Airline history from 1968, this page lists 52 airline related events from 1968.
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52 dates in airline history from 1968:
January 01, 1968
Transpac became Air Caledonie. View airlines from New Caledonia.
January 01, 1968
New Zealand Tourist Air Travel Ltd, founded in Aug1954, became part of Mount Cook Airlines. View airlines from New Zealand.
January 1st, 1968
TABSO was renamed to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. View airlines from Bulgaria.
January 02, 1968
Condor Flugdienst took over Südflug International. View airlines from West Germany.
February 2nd, 1968
Tropics International operating scheduled third-level services from Miami to other points in Florida, was certificated. View airlines from USA.
February 16, 1968
CAT (Civil Air Transport) ceased operations. View airlines from Taiwan.
March 01, 1968
Aurigny Air Services restarted operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 1st, 1968
RKO General operated scheduled helicopter air taxi flights serving points in the State of Massachusetts, was certificated. View airlines from USA.
April 05, 1968
Monarch Airlines commenced commercial operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 17, 1968
Brower Flight Service was certified (>Brower Airways). View airlines from USA.
April 17, 1968
Bonanza Air Lines received CAB approval to merge with Pacific Air Lines & West Coast Airlines to form Air West (>Delta Air Lines). View airlines from USA.
April 29, 1968
United Air Lines became the first carrier to put the B.737-200 into service. View airlines from USA.
May 16, 1968
Air Micronesia restarted operations (..>>UAL). View airlines from Guam.
May 21, 1968
Aviogenex was founded as Genex Airlines. View airlines from Serbia.
June 25, 1968
Finnair Oy became the company's official name. View airlines from Finland.
June 28, 1968
ASA (Airlines of South Australia) was taken over by Ansett and renamed to Ansett Airlines of SA (AASA. View airlines from Australia.
June 30, 1968
Ameriflight restarted operations as California Air Charter. View airlines from USA.
July 01, 1968
Bonanza Air Lines merged with Pacific Air Lines & West Coast Airlines to form Air West. View airlines from USA.
July 13th, 1968
Aerocesar was formed as TAC Colombia to transport cattle. View airlines from Colombia.
July 15, 1968
The first direct airline service between the Soviet Union and the US was inaugurated, ten years after negotiations began. View airlines from USA.
July 19, 1968
Ranger Airlines, which was the name under which Southwest Air Rangers of El Paso Inc operated scheduled third-level services in Texas, was certificated. View airlines from USA.
July 20, 1968
Air Bahama started operations as International Air Bahama. View airlines from Bahamas.
July 31, 1968
Cook Island Airways was formed with all shares held by Air New Zealand. View airlines from Cook Islands.
August 07, 1968
Cayman Airways restarted operations. View airlines from Cayman Islands.
August 12 1968
Sports by Air was certificated. View airlines from USA.
August 13 1968
Nittler Air Transport International was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
August 15 1968
South Atlantic Airlines, set up in the summer of 1968, started operations. View airlines from USA.
August 29, 1968
Buker Airlines was purchased and merged in by Trans East Airlines. View airlines from USA.
September 10, 1968
Indonesia Air started operations as Indonesia Air Transport. View airlines from Indonesia.
September 15, 1968
Air Moorea restarted operations. View airlines from French Polynesia.
September 18, 1968
First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20. View airlines from USA.
September 18, 1968
Voyager-Air Airlines was certificated. View airlines from USA.
September 23, 1968
Air Crews & Maintenance Inc., a scheduled air taxi services to points in Florida, was certificated. View airlines from USA.
October 04, 1968
First flight of the Tupolev Tu-154. View airlines from USSR.
October 06, 1968
Rose Aviation began scheduled Piper PA-23 Apache and Aero Commander 500B passenger and commuter flights over local routes. View airlines from USA.
October 08, 1968
Reilly Air Service was certificated to operate scheduled third-level services from Los Angeles. View airlines from USA.
October 21st, 1968
BIAC (Belgian International Air Cargo), formed in 1986, but did not start operations until now. View airlines from Belgium.
October 23, 1968
Aeropelican Air Services was established on this date & started ops on 01Jul1971 (>>Brindabella Airlines). View airlines from Australia.
October 26, 1968
First flight of the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. View airlines from Brazil.
October 28, 1968
Shasta Air was certified to operate out of Yreka, California-Sacramneto & San Francisco. View airlines from USA.
October 30, 1968
City Wide Aviation & Leasing was certificated. View airlines from USA.
November 01, 1968
Blue Dog, operated scheduled commuter services from Omak in the state of Washington, was certificated. View airlines from USA.
November 1st, 1968
Ansett-ANA became Ansett Airlines of Australia. View airlines from Australia.
November 06, 1968
British Eagle ceased operations, followed by voluntary liquidation two days late. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 11th, 1968
Cal-State Airlines, formed in 1968, began scheduled operations. View airlines from USA.
November 18, 1968
Seattle Helicopter Airways was certified to operate scheduled third-level services in the state of Washington. View airlines from USA.
November 28, 1968
Transglobe Airways ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 30, 1968
The B.727-200, first flight on 27Jul1967, received FAA certification. View airlines from USA.
December 01, 1968
Ansett-ANA was reorganised as Ansett Airlines of Australia. View airlines from Australia.
December 23rd, 1968
Reid Airways was incorporated by Charles R. Reid, who was the owner of Indiana Airways. View airlines from USA.
December 31, 1968
Tupolev Tu-144 first flight. View airlines from USSR.
July 30th, 1968
Northern Airlines (iv), set up in mid1968, inaugurated daily multistop roundtrips from St. Mary's Ohio. View airlines from USA.