1991

Tuesday, January 08, 1991

Pan Am was forced to declare bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, January 15, 1991

Air Dolomiti operations start. View airlines from Italy.

Friday, January 18, 1991

Eastern Metro Express ceased operations when Eastern Air Lines closed. View airlines from USA.

Friday, January 18, 1991

Eastern Air Lines ceased operations after 64 years. View airlines from USA.

February 07, 1991

It was announced that Interflug with its then 2,900 employees and 20 aircraft would be liquidated. View airlines from East Germany.

February 09, 1991

BIA (British Island Airways) ceased all operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.

February 20th, 1991

AMI Cargo (Air Mercury International), formed on 27/Nov/1990, operated its first revenue flight. View airlines from Belgium.

Tuesday, February 26, 1991

Kuwait Airways relaunched following the liberation of Kuwait. View airlines from Kuwait.

Friday, March 08, 1991

Air Europe goes bankrupt, taking Air Europe Express with it. View airlines from United Kingdom.

March 08, 1991

Air Europe Express was forced to halt its operations when parent company did. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Monday, March 11, 1991

Airtours International launched operations (>>Thomas Cook). View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, March 20, 1991

Daallo Airlines, formed in 1991, restarted operations. View airlines from Djibouti.

Thursday, March 21, 1991

Avial Aircompany was incorporated (>AVIAL NV,). View airlines from Russia.

Thursday, March 28, 1991

Air Commerce was founded. View airlines from Yugoslavia.

Saturday, March 30, 1991

Hex' Air was founded. View airlines from France.

March 31st, 1991

NetherLines merged with NLM Cityhopper to become KLM CityHopper. View airlines from Netherlands.

Monday, April 01, 1991

KLM Cityhopper was established by the merger of NLM Cityhopper and NetherLines. View airlines from Netherlands.

Wednesday, April 03, 1991

Romavia was established and started operations later in the same year. View airlines from Romania.

Monday, April 15, 1991

Pacific Airlines, founded in Dec1990, commenced operations (>Jetstar Pacific). View airlines from Vietnam.

Tuesday, April 16, 1991

airberlin, formed as a US charter company in Portland, Oregon as Air Berlin, was established as a German carrier. View airlines from Germany.

Thursday, April 18, 1991

Eastern Air Lines was dissolved after 64 years of operation. Many of its remaining assets are parcelled out to American and Continental. View airlines from USA.

April 26th, 1991

Air Exel Commuter was formed (>Air Exel Netherlands). View airlines from Netherlands.

Monday, April 29, 1991

Archana Airways was founded. Started operations in 1993. View airlines from India.

Tuesday, April 30, 1991

Interflug's last commercial flight. View airlines from East Germany.

Friday, May 03, 1991

Alisarda name was changed to Meridiana. View airlines from Italy.

Sunday, May 05, 1991

Tranzair commenced scheduled services. View airlines from New Zealand.

Sunday, May 05, 1991

Croatia Airlines operated its first service between Zagreb and Split with a leased MD82. View airlines from Croatia.

Friday, May 10, 1991

First flight of Bombardier CRJ100, regional airliner. View airlines from Canada.

Saturday, June 01, 1991

Mandarin Airlines was established as Sky Rider & renamed before starting. View airlines from Taiwan.

Friday, June 21, 1991

ACSA (Air Century) commenced operations in Santo Domingo. View airlines from Dominican Republic.

Wednesday, June 26, 1991

Tranzairs' final flights are flown following the airline's collapse. View airlines from New Zealand.

Sunday, June 30, 1991

Aserca Airlines restarted operations under the name Aero Services Carabobo. View airlines from Venezuela.

Sunday, June 30, 1991

Aerocardal, formed in 1989, restarted operations. View airlines from Chile.

Monday, July 01, 1991

Eva Air operations restarted. View airlines from Taiwan.

Monday, July 01, 1991

Braniff International (Braniff III) restarted operations. View airlines from USA.

Sunday, July 14, 1991

SkyFerry (Outdoor Aviation) was placed in receivership. View airlines from New Zealand.

Monday, July 15, 1991

Avia merged with rival carrier Salair and rebranded as Skyways (>Avia Express). View airlines from Sweden.

Thursday, August 01, 1991

Tunisair Express was formed as Tuninter. View airlines from Tunisia.

Sunday, August 18, 1991

Mexicargo was founded by Marco Mediola and began flights in Feb1996 using a B.727-225F. View airlines from Mexico.

September 5th, 1991

Ranger Air Cargo International, incorporated on 07Jan1974, ceased operations. View airlines from Mexico.

Friday, September 13, 1991

Air Lithuania was established as a state-owned company after the reorganisation of Aeroflot division Kaunas (>flyLAL)

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Tuesday, September 17, 1991

The joint Russian-British venture HeavyLift-VolgaDnepr was established. View airlines from Russia.

Friday, September 20, 1991

Sahara Indian Airlines was founded (>Air Sahara 2000 >JetKonnect). View airlines from India.

Friday, September 20, 1991

FlyLAL was established as government-owned Lietuvos avialinijos on this date & suspended operations on 17Jan2009. View airlines from Lithuania.

Wednesday, September 25, 1991

First flight of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41. View airlines from United Kingdom.

October 2nd, 1991

Crystal Shamrock Airlines, having ceased operations in 1991, was dissolved. View airlines from USA.

Tuesday, October 15, 1991

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, established on 22Aug1990 as a joint stock company, started operations. View airlines from Russia.

October 15th, 1991

Miami Air International, was formed in Aug1990, commenced operations. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, October 16, 1991

Mandarin Airlines restarted operations with direct flights from Taipei to Sydney. View airlines from Taiwan.

October 17, 1991

Yorkshire European Airways was set up with its registered office in Leeds. View airlines from United Kingdom.

Wednesday, October 23, 1991

Elk Airways was established. View airlines from Estonia.

October 23rd, 1991

Pionair Adventures was registered. View airlines from New Zealand.

Friday, October 25, 1991

First flight of the A.340-200. View airlines from France.

Monday, October 28, 1991

Namib Air name was changed to Air Namibia. View airlines from Namibia.

Friday, November 01, 1991

TAN merged with SAHSA to form TAN-SAHSA. View airlines from Honduras.

Tuesday, November 05, 1991

Transaero Airlines first charter service was from Moscow to Tel Aviv. View airlines from Russia.

Monday, November 11, 1991

Avies was founded. View airlines from Estonia.

Wednesday, November 13, 1991

Midway Airlines having started operations in 1979, now ceased. View airlines from USA.

Friday, November 15, 1991

Tulpar Air operations restarted operations as Atlas Aviakompania. View airlines from Russia.

Friday, November 15, 1991

Jagson Airlines operations restarted. View airlines from India.

Wednesday, November 27, 1991

BCF Aviation (Business Cash Flow Aviation), formed in 1984, was renamed to BAL (Blue Airlines). View airlines from DR Congo.

Sunday, December 01, 1991

Estonian Air was established & restarted operations. View airlines from Estonia.

Sunday, December 01, 1991

Colgan Air operations restarted. View airlines from USA.

December 3rd, 1991

Flagship Express ceased operations. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, December 04, 1991

Pan Am was finally dissolved after 63 years of operation. View airlines from USA.

Wednesday, December 04, 1991

Pan Am Express was purchased by Trans World Airlines for $28 million and renamed Trans World Express. View airlines from USA.

Friday, December 06, 1991

First flight of the Dornier 328. View airlines from Germany.

Monday, December 09, 1991

KAPO Aviakompania restarted operations. View airlines from Russia.

Friday, December 20, 1991

Sahara Indian Airlines was established (Sahara Indian Airlines >Air Sahara >JetLite >>JetKonnect). View airlines from India.