Airline history from 1974, this page lists 44 airline related events from 1974.
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44 dates in airline history from 1974:
January 01, 1974
Philippine Airlines became a monopoly in domestic air travel after President Ferdinand Marcos orders the foreclosure of Filipinas Orient Airlines and Air Manila. View airlines from Philippines.
January 07, 1974
Ranger Air Cargo International was incorporated. View airlines from New Zealand.
January 9th, 1974
Aeroamerica, founded as a US supplemental carrier on 10Aug1973 in Seattle, was certified as a commercial operator by the FAA and CAB. View airlines from USA.
January 13, 1974
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport officially opened for commercial flights. View airlines from USA.
January 24, 1974
IFG Interregional Fluggesellschaft ceased operations & went into liquidation. View airlines from West Germany.
January 30, 1974
H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened Rarotonga International Airport. View airlines from Cook Islands.
February 04, 1974
Mesaba Airlines restarted regularly scheduled airline services serving rural Minnesota communities. View airlines from USA.
February 10, 1974
A LAN Chile B.707 made the world's first transpolar non-stop flight between South America (Punta Arenas Airport) and Australia (Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport. View airlines from Chile.
March 01, 1974
General Air Luftverkehrsgesellschaft was formed to succeed General Air Nord. View airlines from West Germany.
March 07, 1974
The Federal Aviation Administration revoked Air East's operator's certificate. View airlines from USA.
March 08, 1974
Inauguration of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. View airlines from France.
March 15, 1974
The A300B2 received certification from French and German aviation authorities. View airlines from France.
March 31, 1974
BOAC and BEA were dissolved following the formation of British Airways the previous year. View airlines from United Kingdom.
March 31st, 1974
With the change of name of the parent, BEA Helicopters was renamed British Airways Helicopters.. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 01, 1974
British Airways commenced operations after BOAC and British European Airways merge to create the new airline. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 01, 1974
Air Malta restarted flights with scheduled services to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Rome, Frankfurt, Paris and Tripoli. View airlines from Malta.
April 25th, 1974
Colvin Air Charter, a corporate air charter out of Athens, Georgia, was formed as Colvin Aviation. View airlines from USA.
April 27, 1974
Tunisavia operations start. View airlines from Tunisia.
May 21, 1974
Nusantara Air Service changed its name officially to Bali International Air Service. View airlines from Indonesia.
May 28, 1974
Heli-Transport, a scheduled-service helicopter operator, was incorporated. View airlines from France.
May 30, 1974
Airbus A300 entered service with Air France. View airlines from France.
June 15, 1974
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter restarted operations (>KF Cargo). View airlines from Canada.
June 30, 1974
RUTACA, formed in 1974 with its home base at Ciudadz Bolivar, started operations. View airlines from Venezuela.
June 30, 1974
Amerijet International restarted operations as Amerijet. View airlines from USA.
July 11, 1974
Tunisavia, formed on 27Apr1974, restarted operations. View airlines from Tunisia.
July 15, 1974
Pacific Wings restarted operations as Air Nevada. View airlines from USA.
August 01, 1974
Chautauqua Airlines restarted operations using two 15-passenger Beechcraft 99 aircraft. View airlines from USA.
August 15, 1974
Court Line goes bankrupt, with all flights cancelled. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 22, 1974
First flight of the Short 330. View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 9th, 1974
Young Cargo was formed by Edward Le Jeune to operate cargo charter services. View airlines from Belgium.
September 20, 1974
LIAT, founded on 20Oct1956 as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services, started operations on this date. View airlines from Antigua + Barbuda.
October 01, 1974
Lufthansa CityLine, formed as OLT in 1958, became OLT (Ostfriesische Luftransport) in 1970 and to DLT on this date. View airlines from West Germany.
October 01, 1974
Air Maldives was formed. View airlines from Maldives.
October 09, 1974
Air Maldives restarted operations with Male to Colombo. View airlines from Maldives.
October 10, 1974
Air Nippon restarted operations as NKA (Nihon Kinkyori Airways). View airlines from Japan.
October 13th, 1974
Pomair, formed as Transpommair on 01Mar1970, was forced to cease operations and apply for bankruptcy. View airlines from Belgium.
October 31st, 1974
Offshore Helicopters was incorporated by Fred. Olsen Airtransport, Helitourist and Mørefly. View airlines from Norway.
October 31st, 1974
SADELCA (Sociedad Aerea del Caqueta) was founded. View airlines from Colombia.
November 06, 1974
Macedonian Aviation ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 18, 1974
Royal Brunei Airlines was founded. View airlines from Brunei.
December 03, 1974
Aerangol having been formed on 29Oct1966 as a private company, changed its status to a public company. View airlines from Angola.
December 04, 1974
Kibris Turk Rava Yollari (Cyprus Turkish Airlines) was formed. View airlines from Northern Cyprus.
December 17, 1974
First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50. View airlines from USA.
December 27, 1974
A300B4 first flight. View airlines from France.