Airline history from 1987, this page lists 38 airline related events from 1987.
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38 dates in airline history from 1987:
January 29, 1987
Aeromar was established as Transportes Aeromar. View airlines from Mexico.
February 01, 1987
Pacific Western Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from Canada.
February 01, 1987
Continental Airlines acquired People Express Airlines which had acquired Frontier Airlines the year before. Both merged into Continental on this day. View airlines from USA.
February 01, 1987
Continental acquires New York Air. View airlines from USA.
February 22, 1987
A320 roll-out and first flight. View airlines from France.
Fenruary 23rd, 1987
McClain Airline's flights were suspended when the company filed for bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.
March 01, 1987
Canadian Airlines was launched, CP Air, EPA, Nordair and PWA are amalgamated to form the new airline. View airlines from Canada.
March 25th, 1987
American Central Airlines having suspended all operations on 25Jul1985, was officially dissolved. View airlines from USA.
March 27, 1987
Canadian Airlines International was formed (>>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
April 01, 1987
Operations of Western and Delta officially merge. View airlines from USA.
April 02, 1987
Rottnest Airlines was purchased by Havsin (Pty.), Ltd and renamed to Rottnest Airbus. View airlines from Australia.
April 2nd, 1987
Air Atlanta, founded in Feb1984 by Michael Hollis and Daniel Kolber, ceased operations, when it filed for bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.
April 11th, 1987
Air 2000 restarted operations (... >TUI Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 22, 1987
Air Engiadina was founded (>Swisswings). View airlines from Switzerland.
April 26th, 1987
Canadian Airlines International operated from this date until it's merger with Air Canada on 01Jan2001. View airlines from Canada.
April 29, 1987
LTE International Airways was formed. View airlines from Spain.
May 01, 1987
Paramount Airways, formed in 1986 as Diamond Airways, restarted operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 9th, 1987
Flightways Air Services was incorporated. View airlines from Singapore.
May 19, 1987
Pacific Southwest Airlines of San Diego became a wholly-owned subsidiary of USAir Group. View airlines from USA.
May 25, 1987
Flight West Airlines was established by Sir Dennis Buchanan (+>Alliance Airlines). View airlines from Australia.
May 26th, 1987
ONA (Overseas National Airways) was formed. View airlines from Belgium.
June 30, 1987
Angola Air Charter, formed by TAAG in 1987, restarted operations. View airlines from Angola.
June 30, 1987
Airlines PNG operations restarted as Milne Bay Air. View airlines from Papua New Guinea.
June 30, 1987
Ace Air Cargo restarted operations as Yutana Airlines. View airlines from USA.
July 01, 1987
AirCal ceased operations & merged into American. View airlines from USA.
July 20, 1987
Air Bras D'Or ,having started operations in Jul1986, ceased. View airlines from Canada.
August 09, 1987
TranStar (Southwest’s wholly owned, but independently operated, subsidiary) permanently ceased all airline operations. View airlines from USA.
August 15, 1987
bmi Regional, formed in 1987, started operations as Business Air. View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 09, 1987
Royale Airlines files for bankruptcy Chapter 11 on this date & later it was changed to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Feb1989. View airlines from USA.
October 15, 1987
Malaysian Airlines System Berhad was rebranded as Malaysia Airlines. View airlines from Malaysia.
October 31, 1987
British Airways accepts the airline's first women pilots. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 01, 1987
LTE International Airways, formed on 29Apr1987, started operations. View airlines from Spain.
November 7th, 1987
Aeromar started operations as Transportes Aeromar. View airlines from Mexico.
November 14, 1987
Air Transat began airline operations. View airlines from Canada.
November 15, 1987
Airkenya Express operations start as Airkenya Aviation from the merger of Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation. View airlines from Kenya.
November 16th, 1987
Lynbird International Airways, grounded by the government after been caught it was to carry drugs from Mexico to Miami, was involuntarily dissolved. View airlines from USA.
December 01, 1987
Emerald Airways, was established & start operations the same year as Janes Aviation. View airlines from United Kingdom.
December 30, 1987
Flagship Airlines was established as Nashville Eagle (>>Envoy Air). View airlines from USA.