Airline history from 1946, this page lists 90 airline related events from 1946.
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90 dates in airline history from 1946:
January 01, 1946
Société Nationale Air France was set up (>France). View airlines from France.
January 01, 1946
MEA, founded on 31May1945, started operations. View airlines from Lebanon.
January 01, 1946
East African Airways was founded. View airlines from Kenya.
January 01, 1946
Cambrian Air Services was the first British airline to restart operations after the war, with a charter flight with an Auster Autocrat with a cargo of wire rope. View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 01, 1946
BEA (British European Airways) became as a crown corporation (obtains Royal Assent). View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 01, 1946
A BSAA (British South American Airways) Avro Lancastrian became the first commercial flight to depart Heathrow Airport. View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 14, 1946
Pan American began transatlantic Lockheed Constellation flights. View airlines from USA.
January 21st, 1946
The formation of Det Norske Luftfartselskap as the national airline company (=>SAS). View airlines from Norway.
January 28, 1946
OMTA (Organisacao Mineira de Transportes Aereos) began operations as an air charter company (>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
January 28, 1946
Iraqi Airways restarted operations. View airlines from Iraq.
January 30th, 1946
Indian Overseas Airlines was formed as Mistri Airways by Parsi businessman, Rusi Mistri. View airlines from India.
February 01, 1946
TARS started operations (>TAROM). View airlines from Romania.
February 03, 1946
Pan American inaugurates the first commercial use of Lockheed Model 049 Constellation with the aircraft’s first scheduled service between New York and Bermuda. View airlines from USA.
February 6th, 1946
TWA completed its first transatlantic service with the Lockheed Constellation flying the New York-Gander-Shannon-Paris route. View airlines from USA.
February 7th, 1946
Real (Redes Estaduais Aéreas Limitadas) Transportes Aéreos' first flight took off from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro (>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
February 08, 1946
TAA (Trans Australia Airline) was founded (>Qantas). View airlines from Australia.
February 14th, 1946
Philippine Airlines resumed service after a 5-year hiatus during World War II. View airlines from Philippines.
February 15, 1946
First flight of the Douglas DC-6, an American piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft. View airlines from USA.
February 16th, 1946
Iraqi Airways, founded in 1945 as a department of the Iraqi State Railways, started international operations. View airlines from Iraq.
February 27, 1946
Actividades Aéreas Chiricanas was founded. View airlines from Panama.
March 04, 1946
American Airlines began using the Douglas DC-4 cross country on trips that lasted 13-to-14-hours. View airlines from USA.
March 13th, 1946
LATCO (Linea Aérea Transatlantica Colombia) was founded by Captain Jose Vicente Torres, Captain Luis Carlos Donado Velilla and Captain Fernando Ruiz. View airlines from Colombia.
March 15, 1946
Kenmore Air operations start as Kenmore Air Harbor. View airlines from USA.
March 15, 1946
Aviateca restarted operations. View airlines from Guatemala.
March 25, 1946
The official opening ceremony of London Heathrow Airport was performed by Lord Winster, the Minister of Aviation. View airlines from United Kingdom.
March 26, 1946
Braathens S.A.F.E was founded by Ludvig G. Braathen (>SAS). View airlines from Norway.
March 29, 1946
An agreement was signed under which Maszovlet, the Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company and the legal predecessor of Malev, was established. View airlines from Hungary.
April 02, 1946
Hawaiian Air Transport Service began operations with Beechcraft D-18F planes. View airlines from USA.
April 08, 1946
Ethiopian Airlines first scheduled flight took place as Ethiopian Air Lines to Cairo via Asmara in a Douglas C-47. View airlines from Ethiopia.
April 11th, 1946
ViaBras (Viação Aérea Brasil) was founded (...>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
April 16th, 1946
COBETA (Compagnie Belge de Transports Aeriens) was founded. View airlines from Belgium.
April 24, 1946
Winged Cargo Inc. opened an unusual freight service in which goods are carried in a Waco CG-4A glider towed by a DC-3. View airlines from USA.
May 03, 1946
Scindia Line services were resumed after World War II (>Air India). View airlines from India.
May 3rd, 1946
Shortly after World War II, the Santa Fe Railroad announced their entry into the air cargo business and Santa Fe Skyways was formed. View airlines from USA.
May 11th, 1946
Roy Farrell Export-Import Co relocated, flying its two DC.3s to Hong Kong from Sydney (>Cathay Pacific). View airlines from Hong Kong.
May 16, 1946
ALFA, a joint venture was established by the Argentine government through the merger of CSSA & CDNA. View airlines from Argentina.
May 21, 1946
KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) inaugurates a scheduled service to New York; first European airline to open post-war flights to NY. View airlines from Netherlands.
May 24, 1946
Chicago and Southern (C&S) Air Lines was awarded its first international route to the Caribbean. View airlines from USA.
May 25, 1946
National Air Charters restarted operations (>NAC (National Airways Corporation). View airlines from South Africa.
May 28, 1946
BOAC operated its first departure from London Airport instead of Hurn (>British Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 28, 1946
Aloha Pacific: a subsidiary setup by Aloha Airlines of Hawaii, restarted operations with a single DC-10. View airlines from USA.
May 31, 1946
London Heathrow Airport was officially opened.. View airlines from United Kingdom.
June 01, 1946
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux was created (>Air France). View airlines from France.
June 1st, 1946
LACSA, established on 17Oct1945 by Pan American World Airways, the Costa Rican government and Costa Rican private interests, started operations. View airlines from Costa Rica.
June 1st, 1946
Central African Airways (CAA) was formed. View airlines from Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
June 11th, 1946
Capitol Air (i) was founded as Capitol Airways by Jesse F. Stallings and Richmond Mclnnis. View airlines from USA.
June 14, 1946
Iraqi Airways restarted international services. View airlines from Iraq.
June 15, 1946
Commercial Air Services restarted (>Comair). View airlines from South Africa.
June 25, 1946
First transatlantic flight for Air France. Paris to New York. View airlines from France.
July 05, 1946
Matson Airlines first flight was San Francisco to Hawaii carrying strawberries. View airlines from USA.
July 08, 1946
RANA (Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways) went into voluntary liquidation. View airlines from Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
July 9th, 1946
Dalmia Jain Airways was floated as a public limited company. View airlines from India.
July 17, 1946
L.A.M.S. was founded by Dr. Graham Humby. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 23rd, 1946
The Bacon brothers, owners of the Sivewright Bacon and Company shipping agency, registered Sivewright Airways as an airline charter company. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 26, 1946
Trans-Pacific Airlines began non-scheduled inter-island service in Hawaii using a World War II surplus Douglas C-47 (>Aloha Airlines). View airlines from USA.
July 29, 1946
Tata Airlines converts to a public Company and was renamed Air India Limited. View airlines from India.
July 30, 1946
Sobelair was founded as a charter airline. View airlines from Belgium.
July 31, 1946
PAL (Philippine Air Lines) became the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean when a chartered Douglas DC-4 ferried 40 American servicemen to Oakland, California. View airlines from Philippines.
July 31st, 1946
Santa Fe Skyways, formed on 03May1946 with Homer R. Lake as the president, started operations from Los Angeles. View airlines from USA.
August 01, 1946
SAS was founded (merger of Det Danske Luftfartselskab, Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik and Det Norske Luftfartselskap. View airlines from Scandinavia.
August 01, 1946
BEA (British European Airways) was established as state-owned corporation. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 16, 1946
East Anglian Flying Services commercial operations commenced (>Channel Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 01, 1946
Vickers Viking entered service with BEA (British European Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 09, 1946
TAA (Trans Australia Airline) started operations from Laverton Aerodrome to Mascot. View airlines from Australia.
September 11, 1946
Seaboard World Airlines was founded (..>>FedEx). View airlines from USA.
September 15, 1946
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines' inaugural flight departs from Sydney (>QANTAS). View airlines from Australia.
September 16, 1946
Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Internazionale) was formed. View airlines from Italy.
September 17th, 1946
SAS, founded on 01Aug1946 by the merger of DNL, DDL and SILA as OSAS, started operations. View airlines from Scandinavia.
September 19, 1946
TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) restarted commercial services. View airlines from Portugal.
September 20, 1946
Mackey Airlines was founded by Col. Joseph Mackey. View airlines from USA.
September 24, 1946
Cathay Pacific was founded by American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow. View airlines from Hong Kong.
September 24th, 1946
Air Transport was formed as Trans-Air. View airlines from Belgium.
September 27th, 1946
Air Transport was formed. View airlines from Belgium.
October 09, 1946
Air Atlas (Societe Cherifienne de L'Air) was registered (>RAM). View airlines from Morocco.
October 15, 1946
Malev commenced operations as Maszovlet. View airlines from Hungary.
October 16th, 1946
Fred Olsen's Flyselskap was created as a spin-off of Det Norske Luftfartselskap. View airlines from Norway.
October 23, 1946
Orient Airways was registered in Calcutta (>>PIA). View airlines from Pakistan.
October 25, 1946
CAT (Civil Air Transport) was formed as Chinese (CNRRA) Air Transport. View airlines from Taiwan.
November 7th, 1946
Fred Olsen's Flyselskap commenced operations. View airlines from Norway.
November 11, 1946
Short Solent flying boat first flight. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 12th, 1946
SETA (Société d'Etude et de Transports Aériens) was renamed to Sobelair. View airlines from Belgium.
November 13, 1946
CHA (Chicago Helicopter Airways) was incorporated in Delaware as Helicopter Air Service. View airlines from USA.
November 18, 1946
Trans Canada Airlines received the first of five North Stars on loan from the RCAF. View airlines from Canada.
November 21st, 1946
Air Transport, formed as Trans-Air, operated its first revenue flight between Manston (UK) and Bergamo. View airlines from Belgium.
November 22, 1946
First flight of the Martin 2-0-2. View airlines from USA.
November 25, 1946
Silver City Airways was incorporated (>British World Airlines). View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 25, 1946
SAVAG was founded (>>Cruzeiro do Sul…. >Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
November 27, 1946
Monarch Air Lines began service in Colorado. View airlines from USA.
December 02, 1946
Southwest Airways having been formed in 1941, begin scheduled passenger services (...>Delta). View airlines from USA.
March 21st, 1946
Kenmore Air (Kenmore Air Harbor) first started operations under the name Mines Collins Munro. View airlines from USA.