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  • Wednesday, September 01, 1926

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

    USA

    Thursday, September 01, 1927

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 01, 1937

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

    Canada

    Wednesday, September 01, 1943

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

    USA

    Sunday, September 01, 1946

    Vickers Viking entered service with BEA (British European Airways)

    United Kingdom

    Wednesday, September 01, 1948

    Pak-Air was established with a DC.3

    Pakistan

    Saturday, September 01, 1951

    Fiji Airways' first commercial flight

    Fiji

    Wednesday, September 01, 1954

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 01, 1954

    Finnair inaugurated a Helsinki to London service operating Convair CV340s

    Finland

    Wednesday, September 01, 1965

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

    USA

    Friday, September 01, 1967

    Air Rhodesia was formed (>Air Zimbabwe)

    Southern Rhodesia

    Friday, September 01, 1967

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

    Malawi

    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

    United Kingdom

    Saturday, September 01, 1979

    Command Airways was rebranded as Magnum Airlines Helicopters

    South Africa

    Saturday, September 01, 1979

    Air Lanka made its inaugural flight (>Srilankan Airlines)

    Sri Lanka

    Tuesday, September 01, 1981

    Horizon Air, founded in 1981, started operations

    USA

    Tuesday, September 01, 1998

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

    Sweden

    Wednesday, September 01, 1999

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

    United Kingdom

    Wednesday, September 01, 1999

    AMC Aviation was rebranded as AMC Airlines

    Egypt

    Friday, September 01, 2006

    Albatros Airways was grounded

    Albania

    Tuesday, September 01, 2009

    SkyEurope  ceased operations

    Slovakia

    Thursday, September 01, 2011

    IndiGo started international services with a flight from Delhi to Dubai

    India

    Monday, September 01, 2014

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

    Russia

    Monday, September 01, 2014

    Avianca Ecuador start operations after renamed from AeroGal

    Ecuador

    Tuesday, September 01, 2015

    CanJet having started operations on 05Sep2000, now ceased

    Canada
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  • Tuesday, September 02, 1919

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

    United Kingdom

    Wednesday, September 02, 1998

    First flight of the B.717

    USA

    Friday, September 02, 2005

    Swe Fly ceased operations

    Sweden

    Tuesday, September 02, 2008

    Kato Airline ceased operations

    Norway

    Wednesday, September 02, 2015

    Namibia flyafrica launched services

    Namibia
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  • Wednesday, September 03, 1924

    Tajik Air was established as Stalinabad Aero-Centre

    Tajikistan

    Sunday, September 03, 1939

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

    United Kingdom

    Thursday, September 03, 1970

    Air France places the first orders for the Airbus A300

    France

    Thursday, September 03, 1981

    First flight of the British Aerospace 146

    United Kingdom

    Sunday, September 03, 1989

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

    DR Congo

    Thursday, September 03, 1998

    Blue Panorama was established by tour operator Astra Travel

    Italy

    Saturday, September 03, 2005

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

    Hong Kong

    Thursday, September 03, 2009

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

    United Kingdom
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  • Wednesday, September 04, 1940

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

    Argentina

    Sunday, September 04, 1949

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

    United Kingdom

    Saturday, September 04, 1971

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

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 04, 1981

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

    USA

    Monday, September 04, 2000

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

    USA

    Sunday, September 04, 2005

    Republic Airlines, founded in 2005, started operations

    USA

    Thursday, September 04, 2008

    flySur, created in 2007 as TAER Andalus, started operations

    Spain

    Friday, September 04, 2015

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

    DR Congo

    Friday, September 04, 2015

    BizAir Shuttle terminated its sole remaining route

    USA
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  • 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

    Canada

    Tuesday, September 05, 1922

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

    Poland

    Monday, September 05, 1927

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

    Argentina

    Friday, September 05, 1958

    LADECO was founded (=>LanExpress)

    Chile

    Tuesday, September 05, 1978

    Germania operations started as SAT Flug (Special Air Transport)

    Germany

    Saturday, September 05, 1981

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

    Vanuatu

    Monday, September 05, 1988

    Sky Bahamas started operations as Sky Unlimited

    Bahamas

    Tuesday, September 05, 2000

    CanJe started operations

    Canada

    Wednesday, September 05, 2012

    Colgan Air ceased operations

    USA
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  • Thursday, September 06, 1962

    Merpati Nasantara Airlines was officially constituted

    Indonesia

    Thursday, September 06, 2001

    AeroPostal Cargo de Mexico started operations in Mexico City

    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

    UAE

    Wednesday, September 06, 2006

    Frontier Airlines creates a new airline named Lynx Aviation

    USA

    Thursday, September 06, 2012

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

    Brazil
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  • 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

    Switzerland

    Wednesday, September 07, 1988

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

    USA

    Friday, September 07, 1990

    Zhejiang Airlines was formed

    China

    Wednesday, September 07, 2005

    Avolar began operations

    Mexico

    Saturday, September 07, 2013

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

    South Sudan
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  • 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

    United Kingdom

    Sunday, September 08, 1935

    The first civil airport in Finland was opened at Turku Artukainen

    Finland

    Wednesday, September 08, 1976

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

    Brazil

    Monday, September 08, 1997

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

    USA

    Monday, September 08, 2008

    Futura International Airways ceased operations

    Spain

    Monday, September 08, 2008

    Futura Gael ceased operations

    Ireland

    Tuesday, September 08, 2009

    KD Avia suspended all flights

    Russia

    Thursday, September 08, 2016

    Binter CV operated its maiden flight

    Cape Verde Islands
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  • 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

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 09, 1921

    Daimler Airway was founded (>British Airways)

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 09, 1927

    British Guiana Air Transport Company was formed

    Guyana

    Monday, September 09, 1946

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

    Australia

    Tuesday, September 09, 1947

    Air Vietnam was formed as COSARA by Maurice Loubière

    Indo China

    Thursday, September 09, 1954

    Compañía de Aviación y Turismo SA was formed

    Panama

    Thursday, September 09, 1971

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

    India

    Tuesday, September 09, 1980

    Island Air start operations as Princeville Airways

    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

    USA

    Friday, September 09, 1988

    Air France and Lufthansa establish Euroberlin France

    France

    Thursday, September 09, 1999

    Roan Air was renamed to Zambian Airways

    Zambia

    Sunday, September 09, 2007

    Rioja Airlines ceased operations after only three months

    Spain

    Tuesday, September 09, 2008

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

    Bulgaria

    Friday, September 09, 2011

    EasySky start operations

    Honduras

    Sunday, September 09, 2012

    FMI Air launched operations as FMI Air Charter

    Myanmar

    Sunday, September 09, 2012

    Bmibaby closed down

    United Kingdom

    Tuesday, September 09, 2014

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

    Vietnam

    Wednesday, September 09, 2015

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

    Paraguay
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  • Wednesday, September 10, 1952

    TWA introduces the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

    USA

    Tuesday, September 10, 1968

    Indonesia Air started operations as Indonesia Air Transport

    Indonesia

    Friday, September 10, 2004

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

    Tonga

    Monday, September 10, 2012

    Air Nigeria ceased operations

    Nigeria
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  • Thursday, September 11, 1924

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

    Canada

    Wednesday, September 11, 1946

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

    USA

    Sunday, September 11, 1949

    AGSA (Aviación General SA) was founded

    Panama

    Tuesday, September 11, 1962

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

    Indonesia

    Friday, September 11, 1970

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

    United Kingdom

    Monday, September 11, 1989

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

    Turkey

    Monday, September 11, 2000

    Transwest Air operations start

    Canada

    Tuesday, September 11, 2001

    Potomac Air goes under, caused by 09/11 attack

    USA

    Monday, September 11, 2006

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

    DR Congo

    Thursday, September 11, 2008

    Air Bee ceased operations

    Italy

    Friday, September 11, 2009

    Pace Airlines suspend operations

    USA

    Tuesday, September 11, 2012

    Malindo Air was founded

    Malaysia

    Friday, September 11, 2015

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

    South Sudan
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  • Friday, September 12, 1919

    Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands awarded KLM its “Royal” designation

    Netherlands

    Wednesday, September 12, 1923

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

    Finland

    Saturday, September 12, 1925

    Juan Trippe incorporates Eastern Air Transport (>American Airlines)

    USA

    Thursday, September 12, 1929

    18-passenger Boeing Model 80A made its first flight

    USA

    Wednesday, September 12, 1973

    Eagle Airways, formed in 1969, restarted scheduled services

    New Zealand

    Wednesday, September 12, 2001

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

    Australia

    Friday, September 12, 2008

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

    United Kingdom
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  • Thursday, September 13, 1928

    Panagra was founded on this day & commenced operations on Dec1929

    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

    USA

    Saturday, September 13, 1952

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

    Japan

    Friday, September 13, 1991

    Air Lithuania was established as a state-owned company after the reorganization of Aeroflot division Kaunas

    Lithuania

    Tuesday, September 13, 1994

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

    Macau

    Thursday, September 13, 2001

    Ansett Australia ceased operations

    Australia

    Tuesday, September 13, 2005

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

    UAE

    Thursday, September 13, 2012

    BB Airways, founded in Jan2012, started operations

    Nepal
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  • Friday, September 14, 1934

    Aeroméxico was established as Aeronaves de México by Antonio Diaz Lombardo

    Mexico

    Wednesday, September 14, 1966

    Atlanta Taxi Aereo was founded66

    Brazil

    Monday, September 14, 1970

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

    Bolivia

    Thursday, September 14, 1978

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

    USA

    Monday, September 14, 1992

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

    Nepal

    Friday, September 14, 2001

    JDP Lux was incorporated

    Luxembourg

    Wednesday, September 14, 2005

    Air Scandic ceased operations

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 14, 2007

    Air Tomisko ceased operations

    Serbia

    Friday, September 14, 2012

    Golden Myanmar Airlines was incorporated on 14Sep2012

    Myanmar

    Sunday, September 14, 2014

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

    Georgia
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  • Tuesday, September 15, 1925

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

    Bolivia

    Wednesday, September 15, 1926

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

    USA

    Saturday, September 15, 1928

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

    Peru

    Monday, September 15, 1930

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

    USA

    Saturday, September 15, 1934

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

    Mexico

    Sunday, September 15, 1946

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

    Australia

    Wednesday, September 15, 1948

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

    Myanmar

    Saturday, September 15, 1956

    Aeroflot introduces the first Tupolev Tu-14 service

    USSR

    Thursday, September 15, 1960

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

    New Zealand

    Wednesday, September 15, 1965

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

    Thailand

    Sunday, September 15, 1968

    Air Moorea restarted operations

    French Polynesia

    Tuesday, September 15, 1970

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

    Luxembourg

    Wednesday, September 15, 1976

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

    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

    Seychelles

    Friday, September 15, 1978

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

    Germany

    Friday, September 15, 1978

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

    USA

    Saturday, September 15, 1979

    MedAvia operations start

    Malta

    Saturday, September 15, 1990

    SVG Air, formed in 1990, restarted operations

    st vincent + grenadines

    Wednesday, September 15, 1993

    Caspian Airlines operations restarted on this date

    Iran

    Thursday, September 15, 1994

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

    Guadeloupe

    Friday, September 15, 1995

    MEX (Mocambique Expresso) operations restarted on this date

    Mozambique

    Wednesday, September 15, 1999

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

    Ukraine

    Wednesday, September 15, 1999

    Integra Air, established 1998, restarted operations on this date

    Canada

    Monday, September 15, 2003

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

    Singapore

    Monday, September 15, 2008

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

    Bulgaria

    Monday, September 15, 2008

    AeBal (Aerolineas de Baleares) ceased operations

    Spain

    Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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

    Morocco

    Saturday, September 15, 2012

    Sky Net Airline, formed in 2011, started operations

    Armenia

    Saturday, September 15, 2012

    Jet Star operations started

    Moldova

    Tuesday, September 15, 2015

    Beacon launched its maiden commercial operations

    USA
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  • Tuesday, September 16, 1919

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

    Colombia

    Monday, September 16, 1946

    Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Internazionale) was formed

    Italy

    Friday, September 16, 1955

    First flight of Deutsche Lufthansa (>Interflug)

    East Germany

    Sunday, September 16, 1956

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

    Peru

    Monday, September 16, 1963

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

    Malaysia

    Wednesday, September 16, 1964

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

    USA

    Friday, September 16, 1983

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

    Mexico

    Tuesday, September 16, 2003

    Austrian arrows started operations

    Austria

    Thursday, September 16, 2010

    T'Way Air restarted operations

    South Korea

    Sunday, September 16, 2012

    U Airlines' inaugural flight

    Thailand
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  • Tuesday, September 17, 1946

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

    Scandinavia

    Tuesday, September 17, 1957

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

    Peru

    Saturday, September 17, 1960

    East African Airways commenced jet services between London and Nairobi

    Kenya

    Tuesday, September 17, 1991

    The joint Russian-British venture HeavyLift-VolgaDnepr was established

    Russia

    Friday, September 17, 1993

    Shenzhen Airlines operations started

    China

    Sunday, September 17, 2006

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

    Australia

    Thursday, September 17, 2009

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

    Nigeria

    Saturday, September 17, 2011

    Jet Asia Airways, established in Dec2009, restarted operations

    Thailand

    Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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

    USA
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  • Thursday, September 18, 1924

    Junkers G 23 first flight

    Germany

    Tuesday, September 18, 1928

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

    Germany

    Saturday, September 18, 1954

    TAROM (Transporturile Aeriene Române) was founded

    Romania

    Thursday, September 18, 1958

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

    East Germany

    Friday, September 18, 1959

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 18, 1968

    First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20

    USA

    Sunday, September 18, 1983

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

    Mexico

    Thursday, September 18, 2003

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

    Ghana

    Thursday, September 18, 2008

    Arrow Air Panama ceased operations

    Panama

    Thursday, September 18, 2014

    Greenland Express ceased operations

    Denmark
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  • Friday, September 19, 1919

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

    France

    Monday, September 19, 1921

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

    Colombia

    Wednesday, September 19, 1934

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

    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)

    USSR

    Thursday, September 19, 1946

    TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) restarted commercial services

    Portugal

    Friday, September 19, 1986

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

    China

    Saturday, September 19, 1998

    Skymark Airlines operations restarted

    Japan

    Tuesday, September 19, 2006

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

    Denmark

    Saturday, September 19, 2009

    Efly commenced operations

    Malta

    Monday, September 19, 2011

    AeroMajestic Airlines's inaugural flight took to the sky

    Philippines
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  • Friday, September 20, 1946

    Mackey Airlines was founded by Col. Joseph Mackey

    USA

    Friday, September 20, 1974

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

    Antigua + Barbuda

    Thursday, September 20, 1990

    Aviacsa (Aviacion de Chiapas) operated their first flight

    Mexico

    Friday, September 20, 1991

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

    India

    Friday, September 20, 1991

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

    Lithuania

    Tuesday, September 20, 2005

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

    USA

    Thursday, September 20, 2007

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

    India

    Tuesday, September 20, 2011

    Air Minas, grounded on 30May2010, lost its AOC

    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

    Brazil
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  • Thursday, September 21, 1939

    First flight of the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar

    USA

    Wednesday, September 21, 1955

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

    North Korea

    Thursday, September 21, 1972

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

    Philippines

    Thursday, September 21, 1978

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

    Japan

    Monday, September 21, 1992

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

    USA

    Monday, September 21, 2009

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

    Italy

    Monday, September 21, 2009

    Air Dominicana, having started operations on 16Oct2008, ceased

    Dominican Republic

    Friday, September 21, 2012

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

    Malaysia

    Friday, September 21, 2012

    Africa World Airlines launched services

    Ghana

    Monday, September 21, 2015

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

    Kenya
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  • Monday, September 22, 1975

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

    Mozambique

    Monday, September 22, 1975

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 22, 1993

    Sterling Airways ceased operations

    Denmark

    Saturday, September 22, 2001

    Air Lib began operations after AOM and Air Liberte merger

    France

    Friday, September 22, 2006

    CR Airways changed its name to Hong Kong Airlines

    Hong Kong
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  • 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.

    USA

    Wednesday, September 23, 1925

    LAB (Lloyd Aero Boliviano) commenced operations

    Bolivia

    Wednesday, September 23, 1931

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

    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)

    Gibraltar

    Monday, September 23, 1968

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 23, 1998

    Ajet was established as Helios Airways

    Cyprus
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  • Tuesday, September 24, 1946

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

    Hong Kong

    Wednesday, September 24, 1947

    Cyprus Airways was established

    Cyprus

    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

    USA

    Monday, September 24, 2001

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

    USA

    Saturday, September 24, 2011

    ECAir operations start

    Republic of Congo

    Monday, September 24, 2012

    Rollins Air had its AOC was revoked

    Honduras

    Monday, September 24, 2012

    Fly Tanzania was incorporated. Unsure if started operations with a single BAe 146-300 as planned

    Tanzania
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  • Thursday, September 25, 1947

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

    United Kingdom

    Monday, September 25, 1950

    Pan Am purchases AOA (American Overseas Airlines) from American

    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)

    USA

    Wednesday, September 25, 1991

    First flight of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 25, 1998

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

    Spain

    Monday, September 25, 2006

    Juneyao Airlines made its maiden flight

    China

    Monday, September 25, 2006

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

    China

    Thursday, September 25, 2008

    LatCharter became SmartLynx

    Latvia

    Friday, September 25, 2009

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

    Russia

    Friday, September 25, 2015

    Nordic Aviation was founded by the Estonian Government

    Estonia
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  • Friday, September 26, 1919

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

    Colombia

    Monday, September 26, 1932

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

    China

    Monday, September 26, 1932

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

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 26, 1969

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 26, 1973

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

    United Kingdom

    Monday, September 26, 1977

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

    United Kingdom

    Saturday, September 26, 1981

    First flight of the B.767-200

    USA

    Monday, September 26, 1994

    Enimex was established and started operations

    Estonia

    Thursday, September 26, 1996

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

    Kazakhstan

    Monday, September 26, 2011

    Comlux Aruba received its AOC

    Aruba

    Monday, September 26, 2011

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

    USA

    Friday, September 26, 2014

    Tigerair Taiwan started operations with A.320 aircraft

    Taiwan

    Friday, September 26, 2014

    PEOPLExpress II abruptly ceased operations after almost 3 months

    USA

    Saturday, September 26, 2015

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

    China

    Saturday, September 26, 2015

    Little Red ceased operations

    United Kingdom
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  • Thursday, September 27, 1928

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

    Peru

    Friday, September 27, 1963

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

    United Kingdom

    Thursday, September 27, 2001

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

    Argentina

    Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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

    USA

    Wednesday, September 27, 2006

    Caribbean Airlines was incorporated

    Trinidad + Tobago

    Thursday, September 27, 2007

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

    USA

    Thursday, September 27, 2012

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

    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

    China

    Friday, September 27, 2013

    America West merger into US Airways was completed

    USA
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  • 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

    Israel

    Wednesday, September 28, 1955

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

    New Caledonia

    Thursday, September 28, 1967

    Faroe Airways (Fairline) ceased operating

    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)

    USA

    Wednesday, September 28, 1988

    First flight of the Ilyushin Il-96

    USSR

    Thursday, September 28, 2006

    Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opens to replace the aging Don Muang airport

    Thailand

    Sunday, September 28, 2008

    Samara Airlines ceased operations

    Russia

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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

    India

    Monday, September 28, 2015

    North Shore Air commenced daily flights

    New Zealand
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  • Tuesday, September 29, 1931

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

    Argentina

    Friday, September 29, 1972

    Air Florida began operations

    USA

    Saturday, September 29, 1973

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

    Netherlands

    Monday, September 29, 2003

    LagunAir was founded

    Spain

    Thursday, September 29, 2005

    TransMeridian Airlines ceased operations

    USA

    Monday, September 29, 2008

    Georgia Skies commenced operations

    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

    Greece

    Saturday, September 29, 2012

    Comairs' last scheduled flight (Cincinnati to Houston)

    USA

    Monday, September 29, 2014

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

    Romania
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  • Tuesday, September 30, 1919

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

    United Kingdom

    Monday, September 30, 1935

    Allied British Airways Ltd was formed (>British Airways)

    United Kingdom

    Tuesday, September 30, 1947

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

    Brazil

    Monday, September 30, 1957

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

    Austria

    Tuesday, September 30, 1958

    WAAC (West African Airways Corporation) ceased operations

    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

    United Kingdom

    Friday, September 30, 1977

    TRAFE, founded in 1971, ceased operations

    Argentina

    Tuesday, September 30, 1980

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

    USA

    Tuesday, September 30, 1986

    Transamerica ceased operations

    USA

    Tuesday, September 30, 1986

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

    USA

    Tuesday, September 30, 1997

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

    Costa Rica

    Sunday, September 30, 2007

    European Air Express ceased operations

    Germany

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008

    Carib Aviation ceased operations

    Antigua + Barbuda

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008

    Asian Spirit became Zest Air

    Philippines

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008

    African International Airways ceased operations

    South Africa

    Friday, September 30, 2011

    Air Southwest ceased operations & was absorbed into Eastern Airlines

    United Kingdom

    Sunday, September 30, 2012

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

    India

    Sunday, September 30, 2012

    Ariella Airlines operations started

    Burkina Faso

    Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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

    Japan

    Tuesday, September 30, 2014

    Helitt Líneas Aéreas suspended operations indefinitely amid crippling debts

    Spain
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