Airline history from 1927, this page lists 44 airline related events from 1927.
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44 dates in airline history from 1927:
January 07, 1927
Imperial Airways commenced a regular service from Basra to Cairo via Baghdad, the first of its Empire "trunk routes". View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 11, 1927
Aeronaut ceased operations. View airlines from USSR.
January 15, 1927
Boeing Air Transport was formed, to carry airmail between Chicago and San Francisco. View airlines from USA.
January 28, 1927
The Boeing Airplane Co. signs a contract with the U.S. Postal Department to fly airmail. View airlines from USA.
February 08, 1927
Junkers Luftverkehr Persien, restarted Iran's first two-weekly scheduled passenger air services from Tehran to Bandar Pahlavi. View airlines from Persia.
February 22, 1927
Condor Syndikats' first flight. View airlines from Brazil.
March 12, 1927
Fokker F.VIII (F.8) first flight. View airlines from Netherlands.
March 14, 1927
Pan American Airways was formed to carry airmail on the Key West-Havana route by Air Force Majors “Hap” Arnold, Carl Spaatz and John H. Jouett. View airlines from USA.
March 21, 1927
Honolulu International Airport, one of the oldest airports in the United States, was dedicated as John Rodgers Airport. View airlines from USA.
April 04, 1927
Colonial Air Transport flew the first passenger service between Boston and New York. View airlines from USA.
April 11th, 1927
Aeronaut ceased operations. View airlines from USSR.
May 07, 1927
Varig was founded as the first Brazilian airline by German Otto Ernst Meyer-Labastille. View airlines from Brazil.
May 07, 1927
San Francisco Airport (SFO) opens on 150 acres (61 ha) of cow pasture. View airlines from USA.
May 13, 1927
Colonial Air Transport offers a sightseeing trip from Teterboro, New Jersey, around New York City for just $8, less than the price of a similar trip in a taxi (>American). View airlines from USA.
May 20, 1927
The Boeing Model 40A two-passenger mail plane made its first flight. View airlines from USA.
June 02, 1927
Juan Trippe formed Aviation Corporation of the Americas to offer air services to Caribbean (landing rights into Havana). View airlines from USA.
June 06, 1927
Operations officially begin at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. View airlines from USA.
June 17, 1927
Founding date of the Society for Aeroput, later succeeded by JAT and now by Air Serbia. View airlines from Yugoslavia.
June 22, 1927
VARIG, founded on 07May1927 by Otto Ernst Meyer-Labastille, restarted operations. View airlines from Brazil.
June 28, 1927
Iberia was initially founded as Iberia Compañía Aérea de Transportes with an initial capital investment by the financier Horacio Echeberrieta and Deutsche Luft Hansa of 1.1 million pesetas. View airlines from Spain.
July 01, 1927
Reed Chambers and financier Richard Hoyt (the Chambers-Hoyt Group) form Southeastern Air Lines (>PanAm). View airlines from USA.
July 01, 1927
Condor Syndikat officially ceased to exist. View airlines from Brazil.
July 01, 1927
Bertha Boeing, William's wife, inaugurates the first BAT airmail flight with a Boeing Model 40. View airlines from USA.
July 04, 1927
First flight of Lockheed Vega. View airlines from USA.
July 5th, 1927
Northwest Airways’flew its first official passenger, Byron Webster, a St. Paul businessman (..^Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
July 08, 1927
Southern Air Lines was formed by Juan Trippe (>>Eastern Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
July 8th, 1927
Norske Luftruter was founded with a stock capital of 40,000 Kroner. View airlines from Norway.
July 21st, 1927
Norske Luftruter, founded on 08Jul1927, acted as general and handling agent for Deutsche Luft Hansa. View airlines from Norway.
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 05, 1927
Aeroposta Argentina Airline (>Aerolineas Argentinas) was formed in Buenos Aires. View airlines from Argentina.
September 08, 1927
The Cessna company is established. View airlines from USA.
September 09, 1927
British Guiana Air Transport Company was formed. View airlines from Guyana.
October 03, 1927
Grand Canyon Airlines' first flight was on this date as Scenic Airlines. View airlines from USA.
October 05, 1927
Juan Trippe, having incorporated Eastern Air Transport on 12Sep1925, changed the name of his company to Colonial Air Transport. View airlines from USA.
October 06, 1927
Western Canada Airways commenced contract airmail service between Lac du Bonnet, Wadhope and Bisset, Manitoba (>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
October 11, 1927
Richard Hoyt establishes Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Airways (>PanAm). View airlines from USA.
October 19, 1927
Pan Am start operations as ACA (Aviation Corporation of the Americas). View airlines from USA.
October 25, 1927
Bunavad, the first national airline of Bulgaria, commenced operations. View airlines from Bulgaria.
October 28, 1927
Pan Am opens its 1st service, a 90 mile route between Key West & Cuba carrying only mail. View airlines from USA.
November 22, 1927
Aéropostale started regular flights between Rio de Janeiro and Natal. View airlines from France.
November 28, 1927
Standard Airlines began operations as Arizona’s first inter and intrastate scheduled air carrier. View airlines from USA.
December 01, 1927
Cruzeiro (Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul) was officially founded as Sindicato Condor (>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
December 14, 1927
Iberia restarted operations as Iberia, Compañía Aérea de Transportes. View airlines from Spain.
December 25th, 1927
Canadian Transcontinental Airways operated Fairchild aircraft along the north shore of the St. Lawrence from La Malbaie to Sept-Îles, Quebec, This was the first official Post Office air mail delivery for the communities along the north shore of Quebec. View airlines from Canada.