Airline history from 1966, this page lists 36 airline related events from 1966.
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36 dates in airline history from 1966:
January 01, 1966
TAC (Transportes Aereas Catarinense) was merged into Cruzeiro do Sul (>Gol). View airlines from Brazil.
January 01, 1966
Skyline (NEPC) renamed from Damania Airways. View airlines from India.
January 01, 1966
Airnautic was dissolved. View airlines from Algeria.
January 27, 1966
First flight of the Fairchild FH-227. View airlines from USA.
January 29, 1966
Official opening of new Auckland International Airport at Mangere. View airlines from New Zealand.
February 07, 1966
Air Charter was established under the name SAFA (>Air France). View airlines from France.
February 08, 1966
Freddie Laker founds Laker Airways after quitting British United to start his own airline. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 28, 1966
SPANZ (South Pacific Airline of New Zealand) was forced to call in the receivers & made its last commercial flight. View airlines from New Zealand.
March 21, 1966
Zambian Air Cargoes started operations. View airlines from Zambia.
April 1st, 1966
Leopard Air, formed in Oct1965 to operate charter, air-taxi and flying training services, started operations. View airlines from Malawi.
April 05, 1966
Hibernian Airlines, formed in 1966, restarted general passenger and cargo charter operations. View airlines from Ireland.
April 18,1966
Buker Airlines started operations (>>Trans East Airlines). View airlines from USA.
April 24, 1966
Scheduled air carrier jet operations began at Washington National Airport. View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1966
Jamaica Air Service (>Caribbean Airlines (Trinidad)) began service to Miami and New York. View airlines from Jamaica.
May 01, 1966
British European Airways opens the first jet service between London Heathrow and Glasgow, using de Havilland Comet 4 Bs (>BA). View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 05, 1966
Formosa Airlines was founded (>>Mandarin Airlines). View airlines from Taiwan.
June 24, 1966
Air Tchad was founded. View airlines from Chad.
June 30th, 1966
Southern Aviation Corporation had its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity withdrawn for charging rates lower than that approved by the Board.. View airlines from Philippines.
July 01, 1966
Formosa Airlines started operations as Yung Shing Airlines. View airlines from Taiwan.
July 1st, 1966
Slick Airways was shut down, and the assets were acquired by Airlift International. View airlines from USA.
July 25, 1966
Air Charter International began operations as SAFA (Societe Aerienne Francaise d'Affretement) (>>Air France). View airlines from France.
July 27, 1966
St Thomas Tax-Air received certification for commuter services ~ operated all over the Caribbean and into Columbia, and Miami. View airlines from Puerto Rico.
August 01, 1966
First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30. View airlines from USA.
August 04, 1966
Air Tchad, founded on 24Jun1966, restarted operations. View airlines from Chad.
August 29, 1966
NLM (Netherlands Airlines) started operations (>KLM City Hopper). View airlines from Netherlands.
September 14, 1966
Atlanta Taxi Aereo was founded66. View airlines from Brazil.
September 30th, 1966
Operations of Bechuanaland National Airways were taken over by Botswana National Airways. View airlines from Botswana.
October 21, 1966
First flight of the Yakovlev Yak-40. View airlines from USSR.
October 29, 1966
Aerangol was formed as a private company. View airlines from Angola.
November 01, 1966
Air Canada began the first North American air services to the Soviet Union. View airlines from Canada.
November 01, 1966
Aeromaya was formed by the merger of ASSA, which itself had taken over Aero Taxi SA of Merida & Servicio Aereo Gomez-Mendez. View airlines from Mexico.
November 04, 1966
Altair was organised at Philadelphia by Tristram C. Colket Jr. as a commuter airline. View airlines from USA.
November 17, 1966
Transavia operations start as Transavia Limburg. View airlines from Netherlands.
December 01, 1966
China Airlines first international service between Taipei and Saigon start. View airlines from Taiwan.
December 28, 1966
TACA Airlines entered the jet age when it inaugurated their first jet, a BAC One Eleven. View airlines from El Salvador.
December 31, 1966
Air Brousse ceased operations (was taken over by Air Congo on 30Jun1967). View airlines from DRC (old).