min), the first recorded cross-country flight in the UK. View airlines from United Kingdom.

September 08, 1927

The Cessna company is established. View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 08, 1935

The first civil airport in Finland was opened at Turku Artukainen. View airlines from Finland.

September 08 1964

Upper Valley Aviation was certicated to fly scheduled mail services from McAllen in the extreme south of Texas. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 08, 1976

Rio-Sul Servicos Aereas Regionais, established on 24Aug1976, started operations (..Gol). View airlines from Brazil.

Monday, September 08, 1997

The B.777-300 was rolled out. At 73 m (242 feet) it was the longest airliner ever built. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Futura International Airways ceased operations. View airlines from Spain.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Futura Gael ceased operations. View airlines from Ireland.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

KD Avia suspended all flights. View airlines from Russia.

September 08 2011

JETisfaction started scheduled operations with routes from its home base at Münster-Osnabrück (FMO). View airlines from Germany.

Thursday, September 08, 2016

Binter CV operated its maiden flight. View airlines from Cape Verde Islands.

September 08 2017

Sunair Aviation was grounded after the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAANZ) suspended its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC). View airlines from New Zealand.

Saturday, September 09, 1911

The first British scheduled airmail flight was made. Gustav Hamel flew from Hendon to the Postmaster General's office in Windsor. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 09, 1921

Daimler Airway was founded (>British Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 09, 1927

British Guiana Air Transport Company was formed. View airlines from Guyana.

September 09, 1936

Crilly Airways, operated passenger services between several cities in England starting in early 1935 from Doncaster but ceased trading and entered receivership. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, September 09, 1946

TAA (Trans Australia Airline) started operations from Laverton Aerodrome to Mascot. View airlines from Australia.

Tuesday, September 09, 1947

Air Vietnam was formed as COSARA by Maurice Loubière. View airlines from Indo China.

Thursday, September 09, 1954

Compañía de Aviación y Turismo SA was formed. View airlines from Panama.

September 09, 1957

AeroChaco (Líneas Aéreas Chaqueñas) was formed. View airlines from Argentina.

Thursday, September 09, 1971

Air-India Charters was formed, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India. View airlines from India.

Tuesday, September 09, 1980

Island Air start operations as Princeville Airways. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 09, 1987

Royale Airlines files for bankruptcy Chapter 11 on this date & later it was changed to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Feb1989. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 09, 1988

Air France and Lufthansa establish Euroberlin France. View airlines from France.

September 09, 1996

Kiwi Travel International ceased operations. View airlines from New Zealand.

Thursday, September 09, 1999

Roan Air was renamed to Zambian Airways. View airlines from Zambia.

September 09, 2006

First flight of the Boeing B.747 Large Cargo Freighter. View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Rioja Airlines ceased operations after only three months. View airlines from Spain.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Vega Airlines, re-established as Cargo Air, received its AOC. View airlines from Bulgaria.

September 09, 2009

Line Support resumed services, operated by its Estonian subsidiary Copterline (>FirstClass). View airlines from Finland.

Friday, September 09, 2011

EasySky start operations. View airlines from Honduras.

Sunday, September 09, 2012

FMI Air launched operations as FMI Air Charter. View airlines from Myanmar.

Sunday, September 09, 2012

Bmibaby closed down. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Hai Au Aviation officially launched the seaplane service for tourism in Tuan Chau, Ha Long. View airlines from Vietnam.

September 09, 2015

Amaszonas Paraguay inaugurated operations with its maiden flight from Asuncion to Ciudad del Este. View airlines from Paraguay.

September 09, 2019

Air Antwerp started operations. View airlines from Belgium.

Wednesday, September 10, 1952

TWA introduces the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 10, 1968

Indonesia Air started operations as Indonesia Air Transport. View airlines from Indonesia.

September 10, 1996

German aviation authorities withdrew permission for Holiday Airlines to land at any airport in the Federal Republic leaving the company with no option but to shut down and liquidate. View airlines from Turkey.

Friday, September 10, 2004

Fly Niu Airlines was forced to cease after its AOC was revoked because of Tonga's "one airline" policy. View airlines from Tonga.

September 10 2009

Scanderbeg Air, a passenger charter carrier based out of New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK), ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Air Nigeria ceased operations. View airlines from Nigeria.

September 10 2016

French Blue had its first flight to Punta Cana started (>French Bee). View airlines from France.

Thursday, September 11, 1924

First regular airmail service began, with Laurentide Air Services linking Haileybury with Rouyn. View airlines from Canada.

Wednesday, September 11, 1946

Seaboard World Airlines was founded (..>>FedEx). View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 11, 1949

AGSA (Aviación General SA) was founded. View airlines from Panama.

Tuesday, September 11, 1962

Merpati launched services from Jakarta, with a fleet of two Douglas DC-3s and four DHC-3 Otters. View airlines from Indonesia.

Friday, September 11, 1970

First flight of the Britten-Norman Trislander, an 18-seat three-engined piston-powered civilian utility aircraft.. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, September 11, 1989

SunExpress was founded on this date as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. View airlines from Turkey.

Monday, September 11, 2000

Transwest Air operations start. View airlines from Canada.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Potomac Air goes under, caused by 09/11 attack. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 11, 2006

Bravo Air Congo restarted operations on this date & ceased on 10Dec2007. View airlines from DR Congo.

September 11, 2006

Camair-Co was formed by decree of Paul Biya, the President of Cameroon. View airlines from Cameroon.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Air Bee ceased operations. View airlines from Italy.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Pace Airlines suspend operations. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Malindo Air was founded. View airlines from Malaysia.

Friday, September 11, 2015

South Supreme Airlines halted operations owing to the scarcity of dollars in South Sudan. View airlines from South Sudan.

September 11, 2018

Tianjin Air Cargo, having received its AOC in Aug2018, launched operations. View airlines from China.

September 12, 1900

The Wright brothers arrive at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to begin their first season of glider experiments there.. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 12, 1919

Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands awarded KLM its “Royal” designation. View airlines from Netherlands.

Wednesday, September 12, 1923

The charter was signed in Helsinki establishing Aero O/Y (>Finnair). View airlines from Finland.

Saturday, September 12, 1925

Juan Trippe incorporates Eastern Air Transport (>American Airlines). View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 12, 1929

18-passenger Boeing Model 80A made its first flight. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 12, 1973

Eagle Airways, formed in 1969, restarted scheduled services. View airlines from New Zealand.

September 12 1996

Aeroflot Plus was formed for Executive charter services within Russia (>JetAlliance East). View airlines from Russia.

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Air New Zealand placed the Ansett group of companies into voluntary administration with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. View airlines from Australia.

Friday, September 12, 2008

XL Airways UK, a subsidiary of the XL Leisure Group, ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 13, 1928

Panagra was founded on this day & commenced operations on Dec1929. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 13, 1929

Fokker F.32 first flight. A passenger aircraft built by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America in 1929 in their Teterboro, New Jersey factory. View airlines from USA.

September 13, 1934

Gidsken Jakobsen formed Bergens Aero. The plan was to get a fixed mail and passenger route in northern Norway, but the Norwegian Airline did not get the license. Thus, Bergen Aero was closed. View airlines from Norway.

Saturday, September 13, 1952

Fujita Airlines (Fuji Airlines) was established (>JDA >>JAL). View airlines from Japan.

September 13, 1967

Mid-American Air Transport was certified to operate scheduled air taxi services in the state of Kansas. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 13, 1991

Air Lithuania was established as a state-owned company after the reorganisation of Aeroflot division Kaunas (>flyLAL)

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Tuesday, September 13, 1994

Air Macau was established on this date & operated its first service, from Macau to Beijing and Shanghai on 09Nov1995. View airlines from Macau.

Thursday, September 13, 2001

Ansett Australia ceased operations. View airlines from Australia.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Abu Dhabi announced that it was withdrawing from Gulf Air to concentrate on Etihad Airways by  Royal (Amiri) Decree. View airlines from UAE.

September 13 2005

UK International Airlines Limited was formed to operate services between United Kingdom and Pakistan. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

BB Airways, founded in Jan2012, started operations. View airlines from Nepal.

Friday, September 14, 1934

Aeroméxico was established as Aeronaves de México by Antonio Diaz Lombardo. View airlines from Mexico.

Wednesday, September 14, 1966

Atlanta Taxi Aereo was founded66. View airlines from Brazil.

Monday, September 14, 1970

North East Bolivian Airways (NEBA) was founded as a general cargo carrier based in Cochbamba. View airlines from Bolivia.

Thursday, September 14, 1978

ONA (Overseas National Airways) was formed in Jun1950 & ceased operations on this date. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 14, 1992

Necon Air, Nepal's first private airline company, was established. View airlines from Nepal.

Friday, September 14, 2001

JDP Lux was incorporated. View airlines from Luxembourg.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Air Scandic ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Air Tomisko ceased operations. View airlines from Serbia.

September 14, 2012

Golden Myanmar Airlines was incorporated. View airlines from Myanmar.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

AG Air suspended operations after the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GeCAA) revoked its Air Operators Certificate (AOC). View airlines from Georgia.

September 14, 2017

TAP Portugal was renamed TAP Air Portugal, going back to the name used between 1979 and 2005. View airlines from Portugal.

September 14, 2018

Lijiang Airlines was established by Lijiang Tourism Development Investment Group and Kai Yuan Equity Investment. View airlines from China.

Tuesday, September 15, 1925

LAB (Lloyd Aereo Boliviano), founded on this date, started operations on 23Sep1925 & ceased on 31Mar2007. View airlines from Bolivia.

Wednesday, September 15, 1926

Pacific Air Transport, founded in Jan1926, commenced operations (=UAL). View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 15, 1928

Faucett (Compania de Aviacion Faucett) was formed by Elmer J. Faucett. View airlines from Peru.

Monday, September 15, 1930

Pan Am acquires its prime competitor, NYRBA (New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line). View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 15, 1934

AeroMexico, founded on 14Sep1934 by Antonio Diaz Lombardo, commenced operations as Aerovias de Mexico. View airlines from Mexico.

Sunday, September 15, 1946

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines' inaugural flight departs from Sydney (>QANTAS). View airlines from Australia.

Wednesday, September 15, 1948

Myanmar National Airways was founded by the government after independence, as the Union of Burma Airways (UBA). View airlines from Myanmar.

Saturday, September 15, 1956

Aeroflot introduces the first Tupolev Tu-14 service. View airlines from USSR.

Thursday, September 15, 1960

TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways) retires its last flying boat from service (>ANZ). View airlines from New Zealand.

Wednesday, September 15, 1965

Air Siam was founded as Varan Air-Siam but it did not start services until 1970. View airlines from Thailand.

Sunday, September 15, 1968

Air Moorea restarted operations. View airlines from French Polynesia.

Tuesday, September 15, 1970

Loftleidir, Salén, Luxair and private interests founded Cargolux on 04Mar1970 & operations start on this date. View airlines from Luxembourg.

Wednesday, September 15, 1976

Lao Airlines was formed in Jan1975 as Civil Aviation Company. Operations start on this date. View airlines from Laos.

Thursday, September 15, 1977

Air Seychelles was established by the Seychelles government by the merger of Air Mahé & Inter-Island Airways, as Seychelles Airlines. View airlines from Seychelles.

Friday, September 15, 1978

Germania operations start on this date as SAT Flug (Special Air Transport). View airlines from Germany.

Friday, September 15, 1978

Big Sky Airlines, established in 1978, start operations on this date. View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 15, 1979

MedAvia operations start. View airlines from Malta.

Saturday, September 15, 1990

SVG Air, formed in 1990, restarted operations. View airlines from St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Wednesday, September 15, 1993

Caspian Airlines operations restarted on this date. View airlines from Iran.

Thursday, September 15, 1994

Air Guadeloupe, founded on 21May1970 as SATA (Société Antillaise de Transport Aérien), restarted operations (=>Air Caraïbes). View airlines from Guadeloupe.

Friday, September 15, 1995

MEX (Mocambique Expresso) operations restarted on this date. View airlines from Mozambique.

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

UM Air, founded as an open-end joint stock company, received an air operator certificate. View airlines from Ukraine.

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

Integra Air, established 1998, restarted operations on this date. View airlines from Canada.

Monday, September 15, 2003

Tigerair was founded in 2003 & operations restarted on this date as Tiger Airways. View airlines from Singapore.

September 15, 2004

Tigerair, founded on 12Dec2003 as SIA's attempt at a low-cost airline as Tiger Airways, started operations. View airlines from Singapore.

September 15, 2006

Origin Pacific, having ceased passenger operations on 10Aug2006, ceased freight operations. View airlines from New Zealand.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Cargo Air, re-established from Vega Airlines. started operations. View airlines from Bulgaria.

Monday, September 15, 2008

AeBal (Aerolineas de Baleares) ceased operations and restarted as Quantum Air in 2009. View airlines from Spain.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Med-Airlines, a cargo airline based in Casablanca, started operations. View airlines from Morocco.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Sky Net Airline, formed in 2011, started operations. View airlines from Armenia.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Jet Star operations started. View airlines from Moldova.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Beacon launched its maiden commercial operations. View airlines from USA.

September 15, 2017

Lanmei Airlines, a Chinese-owned airline commenced operations. View airlines from Cambodia.

Tuesday, September 16, 1919

CCNA (Compania Colombiana de Navigacion Aerea), first civil aviation company in Colombia was created. View airlines from Colombia.

Monday, September 16, 1946

Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Internazionale) was formed. View airlines from Italy.

Friday, September 16, 1955

First flight of Deutsche Lufthansa (>Interflug). View airlines from East Germany.

Sunday, September 16, 1956

APSA (Aerolineas Peruanas SA) was founded by C. W. Shelton. View airlines from Peru.

Monday, September 16, 1963

Malaysian Airlines was formed on this day & became Malaysian-Singapore Airlines. View airlines from Malaysia.

Wednesday, September 16, 1964

Mid-States Aviation Corporation started operations on local routes out of Meigs Field, Chicago. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 16, 1983

Aero Leon, founded in May1978, had it's AOC removed on this date. View airlines from Mexico.

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

Austrian arrows started operations. View airlines from Austria.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

T'Way Air restarted operations. View airlines from South Korea.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

U Airlines' inaugural flight. View airlines from Thailand.

September 16, 2014

Pobeda, rebranded from Budget Airlines, (Aeroflot’s low cost company) was founded. View airlines from Russia.

September 16, 2017

Darwin Airline was rebranded as Adria Airways Switzerland. View airlines from Switzerland.

Tuesday, September 17, 1946

SAS, founded on 01Aug1946 by the merger of DNL & DDL & SILA as OSAS, started operations. View airlines from Scandinavia.

Tuesday, September 17, 1957

APSA (Aerolineas Peruanas SA), founded by C. W. Shelton on 16Sep1956, launches operations. View airlines from Peru.

Saturday, September 17, 1960

East African Airways commenced jet services between London and Nairobi. View airlines from Kenya.

September 17, 1969

Nauru Airlines was established as Air Nauru. View airlines from Nauru.

Tuesday, September 17, 1991

The joint Russian-British venture HeavyLift-VolgaDnepr was established. View airlines from Russia.

Friday, September 17, 1993

Shenzhen Airlines operations started. View airlines from China.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Aborignial Air Services, operating 4 airlines under its banner, the consortium ceased operations. View airlines from Australia.

September 17, 2007

DAS Air Cargo called in the administrators and all flying stopped. View airlines from Uganda.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Virgin Nigeria >Nigerian Eagle Airlines (on this date) >Air Nigeria ( 02Jun2010}. View airlines from Nigeria.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Jet Asia Airways, established in Dec2009, restarted operations. View airlines from Thailand.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

First Flight of the B.787-9 at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 18, 1924

Junkers G 23 first flight. View airlines from Germany.

Tuesday, September 18, 1928

The Graf Zeppelin, the most successful rigid airship ever built, made its first flight. View airlines from Germany.

Saturday, September 18, 1954

TAROM (Transporturile Aeriene Române) was founded. View airlines from Romania.

Thursday, September 18, 1958

Interflug was established on this date. It started operations in 1963 & the last commercial flight was on 30Apr1991. View airlines from East Germany.

Friday, September 18, 1959

Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines introduced the Douglas DC-8. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 18, 1968

First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20. View airlines from USA.

September 18, 1968

Voyager-Air Airlines was certificated. View airlines from USA.

Sunday, September 18, 1983

Aero Leon, founded in May1978 by the Captain Eucario León, was closed down. View airlines from Mexico.

September 18, 1983

Huachuca, formed in 1983 to operate frequent service between Sierra Vista and Tucson, launched services. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 18, 2003

CTK CiTylinK, formed in 1994 & scheduled domestic flights were introduced as CiTylinK Airlines.. View airlines from Ghana.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Arrow Air Panama ceased operations. View airlines from Panama.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Greenland Express ceased operations. View airlines from Denmark.

September 18, 2018

Small Planet Airlines Germany filed for bankruptcy and declared insolvency. View airlines from Germany.

September 18, 2018

SpiceXpress launched service operations, with a Delhi-Bengaluru service. View airlines from India.

Friday, September 19, 1919

CMA (Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes) commenced a regular service between Paris and London, using ex-military Breguet 14 s. View airlines from France.

Monday, September 19, 1921

First regular scheduled airline service in Latin America commenced, with Colombian airline SCADTA operating between Barranquilla and Girandot. View airlines from Colombia.

Wednesday, September 19, 1934

Aberdeen Airways, operated its first service (+>BA). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Tuesday, September 19, 1944

Moldovan Independent Squadron (Aeroflot) was established on this date operating domestic flights and serving in the agricultural role (>Air Moldova). View airlines from USSR.

Thursday, September 19, 1946

TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) restarted commercial services. View airlines from Portugal.

Friday, September 19, 1986

Sichuan Airlines was formed on this date & officially commenced operations on 14Jul1988 as Sichuan Provincial Airlines. View airlines from China.

Saturday, September 19, 1998

Skymark Airlines operations restarted. View airlines from Japan.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Jet Time, founded by a group of Danish investors in Sep2006, operated its first flight. View airlines from Denmark.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Efly commenced operations. View airlines from Malta.

Monday, September 19, 2011

AeroMajestic Airlines's inaugural flight took to the sky. View airlines from Philippines.

Friday, September 20, 1946

Mackey Airlines was founded by Col. Joseph Mackey. View airlines from USA.

Friday, September 20, 1974

LIAT, founded on 20Oct1956 as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services, started operations on this date. View airlines from Antigua + Barbuda.

Thursday, September 20, 1990

Aviacsa (Aviacion de Chiapas) operated their first flight. View airlines from Mexico.

Friday, September 20, 1991

Sahara Indian Airlines was founded (>Air Sahara 2000 >JetKonnect). View airlines from India.

Friday, September 20, 1991

FlyLAL was established as government-owned Lietuvos avialinijos on this date & suspended operations on 17Jan2009. View airlines from Lithuania.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

GoJet, established in late 2004 by Trans States Holdings, secured US FAA certification. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Air India Regional started operations on 21Jun1996 as Alliance Air & was renamed on this date. View airlines from India.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Air Minas, grounded on 30May2010, lost its AOC. View airlines from Brazil.

September 20, 2011

NOAR Linhas Aereas: following operational complications after its 13Jul2011 accident, NOAR requested to the ANAC, the suspension of its services. View airlines from Brazil.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Brascoota intended to hold a formal unveiling ceremony at Lins airport in the state of São Paulo. Unsure if happened but still intends to start. View airlines from Brazil.

September 20 2016

Portland based SeaPort Airlines ceased all operations. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 21, 1939

First flight of the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 21, 1955

Air Koryo, re-established 1953 as UKAMPS, started operations as CAAK. View airlines from North Korea.

September 21 1960

Trans Atlantica Argentina commenced operations. View airlines from Argentina.

Thursday, September 21, 1972

Filipinas Orient Airways started operations on 05Jan1965 as Fairways & renamed in Nov1965. Martial Law stopped operations. View airlines from Philippines.

Thursday, September 21, 1978

NCA (Nippon Cargo Airlines) was established as Japan’s first all-cargo airline. View airlines from Japan.

Monday, September 21, 1992

Kiwi International Airlines first flew on this date & ceased operations on 24Mar1999. View airlines from USA.

September 21 2001

Air Lib was formed by merger of AOM and Air Liberte. View airlines from France.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Italiatour Airlines, having starting operations late 03Sep2009, suspended operations. View airlines from Italy.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Air Dominicana, having started operations on 16Oct2008, ceased. View airlines from Dominican Republic.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Eaglexpress Air Charters' first commercial flight for Hajj Pilgrimage from Jeddah to Dhaka. View airlines from Malaysia.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Africa World Airlines launched services. View airlines from Ghana.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Fly County Airlines commenced domestic operations with 3x weekly flights from its Nairobi Wilson base to Voi Ikanga airstrip. View airlines from Kenya.

Monday, September 22, 1975

Servicios Aereos da Beira (SAB) was formed by the Malaysian state of Sabah (..>>TTA). View airlines from Mozambique.

Monday, September 22, 1975

Oneida County Aviation was founded by Paul Quakenbush at Utica (..>>AA). View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 22, 1993

Sterling Airways ceased operations. View airlines from Denmark.

Saturday, September 22, 2001

Air Lib began operations after AOM and Air Liberte merger. View airlines from France.

Friday, September 22, 2006

CR Airways changed its name to Hong Kong Airlines. View airlines from Hong Kong.

September 22, 2009

SPEX (South Pacific Express) cancelled all flights. View airlines from Samoa.

September 22, 2017

Waves was granted an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the Guernsey civil aviation regulator. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Saturday, September 23, 1911

The first US airmail flight was made. Earle Ovington flew 9.7 km (6 miles) from Nassau Boulevard, New York to Mineola, New York.. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 23, 1925

LAB (Lloyd Aero Boliviano) commenced operations. View airlines from Bolivia.

Wednesday, September 23, 1931

The contract between CLASSA and the Spanish government was declared void, allowing LAPE to begin operations (>Iberia). View airlines from Spain.

Wednesday, September 23, 1931

First flight of the first Gibraltar Airways. Company formed by M H Bland (to be restarted as Gibair in 1947). View airlines from Gibraltar.

September 23, 1963

Aerolineas INI (Ini Airlines) last flight was made without authorisation. View airlines from Argentina.

Monday, September 23, 1968

Air Crews & Maintenance Inc., a scheduled air taxi services to points in Florida, was certificated. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 23, 1998

Ajet was established as Helios Airways. View airlines from Cyprus.

September 23, 2008

Constellation West Indian Airways ceased operations. View airlines from Trinidad and Tobago.

September 23, 2017

flyadeal commenced operations with its inaugural commercial service, Jeddah-Riyadh. View airlines from Saudi Arabia.

September 23, 2019

Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia ceases operations. View airlines from Denmark.

September 23, 2019

Thomas Cook Airlines ceases operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Tuesday, September 24, 1946

Cathay Pacific was founded by American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow. View airlines from Hong Kong.

Wednesday, September 24, 1947

Cyprus Airways was established. View airlines from Cyprus.

September 24, 1992

Next Century Air was incorporated. View airlines from Bermuda.

Wednesday, September 24, 1997

ValuJet Airlines changed its name to AirTran, and in the summer of 1998, the two airlines merged onto the same FAA certificate. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 24, 2001

13 days after 09/11, US Airways decided to terminate all flights from MetroJet. View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

ECAir operations start. View airlines from Republic of Congo.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Rollins Air had its AOC was revoked. View airlines from Honduras.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Fly Tanzania was incorporated. View airlines from Tanzania.

September 24, 2017

Aeropostal restarted operations in early Aug2018 after ceasing on this date. View airlines from Venezuela.

September 24, 2019

Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia ceased operations on 23Sep2019 but restarted the day after. View airlines from Denmark.

Thursday, September 25, 1947

LAMS was amalgamated with the holding company of the South African charter airline Alpha Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, September 25, 1950

Pan Am purchases AOA (American Overseas Airlines) from American. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 25, 1969

Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn (the D, H and L in the company name) incorporated DHL Worldwide Express (>Astar Air Cargo). View airlines from USA.

September 25, 1970

Compania de Aviacion Trans-Peruana was declared bankrupt. View airlines from Peru.

Wednesday, September 25, 1991

First flight of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41. View airlines from United Kingdom.

September 25, 1997

Te Kaahu Airlines was established. View airlines from New Zealand.

Friday, September 25, 1998

PauknAir ceased operations in Nov1998 following a fatal crash on this date. View airlines from Spain.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Juneyao Airlines made its maiden flight. View airlines from China.

Monday, September 25, 2006

China Express Airlines launched operations on this date using three Bombardier CRJ200. View airlines from China.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

LatCharter became SmartLynx. View airlines from Latvia.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Aeroflot-Don reverts to its previous Donavia identity on this date. Donskie Avialinii >>JSC Donavia Airlines >Aeroflot-Don >Donavia. View airlines from Russia.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Nordic Aviation was founded by the Estonian Government. View airlines from Estonia.

Friday, September 26, 1919

CCNA  (Compania Colombiana de Navigacion Aerea), first civil aviation company in Colombia, was legally registered. View airlines from Colombia.

Monday, September 26, 1931

Manchurian Aviation Company, national airline of Manchukuo (Manchuria, China) was founded. View airlines from China.

Monday, September 26, 1932

 Imperial Airways introduces the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta, four engine aircraft. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 26, 1969

Washington Airlines, formed by Butler Aviation as an attempt as a STOL operation out of Baltimore, ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 26, 1973

Concorde made its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, September 26, 1977

Laker Airways inaugurates its no-booking "Skytrain" service between London and New York. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Saturday, September 26, 1981

First flight of the B.767-200. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 26, 1994

Enimex was established and started operations. View airlines from Estonia.

Thursday, September 26, 1996

Jupiter Jet Airlines was founded as Joint-Stock Company Air Company ATMA. View airlines from Kazakhstan.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Comlux Aruba received its AOC. View airlines from Aruba.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Boeing delivers its first B.787 Dreamliner to a customer, All Nippon Airways, at Paine Field in Washington. View airlines from USA.

September 26, 2011

Starbow began domestic flights out of Kotoka International Airport, serving Kumasi and Tamale. View airlines from Ghana.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Tigerair Taiwan started operations with A.320 aircraft. View airlines from Taiwan.

Friday, September 26, 2014

PEOPLExpress II abruptly ceased operations after almost 3 months. View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

YTO Express Airlines commenced commercial freight operations with its maiden flight - Hangzhou-Chengdu. View airlines from China.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Little Red ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 27, 1928

Faucett (Compania de Aviacion Faucett), formed on 15Sep1928 by Elmer J. Faucett, started operations. View airlines from Peru.

Friday, September 27, 1963

Autair  changed was renamed to Autair International Airways (>Court Lines). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 27, 2001

LAPA, formed in 1977, was renamed to ARG Argentina Línea Privada. View airlines from Argentina.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

The merger transaction between US Airways and America West was officially completed. View airlines from USA.

September 25, 2005

AnkAir started operations (>World Focus Air). View airlines from Turkey.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Caribbean Airlines was incorporated. View airlines from Trinidad and Tobago.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

America West Airlines began operating on the same operating certificate as US Airways. View airlines from USA.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Varig Cargo, rebranded as VarigLog (Varig Logistics) in 2000, suspended operations on 02Jan2012 & was liquidated on this date. View airlines from Brazil.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Ruili Jingcheng Helicopter Co. was formally renamed as Dehong South Asia General Airlines upon approval by Southwest Regional Administration of CAAC. View airlines from China.

Friday, September 27, 2013

America West merger into US Airways was completed. View airlines from USA.

September 27, 2017

Sundair launched its first revenue flight. View airlines from Germany.

Tuesday, September 28, 1948

El Al's first flight. It departed from Ekron Air Base on this date to pick up Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, and returned to Israel the next day. View airlines from Israel.

Wednesday, September 28, 1955

Transpac, formed on 09Dec1954, started operations on this date. Became Air Caledonie on 01Jan1968. View airlines from New Caledonia.

Thursday, September 28, 1967

Faroe Airways (Fairline) ceased operating. View airlines from Faroe Islands.

Friday, September 28, 1984

Sun Aire Lines, founded as Borrego Springs Airlines in 1968 but was renamed soon after, operated its final service (>>Skywest Airlines). View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, September 28, 1988

First flight of the Ilyushin Il-96. View airlines from USSR.

September 28, 1989

Altus Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

September 28, 1992

CityJet was formed as Business City Direct by Patrick Byrne. View airlines from Ireland.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opens to replace the aging Don Muang airport. View airlines from Thailand.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Samara Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from Russia.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Kingfisher Red, founded on 25Aug2003 as Air Deccan, ceased operations. View airlines from India.

Monday, September 28, 2015

North Shore Air commenced daily flights. View airlines from New Zealand.

September 28, 2017

Cal Jet by Elite commenced regular passenger flights between Carlsbad, CA and Las Vegas McCarran. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 29, 1931

Aeroposta Argentina Airline “rents” its assets to the national government, which renamed its temporary acquisition Aeroposta Nacional. View airlines from Argentina.

Friday, September 29, 1972

Air Florida began operations. View airlines from USA.

Saturday, September 29, 1973

Limburg Airlines operations began with a twice-daily service to London-Gatwick. View airlines from Netherlands.

September 29, 1992

Glenorchy Air was established as a family business by Janet and Robert Rutherford. View airlines from New Zealand.

September 29, 1998

Scibe Airlift ceased its operations. View airlines from DR Congo.

Monday, September 29, 2003

LagunAir was founded. View airlines from Spain.

September 29, 2004

BritishJET was established. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

TransMeridian Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Georgia Skies commenced operations. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

State-owned airline Olympic Airlines ceased operation and was replaced by privately owned Olympic Air, which commenced operations on this day. View airlines from Greece.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Comairs' last scheduled flight (Cincinnati to Houston). View airlines from USA.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Fly Romania (Tend Air) cancelled all flights on 19Aug2014 & declared bankruptcy on this date. View airlines from Romania.

Tuesday, September 30, 1919

The British Aerial Transport Company began domestic flights between Hendon (London) and Birmingham. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, September 30, 1935

Allied British Airways Ltd was formed (>British Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Tuesday, September 30, 1947

Itaú was founded as a subsidiary of the cement producer Itaú (>>Varig >>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.

Monday, September 30, 1957

Austrian Airlines was founded, and the new company began to operate scheduled services on 31Mar1958. View airlines from Austria.

Tuesday, September 30, 1958

WAAC (West African Airways Corporation) ceased operations. View airlines from West Africa.

Wednesday, September 30, 1959

Croydon Airport was closed. The final service was a de Havilland DH.114 Heron flight to Rotterdam Captained by Geoffrey Last. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Friday, September 30, 1977

TRAFE, founded in 1971, ceased operations. View airlines from Argentina.

Tuesday, September 30, 1980

Seaboard World Airlines, founded on 11Sep1946 & started operations as Seaboard & Western Airlines on 10May1947, ceased on this date. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Transamerica ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Republic Airlines, formed by merger of North Central & Southern on 01Jul1979, merged into Northwest on this date. View airlines from USA.

September 30, 1995

Ross Aviation, established at Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1953 but the DOE’s contract airline stopped flying to Los Alamos National Laboratory on this date. Airline still active. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Aero Costa Rica, having started services on 11May1992, ceased operations. View airlines from Costa Rica.

September 30, 2002

Armenian International Airways started operations. View airlines from Armenia.

Sunday, September 30, 2007

European Air Express ceased operations. View airlines from Germany.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Carib Aviation ceased operations. View airlines from Antigua + Barbuda.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Asian Spirit became Zest Air. View airlines from Philippines.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

African International Airways ceased operations. View airlines from South Africa.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Air Southwest ceased operations & was absorbed into Eastern Airlines. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Kingfisher, launched on 08May2005, started operations on 09May2005 & ceased on this date. View airlines from India.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Ariella Airlines operations started. View airlines from Burkina Faso.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

JAL Express, JAL officially ends its subsidiary and merged it back in. View airlines from Japan.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Helitt Líneas Aéreas suspended operations indefinitely amid crippling debts. View airlines from Spain.

September 30, 2017

Kalstar Aviation ceased operations because the Transportation Ministry quoted a need for improving its management in technical and finance matters. View airlines from Indonesia.