Airline history from 1944, this page lists 17 airline related events from 1944.
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17 dates in airline history from 1944:
January 06, 1944
LANE (Líneas Aéreas del Noreste), founded in Sep1940, start operations (>LADE). View airlines from Argentina.
January 22, 1944
Chiricana de Aviación was founded & was authorized to fly between David and Puerto Armuelles with a Fairchild 24. View airlines from Panama.
January 25, 1944
British Latin American Airlines was formed (...>>BA). View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 01, 1944
Southern Airways was founded (>Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
March 10, 1944
Loftleiðir was formed (>Icelandair). View airlines from Iceland.
April 06, 1944
Loftleiðirs' first revenue flight took place (>Icelandair). View airlines from Iceland.
May 02, 1944
The Alaska Airlines name was adopted from Alaska Star Airlines. View airlines from USA.
May 04, 1944
CDA (Compania Dominicana de Aviacion), founded in 1944 by local interests and Pan American began scheduled domestic operations began. View airlines from Dominican Republic.
May 11, 1944
Los Angeles Airways was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
May 15, 1944
Wisconsin Central Airlines (>Delta Air Lines) was founded. View airlines from USA.
June 06, 1944
Alaska Airlines commenced operations, after renamed from Alaska Star Airlines. View airlines from USA.
June 21, 1944
Copa Airlines was founded by local investors & Pan Am as Compania Panamena de Aviacion (COPA). View airlines from Panama.
June 30, 1944
Aeroflot, Pskov division started perations started (>Pskovavia). View airlines from USSR.
July 1st, 1944
Dominicana (Dominicana de Aviacion) was founded as the flag carrier of the Dominican Republic by the then dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. View airlines from Dominican Republic.
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.
November 01, 1944
Air Cargo, Inc (formed by United, American, TWA and Eastern) ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
November 13, 1944
Civil air services to London are restored, with the first flights carried out by Railway Air Services. View airlines from United Kingdom.