Airline history from 1997, this page lists 65 airline related events from 1997.
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65 dates in airline history from 1997:
January 01, 1997
VIASA ceased operations. View airlines from Venezuela.
January 01, 1997
Aviatrans Cargo Airlines was rebranded as ATRAN. View airlines from Russia.
January 01, 1997
Allegiant was founded under the name WestJet Express. View airlines from USA.
January 04, 1997
Tellair (ii) was established. View airlines from Switzerland.
January 10, 1997
Palestinian Airlines, founded on 01Jan1995, started a series of pilgrim charter flights to Jeddah. View airlines from Palestine.
January 20th, 1997
Maverick Airlines operations restarted, offering VIP tours of the Grand Canyon. View airlines from USA.
January 20, 1997
Harlequin Air was founded by JAL. View airlines from Japan.
February 09, 1997
The first Next-Generation B.737-700, made its first flight. View airlines from USA.
February 10, 1997
Aotearoa Airlines, established in early 1997, began services between Gisborne and Hamilton. View airlines from New Zealand.
February 14th, 1997
Med Airlines was founded. View airlines from Italy.
February 15, 1997
Silver Air Services operations started. View airlines from Czech Republic.
February 18, 1997
TRIP Linhas Aéreas was formed (>>Azul). View airlines from Brazil.
February 27, 1997
The name US Airways was put into use, officially replacing USAir. View airlines from USA.
March 10, 1997
Air Kazakhstan, started from the remnants of Kazakhstan Airways, was renamed. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
March 27th, 1997
Charter Air Transport was established (..>Sterling Airlines). View airlines from USA.
April 01, 1997
Vayudoot ceased operations. View airlines from India.
April 01, 1997
JAL establishes JAL Express (JEX). View airlines from Japan.
April 01, 1997
Air Inter, already indirectly under Air France control, was merged with the Company. View airlines from France.
April 30th, 1997
Fischer Air, established on 26Jul1996, restarted operations (>air FISCHER). View airlines from Czech Republic.
May 02, 1997
Chanchangi Airlines, established on 05Jan1994 by Alhaji Chanchangi, restarted operations. View airlines from Nigeria.
May 07, 1997
Montenegro Airlines operated its first flight. View airlines from Montenegro.
May 07, 1997
GENSA founded on 13Dec1996 in Sao Paulo Congonhas, transferred to Campo Grande in the state of Matto Gross do Sul. View airlines from Brazil.
May 15, 1997
Euro-Asia Air International operations start. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
June 10, 1997
Wardair Canada (1975) changed name to Wardair International (>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
June 30, 1997
Cairo Aviation restarted operations as Air Cairo. View airlines from Egypt.
June 30, 1997
Air Mediterranee operations restarted. View airlines from France.
June 30, 1997
Air Iceland operations restarted. View airlines from Iceland.
June 30, 1997
Africa West Cargo, formed in 1997, restarted operations. View airlines from Togo.
July 01, 1997
Eurolot began regular services. View airlines from Poland.
July 3rd, 1997
Solaseed Air was established as Pan Asia Airlines. The carrier was renamed prior to start of operations and then actually started operations on 15Jul2002 as Skynet Asia Airways. View airlines from Japan.
July 04, 1997
Cargo Air was formed as as Vega Airlines in Plovdiv. View airlines from Bulgaria.
July 10, 1997
Yamal Avia restarted operations. View airlines from Russia.
July 11, 1997
ValuJet announces it would merge with the much smaller AirWays Corp, holding company for AirTran Airways (>Southwest Airlines). View airlines from USA.
July 23, 1997
Palestinian Airlines scheduled services are inaugurated. View airlines from Palestine.
28 July 1997
B Airways Air Cargo was incorporated as a Miami based cargo carrier. View airlines from USA.
July 28, 1997
Conquest Airlines, having commenced operations in Apr1988, ceased. View airlines from USA.
July 31, 1997
The B.737-800 made its first flight. View airlines from USA.
August 01, 1997
Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger, forming The Boeing Company.. View airlines from USA.
August 13, 1997
A.330-200 first flight. View airlines from France.
August 18, 1997
Aerostar restarted operations. View airlines from Ukraine.
August 21st, 1997
DAT Wallonie, formed on 11Sep1990 by Sabena, DAT and others was rebranded to Air Meuse in 1991, which ceased operations. View airlines from Belgium.
September 08, 1997
The B.777-300 was rolled out. At 73 m (242 feet) it was the longest airliner ever built. View airlines from USA.
September 24, 1997
ValuJet Airlines changed its name to AirTran, and in the summer of 1998, the two airlines merged onto the same FAA certificate. View airlines from USA.
September 25, 1997
Te Kaahu Airlines was established. View airlines from New Zealand.
September 30, 1997
Aero Costa Rica, having started services on 11May1992, ceased operations. View airlines from Costa Rica.
September 30th, 1997
Hokkaido Air System was founded. View airlines from Japan.
October 01, 1997
Alitalia Express started operations (was integrated into mainline Alitalia on 06Feb2015). View airlines from Italy.
October 4th, 1997
Sunways Intersun Havacilik, founded in 1985 by Haluk Semiz and Nedim Gürbüz, went bankrupt, prompting Sunways (founded in Mar1995) to cease operations. View airlines from Turkey.
October 15, 1997
Buddha Air, formed in 1997, started operations. View airlines from Nepal.
October 16, 1997
First flight of the B.777-300. This essentially replaced the B.747-100 & B.747-200. View airlines from USA.
October 26, 1997
British Airways merged TAT into Air Liberté. View airlines from France.
November 03, 1997
Britannia Airways (Germany), established by Britannia Airways UK, begin holiday charter flights. View airlines from Germany.
November 3rd, 1997
Agapitos Airlines had its Operating Licences issued >( Kara Air ). View airlines from Greece.
November 15, 1997
Novair operations started. View airlines from Sweden.
November 17, 1997
ValuJet Airlines terminates operations after merging into AirTran Airways ( >>Southwest Airlines). View airlines from USA.
November 18th, 1997
Enkor was formed. View airlines from Russia.
November 21st, 1997
Air Service Liège was founded, starting operations in 1998. View airlines from Belgium.
November 30, 1997
MNG Airlines started operations. View airlines from Turkey.
November 30, 1997
Cielos Airlines was established. View airlines from Peru.
December 03, 1997
Deccan Charters started operations as Deccan Aviation. View airlines from India.
December 15, 1997
Eastern Airways operations restarted. View airlines from United Kingdom.
December 17, 1997
Boeing delivers the first B.737-700 to launch customer Southwest Airlines. View airlines from USA.
December 19, 1997
Harlequin Air commenced operations. View airlines from Japan.
December 21, 1997
Continent Air Paris Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from France.
December 26, 1997
Belgian World Airlines was founded. View airlines from Belgium.