Airline history from 1945, this page lists 41 airline related events from 1945.
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41 dates in airline history from 1945:
January 05, 1945
Mayflower Airlines was acquired by Northeast Airlines (>>Delta). View airlines from USA.
January 16th, 1945
Maryland Airlines was founded. View airlines from USA.
January 26, 1945
First flight of the Miles Aerovan, a twin engine short-range low-cost transport. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 26, 1945
First flight of the Sud-Ouest Bretagne, a twin engine airliner. View airlines from France.
March 10th, 1945
The Polish government recreated LOT, 7 years after the service was suspended. View airlines from Poland.
March 14, 1945
TAP (Transportes Aereos Portugueses) was founded. View airlines from Portugal.
March 14th, 1945
Aviateca (Empresa Guatemalteca de Aviación S. A) was formed (>TACA >Avianca Guatemala). View airlines from Guatemala.
April 21, 1945
Deutsche Luft Hansa last scheduled flight, Berlin to Munich took place. View airlines from Germany.
May 15, 1945
Vostok Airlines was established as Aeroflot, Far Eastern division (264 Squadron). View airlines from USSR.
May 18th, 1945
Trans Caribbean Airways was formed as Trans Caribbean Air Cargo Lines by O. Roy Chalk. View airlines from Puerto Rico.
May 31, 1945
MEA (Middle East Airlines) was founded. View airlines from Lebanon.
June 14, 1945
First flight of the Avro Tudor, the first British pressurized civilian aircraft. View airlines from United Kingdom.
June 15, 1945
TAM restarted operations by the Bolivian Air Force. View airlines from Bolivia.
June 22, 1945
First flight of the Vickers VC.1 Viking. View airlines from United Kingdom.
June 22, 1945
First flight of the Vickers VC.1 Viking. View airlines from United Kingdom.
June 25, 1945
Flying Tiger Line was formed as National Skyway Freight (>FedEx). View airlines from USA.
June 26, 1945
Air France became a state-controlled entity under the control of the Transport Ministry. View airlines from France.
June 28th, 1945
Trans-Marine Airways, operating charter services out of New York, began operations. View airlines from USA.
June 30, 1945
Aeroflot, Far Eastern division (264 Squadron), started operations (>Vostok Airlines). View airlines from USSR.
July 05, 1945
AOA (American Overseas Airlines) was formed as a result of a merger between the international division of American and American Export Airlines. View airlines from USA.
July 08, 1945
Central British Columbia Airlines was incorporated (>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
July 14, 1945
LAB (Linhas Aereas Brasileiras) is founded. View airlines from Brazil.
July 18, 1945
LOT Polish Airlines State Enterprise was established by decree of the Council of Ministers. Created after WWII suspension. View airlines from Poland.
August 15, 1945
Manchuria Aviation Company, national airline of Manchukuo (Manchuria, China) ceased operations with Japan’s surrender. View airlines from China.
August 15, 1945
First flight of Ilyushin IL-12. View airlines from USSR.
August 28, 1945
Island Air Ferries was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
October 08, 1945
SAHSA (Servicio Aereo de Hoduras S.A.) was founded on this date with the help of Pan American Airways. View airlines from Honduras.
October 08, 1945
KD Avia (Kaliningrad Avia) was formed as Kaliningrad Avia. View airlines from USSR.
October 17, 1945
LACSA was established by Pan American World Airways, the Costa Rican government and Costa Rican private interests (>Avianca Costa Rica). View airlines from Costa Rica.
October 22, 1945
SAHSA (Servicio Aereo de Hoduras S.A.) began operations using a Douglas DC-2 on domestic flights. View airlines from Honduras.
October 23, 1945
LADE was initially known as LASO (Líneas Aéreas Suroeste) and consolidated under the present title in 1945 with another air force branch, LANE (Líneas Aéreas Noreste). View airlines from Argentina.
October 24, 1945
American Overseas Airlines began the first scheduled commercial transatlantic airline service by a landplane, operating between New York City & Bournemouth-Hurn Airport. View airlines from USA.
October 30, 1945
The act that called for the creation of the East African Air Transport Authority, the organism that among other things would create East African Airways (EAA), was signed. View airlines from Kenya.
November 10, 1945
South African Airways introduced its first inter-continental service, a 3-day Springbok Service, operated by the Avro York. View airlines from South Africa.
November 19, 1945
FEATI (Far Eastern Air Transport) was restarted after renamed from INAEC (Iloilo-Negros Air Express Co.). View airlines from Philippines.
November 28th, 1945
Pan American World Airways ordered 20 Boeing Stratocruisers (Model 377), a commercial version of the C-97 military transport.. View airlines from USA.
December 02, 1945
First flight of the Bristol Type 170 Freighter, British twin-engine freighter and airliner, best known as an air ferry to carry cars. View airlines from United Kingdom.
December 08, 1945
LAB (Linhas Aereas Brasileiras), founded on 14Jul1945, start operations. View airlines from Brazil.
December 21, 1945
Ethiopian Airlines,the flag carrier of Ethiopia, was founded as Ethiopian Air Lines. View airlines from Ethiopia.
December 29, 1945
A Government decision terminates the activities of the RLAF (Réseau des Lignes Aériennes Françaises) and turns the entire French airline network over to the Société Nationale Air France. View airlines from France.
December 30, 1945
Ethiopian Airlines was formally incorporated by proclamation of Emperor Haile Selaisse as Ethiopian Air Lines. View airlines from Ethiopia.