09 - September

Wednesday, September 01, 1926

Northwest Airlines was founded by Colonel Lewis Brittin, under the name Northwest Airways (>>Delta Air Lines)

Thursday, September 01, 1927

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

Wednesday, September 01, 1937

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

Wednesday, September 01, 1943

Ozark Air Lines was founded (>>TWA >>American Airlines)

Sunday, September 01, 1946

Vickers Viking entered service with BEA (British European Airways)

Wednesday, September 01, 1948

Pak-Air was established with a DC.3

Saturday, September 01, 1951

Fiji Airways' first commercial flight

Wednesday, September 01, 1954

First flight Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation, 4 engine airliner, turbine powered version of Constellation family

Wednesday, September 01, 1954

Finnair inaugurated a Helsinki to London service operating Convair CV340s

Wednesday, September 01, 1965

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

Friday, September 01, 1967

Air Rhodesia was formed (>Air Zimbabwe)

Friday, September 01, 1967

Air Malawi started operations on this date & suspended all flights on 25Feb2013

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

Saturday, September 01, 1979

Command Airways was rebranded as Magnum Airlines Helicopters

Saturday, September 01, 1979

Air Lanka made its inaugural flight (>Srilankan Airlines)

Tuesday, September 01, 1981

Horizon Air, founded in 1981, started operations

Tuesday, September 01, 1998

MaxAir, formed in 1996 by Max Renard, began revenue flights

Wednesday, September 01, 1999

JMC Airlines was launched by merger of Flying Colours & Caledonian Airways

Wednesday, September 01, 1999

AMC Aviation was rebranded as AMC Airlines

Friday, September 01, 2006

Albatros Airways was grounded

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

SkyEurope  ceased operations

Thursday, September 01, 2011

IndiGo started international services with a flight from Delhi to Dubai

Monday, September 01, 2014

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

Monday, September 01, 2014

Avianca Ecuador start operations after renamed from AeroGal

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

CanJet having started operations on 05Sep2000, now ceased

Tuesday, September 02, 1919

Handley Page Transport Ltd started flights from London Cricklewood to Paris Le Bourget with converted HP WWI bombers

Wednesday, September 02, 1998

First flight of the B.717

Friday, September 02, 2005

Swe Fly ceased operations

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Kato Airline ceased operations

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Namibia flyafrica launched services

Wednesday, September 03, 1924

Tajik Air was established as Stalinabad Aero-Centre

Sunday, September 03, 1939

Following the formal declaration of war by the British Government on Germany, all civil flying ceased

Thursday, September 03, 1970

Air France places the first orders for the Airbus A300

Thursday, September 03, 1981

First flight of the British Aerospace 146

Sunday, September 03, 1989

Filair, established in 1987 by Captain Dany Philemotte, started operations

Thursday, September 03, 1998

Blue Panorama was established by tour operator Astra Travel

Saturday, September 03, 2005

HK Express, incorporated on 10Mar2004, started operations as Hong Kong Express

Thursday, September 03, 2009

BA CityFlyer accepts delivery of its first Embraer 170, narrow-body medium-range twin-engine jet airliner

Wednesday, September 04, 1940

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

Sunday, September 04, 1949

First flight Bristol Type 167 Brabazon, British large propeller-driven airliner, designed to fly transatlantic routes

Saturday, September 04, 1971

First transatlantic crossing of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde made by 1 on a sales and demonstration tour

Friday, September 04, 1981

Ed Beauvais, CEO, founded the company that would become America West

Monday, September 04, 2000

Ameristar Air Cargo, established and wholly-owned by Tom Wachendorfer, started operations

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Republic Airlines, founded in 2005, started operations

Thursday, September 04, 2008

flySur, created in 2007 as TAER Andalus, started operations

Friday, September 04, 2015

Korongo's investors decided to discontinue the flight operations and to dissolve the company

Friday, September 04, 2015

BizAir Shuttle terminated its sole remaining route

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

Tuesday, September 05, 1922

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

Monday, September 05, 1927

Aeroposta Argentina Airline (>Aerolineas Argentinas) was formed in Buenos Aires

Friday, September 05, 1958

LADECO was founded (=>LanExpress)

Tuesday, September 05, 1978

Germania operations started as SAT Flug (Special Air Transport)

Saturday, September 05, 1981

Air Vanuatu, established in early 1981, operated its first flight

Monday, September 05, 1988

Sky Bahamas started operations as Sky Unlimited

Tuesday, September 05, 2000

CanJe started operations

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Colgan Air ceased operations

Thursday, September 06, 1962

Merpati Nasantara Airlines was officially constituted

Thursday, September 06, 2001

AeroPostal Cargo de Mexico started operations in Mexico City

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

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Frontier Airlines creates a new airline named Lynx Aviation

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Mais Linhas Aéreas, established in Salvador in Brazil’s Northeast region, started operations

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

Wednesday, September 07, 1988

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

Friday, September 07, 1990

Zhejiang Airlines was formed

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Avolar began operations

September 07 2011

Ventura AirConnect conducted its inaugural flight between Bhopal and Gwalior

Saturday, September 07, 2013

South Supreme Airlines officially launched international operations with its maiden flight between Juba & Khartoum

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

Sunday, September 08, 1935

The first civil airport in Finland was opened at Turku Artukainen

September 08 1964

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

Wednesday, September 08, 1976

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

Monday, September 08, 1997

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

Monday, September 08, 2008

Futura International Airways ceased operations

Monday, September 08, 2008

Futura Gael ceased operations

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

KD Avia suspended all flights

September 08 2011

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

Thursday, September 08, 2016

Binter CV operated its maiden flight

September 08 2017

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

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

Friday, September 09, 1921

Daimler Airway was founded (>British Airways)

Friday, September 09, 1927

British Guiana Air Transport Company was formed

Monday, September 09, 1946

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

Tuesday, September 09, 1947

Air Vietnam was formed as COSARA by Maurice Loubière

Thursday, September 09, 1954

Compañía de Aviación y Turismo SA was formed

Thursday, September 09, 1971

Air-India Charters was formed, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India

Tuesday, September 09, 1980

Island Air start operations as Princeville Airways

Wednesday, September 09, 1987

Royale Airlines files for bankruptcy Chapter 11 on this date & later it was changed to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Feb1989

Friday, September 09, 1988

Air France and Lufthansa establish Euroberlin France

Thursday, September 09, 1999

Roan Air was renamed to Zambian Airways

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Rioja Airlines ceased operations after only three months

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Vega Airlines, re-established as Cargo Air, received its AOC

Friday, September 09, 2011

EasySky start operations

Sunday, September 09, 2012

FMI Air launched operations as FMI Air Charter

Sunday, September 09, 2012

Bmibaby closed down

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Hai Au Aviation officially launched the seaplane service for tourism in Tuan Chau, Ha Long

Wednesday, September 09, 2015

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

Wednesday, September 10, 1952

TWA introduces the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

Tuesday, September 10, 1968

Indonesia Air started operations as Indonesia Air Transport

September 10 1994

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

Friday, September 10, 2004

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

September 10 2009

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

Monday, September 10, 2012

Air Nigeria ceased operations

September 10 2016

French Blue had its first flight to Punta Cana started (>French Bee)

Thursday, September 11, 1924

First regular airmail service began, with Laurentide Air Services linking Haileybury with Rouyn

Wednesday, September 11, 1946

Seaboard World Airlines was founded (..>>FedEx)

Sunday, September 11, 1949

AGSA (Aviación General SA) was founded

Tuesday, September 11, 1962

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

Friday, September 11, 1970

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

Monday, September 11, 1989

SunExpress was founded on this date as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa

Monday, September 11, 2000

Transwest Air operations start

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Potomac Air goes under, caused by 09/11 attack

Monday, September 11, 2006

Bravo Air Congo restarted operations on this date & ceased on 10Dec2007

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Air Bee ceased operations

Friday, September 11, 2009

Pace Airlines suspend operations

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Malindo Air was founded

Friday, September 11, 2015

South Supreme Airlines halted operations owing to the scarcity of dollars in South Sudan

Friday, September 12, 1919

Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands awarded KLM its “Royal” designation

Wednesday, September 12, 1923

The charter was signed in Helsinki establishing Aero O/Y (>Finnair)

Saturday, September 12, 1925

Juan Trippe incorporates Eastern Air Transport (>American Airlines)

Thursday, September 12, 1929

18-passenger Boeing Model 80A made its first flight

Wednesday, September 12, 1973

Eagle Airways, formed in 1969, restarted scheduled services

September 12 1996

Aeroflot Plus was formed for Executive charter services within Russia (>JetAlliance East)

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

Air New Zealand placed the Ansett group of companies into voluntary administration with PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Friday, September 12, 2008

XL Airways UK, a subsidiary of the XL Leisure Group, ceased operations

Thursday, September 13, 1928

Panagra was founded on this day & commenced operations on Dec1929

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

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

Saturday, September 13, 1952

Fujita Airlines (Fuji Airlines) was established (>JDA >>JAL)

Setpember 13 1967

Mid-American Air Transport was certified to operate scheduled air taxi services in the state of Kansas

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

Thursday, September 13, 2001

Ansett Australia ceased operations

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

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

September 13 2005

UK International Airlines Limited was formed to operate services between United Kingdom and Pakistan

Thursday, September 13, 2012

BB Airways, founded in Jan2012, started operations

Friday, September 14, 1934

Aeroméxico was established as Aeronaves de México by Antonio Diaz Lombardo

Wednesday, September 14, 1966

Atlanta Taxi Aereo was founded66

Monday, September 14, 1970

North East Bolivian Airways (NEBA) was founded as a general cargo carrier based in Cochbamba

Thursday, September 14, 1978

ONA (Overseas National Airways) was formed in Jun1950 & ceased operations on this date

Monday, September 14, 1992

Necon Air, Nepal's first private airline company, was established

Friday, September 14, 2001

JDP Lux was incorporated

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Air Scandic ceased operations

Friday, September 14, 2007

Air Tomisko ceased operations

Friday, September 14, 2012

Golden Myanmar Airlines was incorporated on 14Sep2012

Sunday, September 14, 2014

AG Air suspended operations after the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GeCAA) revoked its Air Operators Certificate (AOC)

Tuesday, September 15, 1925

LAB (Lloyd Aereo Boliviano), founded on this date, started operations on 23Sep1925 & ceased on 31Mar2007

Wednesday, September 15, 1926

Pacific Air Transport, founded in Jan1926, commenced operations (=UAL)

Saturday, September 15, 1928

Faucett (Compania de Aviacion Faucett) was formed by Elmer J. Faucett

Monday, September 15, 1930

Pan Am acquires its prime competitor, NYRBA (New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line)

Saturday, September 15, 1934

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

Sunday, September 15, 1946

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines' inaugural flight departs from Sydney (>QANTAS)

Wednesday, September 15, 1948

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

Saturday, September 15, 1956

Aeroflot introduces the first Tupolev Tu-14 service

Thursday, September 15, 1960

TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways) retires its last flying boat from service (>ANZ)

Wednesday, September 15, 1965

Air Siam was founded as Varan Air-Siam but it did not start services until 1970

Sunday, September 15, 1968

Air Moorea restarted operations

Tuesday, September 15, 1970

Loftleidir, Salén, Luxair and private interests founded Cargolux on 04Mar1970 & operations start on this date

Wednesday, September 15, 1976

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

Thursday, September 15, 1977

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

Friday, September 15, 1978

Germania operations start on this date as SAT Flug (Special Air Transport)

Friday, September 15, 1978

Big Sky Airlines, established in 1978, start operations on this date

Saturday, September 15, 1979

MedAvia operations start

Saturday, September 15, 1990

SVG Air, formed in 1990, restarted operations

Wednesday, September 15, 1993

Caspian Airlines operations restarted on this date

Thursday, September 15, 1994

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

Friday, September 15, 1995

MEX (Mocambique Expresso) operations restarted on this date

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

UM Air, founded as an open-end joint stock company, received an air operator certificate

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

Integra Air, established 1998, restarted operations on this date

Monday, September 15, 2003

Tigerair was founded in 2003 & operations restarted on this date as Tiger Airways

September 15 2004

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

September 15 2006

Origin Pacific, having ceased passenger operations on 10Aug2006, ceased freight operations

Monday, September 15, 2008

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

Monday, September 15, 2008

AeBal (Aerolineas de Baleares) ceased operations and restarted as Quantum Air in 2009

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Med-Airlines, a cargo airline based in Casablanca, started operations

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Sky Net Airline, formed in 2011, started operations

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Jet Star operations started

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Beacon launched its maiden commercial operations

September 15 2017

Lanmei Airlines, a Chinese-owned airline commenced operations

Tuesday, September 16, 1919

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

Monday, September 16, 1946

Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Internazionale) was formed

Friday, September 16, 1955

First flight of Deutsche Lufthansa (>Interflug)

Sunday, September 16, 1956

APSA (Aerolineas Peruanas SA) was founded by C. W. Shelton

Monday, September 16, 1963

Malaysian Airlines was formed on this day & became Malaysian-Singapore Airlines

Wednesday, September 16, 1964

Mid-States Aviation Corporation started operations on local routes out of Meigs Field, Chicago

Friday, September 16, 1983

Aero Leon, founded in May1978, had it's AOC removed on this date

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

Austrian arrows started operations

Thursday, September 16, 2010

T'Way Air restarted operations

Sunday, September 16, 2012

U Airlines' inaugural flight

September 16 2017

Darwin Airline was rebranded as Adria Airways Switzerland

Tuesday, September 17, 1946

SAS, founded on 01Aug1946 by the merger of DNL & DDL & SILA as OSAS, started operations

Tuesday, September 17, 1957

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

Saturday, September 17, 1960

East African Airways commenced jet services between London and Nairobi

Tuesday, September 17, 1991

The joint Russian-British venture HeavyLift-VolgaDnepr was established

Friday, September 17, 1993

Shenzhen Airlines operations started

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Aborignial Air Services, operating 4 airlines under its banner, the consortium ceased operations

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Virgin Nigeria >Nigerian Eagle Airlines (on this date) >Air Nigeria ( 02Jun2010}

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Jet Asia Airways, established in Dec2009, restarted operations

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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

Thursday, September 18, 1924

Junkers G 23 first flight

Tuesday, September 18, 1928

The Graf Zeppelin, the most successful rigid airship ever built, made its first flight

Saturday, September 18, 1954

TAROM (Transporturile Aeriene Române) was founded

Thursday, September 18, 1958

Interflug was established on this date. It started operations in 1963 & the last commercial flight was on 30Apr1991

Friday, September 18, 1959

Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines introduced the Douglas DC-8

Wednesday, September 18, 1968

First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20

September 18 1968

Voyager-Air Airlines was certificated

Sunday, September 18, 1983

Aero Leon, founded in May1978 by the Captain Eucario León, was closed down

Thursday, September 18, 2003

CTK CiTylinK, formed in 1994 & scheduled domestic flights were introduced as CiTylinK Airlines.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Arrow Air Panama ceased operations

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Greenland Express ceased operations

Friday, September 19, 1919

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

Monday, September 19, 1921

First regular scheduled airline service in Latin America commenced, with Colombian airline SCADTA operating between Barranquilla and Girandot

Wednesday, September 19, 1934

Allied Airways, formed on 02Jan1934 as Aberdeen Airways, operated its first service (+>BA)

Tuesday, September 19, 1944

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

Thursday, September 19, 1946

TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) restarted commercial services

Friday, September 19, 1986

Sichuan Airlines was formed on this date & officially commenced operations on 14Jul1988 as Sichuan Provincial Airlines

Saturday, September 19, 1998

Skymark Airlines operations restarted

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Jet Time, founded by a group of Danish investors in Sep2006, operated its first flight

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Efly commenced operations

Monday, September 19, 2011

AeroMajestic Airlines's inaugural flight took to the sky

Friday, September 20, 1946

Mackey Airlines was founded by Col. Joseph Mackey

Friday, September 20, 1974

LIAT, founded on 20Oct1956 as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services, started operations on this date

Thursday, September 20, 1990

Aviacsa (Aviacion de Chiapas) operated their first flight

Friday, September 20, 1991

Sahara Indian Airlines was founded (>Air Sahara 2000 >JetKonnect)

Friday, September 20, 1991

FlyLAL was established as government-owned Lietuvos avialinijos on this date & suspended operations on 17Jan2009

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

GoJet, established in late 2004 by Trans States Holdings, secured US FAA certification

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Air India Regional started operations on 21Jun1996 as Alliance Air & was renamed on this date

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Air Minas, grounded on 30May2010, lost its AOC

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

September 20 2016

Portland based SeaPort Airlines ceased all operations

Thursday, September 21, 1939

First flight of the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar

Wednesday, September 21, 1955

Air Koryo, re-established 1953 as UKAMPS, started operations as CAAK

September 21 1960

Trans Atlantica Argentina commenced operations

Thursday, September 21, 1972

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

Thursday, September 21, 1978

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

Monday, September 21, 1992

Kiwi International Airlines first flew on this date & ceased operations on 24Mar1999

September 21 2001

Air Lib was formed by merger of AOM and Air Liberte

Monday, September 21, 2009

Italiatour Airlines, having starting operations late 03Sep2009, suspended operations

Monday, September 21, 2009

Air Dominicana, having started operations on 16Oct2008, ceased

Friday, September 21, 2012

Eaglexpress Air Charters' first commercial flight for Hajj Pilgrimage from Jeddah to Dhaka

Friday, September 21, 2012

Africa World Airlines launched services

Monday, September 21, 2015

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

Monday, September 22, 1975

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

Monday, September 22, 1975

Oneida County Aviation was founded by Paul Quakenbush at Utica (..>>AA)

Wednesday, September 22, 1993

Sterling Airways ceased operations

Saturday, September 22, 2001

Air Lib began operations after AOM and Air Liberte merger

Friday, September 22, 2006

CR Airways changed its name to Hong Kong Airlines

September 22, 2009

SPEX (South Pacific Express) cancelled all flights

September 22, 2017

Waves was granted an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by the Guernsey civil aviation regulator

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.

Wednesday, September 23, 1925

LAB (Lloyd Aero Boliviano) commenced operations

Wednesday, September 23, 1931

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

Wednesday, September 23, 1931

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

Monday, September 23, 1968

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

Wednesday, September 23, 1998

Ajet was established as Helios Airways

September 23, 2017

flyadeal commenced operations with its inaugural commercial service, Jeddah-Riyadh

Tuesday, September 24, 1946

Cathay Pacific was founded by American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow

Wednesday, September 24, 1947

Cyprus Airways was established

September 24, 1992

Next Century Air was incorporated

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

Monday, September 24, 2001

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

Saturday, September 24, 2011

ECAir operations start

Monday, September 24, 2012

Rollins Air had its AOC was revoked

Monday, September 24, 2012

Fly Tanzania was incorporated

September 24, 2017

Aeropostal restarted operations in early Aug2018 after ceasing on this date

Thursday, September 25, 1947

LAMS was amalgamated with the holding company of the South African charter airline Alpha Airways

Monday, September 25, 1950

Pan Am purchases AOA (American Overseas Airlines) from American

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)

September 25, 1970

Compania de Aviacion Trans-Peruana was declared bankrupt

Wednesday, September 25, 1991

First flight of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41

September 25, 1997

Te Kaahu Airlines was established

Friday, September 25, 1998

PauknAir ceased operations in Nov1998 following a fatal crash on this date

Monday, September 25, 2006

Juneyao Airlines made its maiden flight

Monday, September 25, 2006

China Express Airlines launched operations on this date using three Bombardier CRJ200

Thursday, September 25, 2008

LatCharter became SmartLynx

Friday, September 25, 2009

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

Friday, September 25, 2015

Nordic Aviation was founded by the Estonian Government

Friday, September 26, 1919

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

Monday, September 26, 1931

Manchurian Aviation Company, national airline of Manchukuo (Manchuria, China) was founded

Monday, September 26, 1932

 Imperial Airways introduces the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta, four engine aircraft

Friday, September 26, 1969

Washington Airlines, formed by Butler Aviation as an attempt as a STOL operation out of Baltimore, ceased operations

Wednesday, September 26, 1973

Concorde made its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time

Monday, September 26, 1977

Laker Airways inaugurates its no-booking "Skytrain" service between London and New York

Saturday, September 26, 1981

First flight of the B.767-200

Monday, September 26, 1994

Enimex was established and started operations

Thursday, September 26, 1996

Jupiter Jet Airlines was founded as Joint-Stock Company Air Company ATMA

Monday, September 26, 2011

Comlux Aruba received its AOC

Monday, September 26, 2011

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

Friday, September 26, 2014

Tigerair Taiwan started operations with A.320 aircraft

Friday, September 26, 2014

PEOPLExpress II abruptly ceased operations after almost 3 months

Saturday, September 26, 2015

YTO Express Airlines commenced commercial freight operations with its maiden flight - Hangzhou-Chengdu

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Little Red ceased operations

Thursday, September 27, 1928

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

Friday, September 27, 1963

Autair  changed was renamed to Autair International Airways (>Court Lines)

Thursday, September 27, 2001

LAPA, formed in 1977, was renamed to ARG Argentina Línea Privada

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

The merger transaction between US Airways and America West was officially completed

September 25, 2005

AnkAir started operations (>World Focus Air)

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Caribbean Airlines was incorporated

Thursday, September 27, 2007

America West Airlines began operating on the same operating certificate as US Airways

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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

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

Friday, September 27, 2013

America West merger into US Airways was completed

September 27, 2017

Sundair launched its first revenue flight

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

Wednesday, September 28, 1955

Transpac, formed on 09Dec1954, started operations on this date. Became Air Caledonie on 01Jan1968

Thursday, September 28, 1967

Faroe Airways (Fairline) ceased operating

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)

Wednesday, September 28, 1988

First flight of the Ilyushin Il-96

September 28, 1992

CityJet was formed as Business City Direct by Patrick Byrne

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opens to replace the aging Don Muang airport

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Samara Airlines ceased operations

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Kingfisher Red, founded on 25Aug2003 as Air Deccan, ceased operations

Monday, September 28, 2015

North Shore Air commenced daily flights

September 28, 2017

Cal Jet by Elite commenced regular passenger flights between Carlsbad, CA and Las Vegas McCarran

Tuesday, September 29, 1931

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

Friday, September 29, 1972

Air Florida began operations

Saturday, September 29, 1973

Limburg Airlines operations began with a twice-daily service to London-Gatwick

Monday, September 29, 2003

LagunAir was founded

Thursday, September 29, 2005

TransMeridian Airlines ceased operations

Monday, September 29, 2008

Georgia Skies commenced operations

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

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Comairs' last scheduled flight (Cincinnati to Houston)

Monday, September 29, 2014

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

Tuesday, September 30, 1919

The British Aerial Transport Company began domestic flights between Hendon (London) and Birmingham

Monday, September 30, 1935

Allied British Airways Ltd was formed (>British Airways)

Tuesday, September 30, 1947

Itaú was founded as a subsidiary of the cement producer Itaú (>>Varig >>Gol)

Monday, September 30, 1957

Austrian Airlines was founded, and the new company began to operate scheduled services on 31Mar1958

Tuesday, September 30, 1958

WAAC (West African Airways Corporation) ceased operations

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

Friday, September 30, 1977

TRAFE, founded in 1971, ceased operations

Tuesday, September 30, 1980

Seaboard World Airlines, founded on 11Sep1946 & started operations as Seaboard & Western Airlines on 10May1947, ceased on this date

Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Transamerica ceased operations

Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Republic Airlines, formed by merger of North Central & Southern on 01Jul1979, merged into Northwest on this date

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

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Aero Costa Rica, having started services on 11May1992, ceased operations

September 30, 2002

Armenian International Airways started operations

Sunday, September 30, 2007

European Air Express ceased operations

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Carib Aviation ceased operations

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Asian Spirit became Zest Air

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

African International Airways ceased operations

Friday, September 30, 2011

Air Southwest ceased operations & was absorbed into Eastern Airlines

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Kingfisher, launched on 08May2005, started operations on 09May2005 & ceased on this date

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Ariella Airlines operations started

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

JAL Express, JAL officially ends its subsidiary and merged it back in

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Helitt Líneas Aéreas suspended operations indefinitely amid crippling debts

September 30, 2017

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