Airline history from 1971, this page lists 48 airline related events from 1971.
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48 dates in airline history from 1971:
February 01, 1971
Air Senegal International was established as Air Sénégal. View airlines from Senegal.
February 18, 1971
BEA (British European Airways) received its first Trident 3B. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 21, 1971
ANA (All Nippon Airways) operated their first international flight, a B.727 charter from Tokyo to Hong Kong.. View airlines from Japan.
March 2nd, 1971
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the merger of Trans Caribbean Airways into American Airlines. View airlines from USA.
March 3rd, 1971
TCA (Trans Caribbean Airways) was acquired by American Airlines. View airlines from Puerto Rico.
March 11, 1971
Alyemda was established in Aden after nationalizing Brothers Air Service (>>Yemenia). View airlines from South Yemen.
March 25, 1971
First flight of the Ilyushin IL76. View airlines from USSR.
March 26, 1971
CASA C-212 Aviocar first flight. View airlines from Spain.
March 29, 1971
Air Southwest changed its name to Southwest Airlines. View airlines from USA.
March 29, 1971
Air Fiji, having started as Air Pacific on 10Jul1967, was renamed to Fiji Air. View airlines from Fiji.
April 01, 1971
Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B entered service with British European Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 03, 1971
Malaysian Airlines Berhad was registered. View airlines from Malaysia.
April 9th, 1971
Progressive Airways ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 14, 1971
BOAC operated its first commercial B.747 flight, flying from London to New York. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 17, 1971
Phoenix, founded on 13Oct1970 by private investors in Basel, received its AOC. View airlines from Switzerland.
May 02, 1971
APSA (Aerolineas Peruanas SA) ceased all flight operations. View airlines from Peru.
May 3rd, 1971
Transpommair was renamed to Pomair. View airlines from Belgium.
May 15, 1971
TDA (Toa Domestic Airlines) was established by merging Japan Domestic Airlines and Toa Airways (>JAL). View airlines from Japan.
May 16, 1971
Trans Polar ceased operations. View airlines from Norway.
May 25th, 1971
American Flyers Airline was taken over by Universal Airlines (+>Saturn Airways). View airlines from USA.
June 2nd, 1971
MSA (Malaysia-Singapore Airlines) first transcontinental flight took off for London. View airlines from Malaya.
June 02, 1971
Absa Cargo restarted operations as Brasil Transair (>TAM Cargo). View airlines from Brazil.
June 18, 1971
Southwest Airlines began operations after being renamed from Air Southwest. View airlines from USA.
June 30, 1971
Partnair was founded. View airlines from Norway.
June 30, 1971
Airfast Indonesia restarted operations. View airlines from Indonesia.
June 30th, 1971
Argosy Air Lines was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
July 01, 1971
Aeropelican Air Services restarted operations (>>Brindabella Airlines). View airlines from Australia.
July 14, 1971
VFW-Fokker 614 first flight. View airlines from West Germany.
July 20, 1971
Helicópteros de Guatemala commenced operations. View airlines from Guatemala.
July 26, 1971
Cameroon Airlines was created. View airlines from Cameroon.
August 2nd, 1971
Olympic Aviation was created, when Olympic Airways was still owned by Aristotle Onassis, by his son Alexander. View airlines from Greece.
August 05, 1971
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service with American Airlines. View airlines from USA.
September 04, 1971
First transatlantic crossing of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde made by 1 on a sales and demonstration tour. View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 09, 1971
Air-India Charters was formed, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India. View airlines from India.
October 01, 1971
Aurigny Air Services commenced operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 06, 1971
Paninternational ceased trading. View airlines from West Germany.
October 10, 1971
EgyptAir, established as Misr Airlines on 07Jun1932 was renamed from UAA (United Arab Airlines) on this date. View airlines from Egypt.
October 18th, 1971
norOntair was founded. View airlines from Canada.
October 27, 1971
Air Congo, founded 06Jun1961, commenced operations 29Jun1961, was renamed to Air Zaïre. View airlines from Zaire.
November 01, 1971
Danair operations begin (>Cimber Sterling). View airlines from Denmark.
November 01, 1971
Cameroon Airlines, established on 26Jul1971, started operations. View airlines from Cameroon.
November 24, 1971
Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from Northwest Orient Airlines B.727 at 10,000 feet over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. View airlines from USA.
November 30, 1971
MSA (Malaysia-Singapore Airlines) was renamed Malaysian Airline System Berhad. View airlines from Malaysia.
December 9th, 1971
Genavco Air Cargo, formed in 1970, was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
December 09, 1971
Executive Airlines having established a Florida division in 1964 to balance the seasonal nature of its operation in New England, closed it. View airlines from USA.
December 13, 1971
Monarch Airlines' first commercial jet service took to the air, when three B.720Bs joined its fleet. View airlines from United Kingdom.
December 14th, 1971
Golden Sun Air Cargo started operations with a B.707.331C. View airlines from USA.
December 31, 1971
Paninternational, having ceased trading on 06Oct1971, was liquidated. View airlines from West Germany.