Airline history from 2001, this page lists 98 airline related events from 2001.
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98 dates in airline history from 2001:
January 01, 2001
Air Japan began scheduled international service. View airlines from Japan.
January 01, 2001
Air Canada merged Canadian Airlines’ former regional operations, flown by Air BC, Air Nova, Canadian Regional and Air Ontario into Air Canada Jazz. View airlines from Canada.
January 01, 2001
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International officially merged. View airlines from Canada.
January 05, 2001
MidAtlantic Airways, formed from Potomac Air in 2000, started services. View airlines from USA.
January 15, 2001
Gol Transportes Aereos operations restarted. View airlines from Brazil.
February 1st, 2001
Air Foyle Heavylift, formed as a joint venture between Air Foyle (established on 03May1978) and HeavyLift Cargo Airlines (founded as TAC HeavyLift on 31Oct1978), was incorporated. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 05, 2001
Weltall-Avia was founded (>Irtyš Aircompany). View airlines from Russia.
February 05, 2001
Royal Jordanian was registered as a Public Shareholding Company. View airlines from Jordan.
February 9th, 2001
Solar Cargo was founded. View airlines from Venezuela.
February 20th, 2001
Med Airlines, having started operations in Oct1997, ceased. View airlines from Italy.
February 23, 2001
Air Senegal International, established on 01Feb1971 as Air Sénégal, started operations. View airlines from Senegal.
February 27, 2001
AccessAir, founded in 1997, ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
March 14, 2001
Atlasjet was established by Oger Holding A.S as Atlas International Airways (>AtlasGlobal). View airlines from Turkey.
March 19, 2001
CMTA (Compagnie Mauritanienne de Transports Aerien) was launched. View airlines from Mauritania.
March 19, 2001
Canadian Airlines International merged into Air Canada. View airlines from Canada.
March 25th, 2001
Bluebird Cargo operations started (>Bluebird Nordic). View airlines from Iceland.
March 27, 2001
Athens International Airport Inauguration by the Prime Minister, C. Simitis. View airlines from Greece.
March 28, 2001
Swisswings restarted operations. View airlines from Switzerland.
March 28, 2001
Hong Kong Airlines was founded & restarted operations as CR Airways. View airlines from Hong Kong.
March 29, 2001
Incheon Airport officially opened. View airlines from South Korea.
March 29, 2001
Athens International Airport was in full operations as of 06:00 hrs.. View airlines from Greece.
March 30, 2001
Flandre, Proteus, and Regional Airlines merged into Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne (>Hop!). View airlines from France.
April 01, 2001
Air Engiadina ceased operations & was renamed to Swisswings. View airlines from Switzerland.
April 02, 2001
Virgin Express Ireland ceased operations. View airlines from Ireland.
April 03, 2001
A340-600 first flight. View airlines from France.
April 4th, 2001
Mama Airlines was incorporated on this date, and intended to begin operations from Manston Airport to European destinations, but did not start. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 05, 2001
FreeBird Airlines restarted operations with a service between Istanbul and Lyon. View airlines from Turkey.
April 09, 2001
TWA's 75-year existence as an independent airline came to an end when American Airlines purchased TWA's assets. View airlines from USA.
April 12, 2001
Sky Airlines operations start. View airlines from Turkey.
April 17, 2001
Cargo Lion ceased operations. View airlines from Luxembourg.
April 20, 2001
Tasman Pacific Airlines (>Qantas New Zealand) abruptly stops flying. View airlines from New Zealand.
April 23, 2001
The first flight of Airbus 340-600 was made. View airlines from France.
May 09, 2001
Te Kaahu Airlines, established on 25Sep1997, was dissolved. View airlines from New Zealand.
June 01, 2001
Atlasjet carries out its first flight as Atlasjet International Airways. View airlines from USA.
June 1st, 2001
Air Canada merged Canadian Airlines’s former regional operations, flown by Air BC, Air Nova, Canadian Regional and Air Ontario into Air Canada Jazz. View airlines from Canada.
June 12, 2001
Jetsgo commenced operations.. View airlines from Canada.
June 17, 2001
PGA Express restarted operations. View airlines from Portugal.
June 22, 2001
NEOS was established. View airlines from Italy.
June 24, 2001
Tobago Express started commercial operations. View airlines from Trinidad and Tobago.
June 30, 2001
Avia Jaynar operations restarted. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
June 30, 2001
Armavia restarted operations. View airlines from Armenia.
July 01, 2001
Singapore Airlines Cargo began operations. View airlines from Singapore.
July 02, 2001
Liverpool Airport was renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 06, 2001
Shanxi Airlines, established in 1988, restarted operations. View airlines from China.
July 08, 2001
ScotAirways was renamed back to Suckling Airways (>Loganair). View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 15, 2001
Garuda establishes low-cost domestic subsidiary Citilink. View airlines from Indonesia.
July 15, 2001
AeroUnion operations restarted. View airlines from Mexico.
July 16, 2001
Citilink restarted operations. View airlines from Indonesia.
August 01, 2001
Visa Airways was established (Intended to offer domestic services from Mumbai but did not start). View airlines from India.
August 01, 2001
Kulula.com's inaugural flight. View airlines from South Africa.
August 02, 2001
Air Italica was founded. View airlines from Italy.
August 13 2001
Emery Worldwide ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
August 29th, 2001
Air Astana was formed by BAE Systems and the Kazakhstan Government for domestic services. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
September 06, 2001
AeroPostal Cargo de Mexico started operations in Mexico City. View airlines from Mexico.
September 11, 2001
Potomac Air goes under, caused by 09/11 attack. View airlines from USA.
September 11th, 2001
Swissair grounded (declared bankruptcy and 11Sep2001 terrorist attacks blamed). View airlines from Switzerland.
September 12, 2001
Air New Zealand placed the Ansett group of companies into voluntary administration with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. View airlines from Australia.
September 13, 2001
Ansett Australia ceased operations. View airlines from Australia.
September 14, 2001
JDP Lux was incorporated. View airlines from Luxembourg.
September 21 2001
Air Lib was formed by merger of AOM and Air Liberte. View airlines from France.
September 22, 2001
Air Lib began operations after AOM and Air Liberte merger. View airlines from France.
September 24, 2001
13 days after 09/11, US Airways decided to terminate all flights from MetroJet. View airlines from USA.
September 27, 2001
LAPA, formed in 1977, was renamed to ARG Argentina Línea Privada. View airlines from Argentina.
October 1st, 2001
Ansett (Mark II), after receiving a federal government guarantee, resumed limited services between major cities. View airlines from Australia.
October 02, 2001
Swissair grounded (declared bankruptcy and 11Sep2001 terrorist attacks blamed). View airlines from Switzerland.
October 06, 2001
Silk Way Airlines. founded in 2001, started commercial flights. View airlines from Azerbaijan.
October 15, 2001
Twin Jet started commercial air charter services. View airlines from France.
October 16, 2001
Royal Air Cambodge was shut down. View airlines from Cambodia.
October 16, 2001
Belair Airlines was registered in the Swiss Commercial Register. View airlines from Switzerland.
October 17, 2001
RPX Airlines operations start. View airlines from Indonesia.
October 28, 2001
Cronus was fully integrated under the Aegean Airlines brand. View airlines from Greece.
October 31, 2001
United Shuttle (formed by United Airlines began operations on 01Oct1994 as Shuttle by United, ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
October 31, 2001
Swissair was grounded after 70 years of flying, with the 09/11 terrorist attacks blamed. View airlines from Switzerland.
October 31, 2001
Air Canada Jetz commenced operations. View airlines from Canada.
November 01, 2001
Air Canada created low-cost subsidiary Tango. Re-absorbed the operation in Jul2004. View airlines from Canada.
November 03, 2001
Belair, registered in the Swiss Commercial Register on 16Oct2001, restarted operations. View airlines from Switzerland.
November 07, 2001
Last flight of Sabena. View airlines from Belgium.
November 8th, 2001
Canada 3000 collapsed following the downturn caused by the terrorist attack in New York. View airlines from Canada.
November 10, 2001
MD Kallax, founded in 2001, started operations started. View airlines from Sweden.
November 15, 2001
Transcarga International Airways operations started. View airlines from Venezuela.
November 15, 2001
Buraq Air started operations. View airlines from Libya.
November 15th, 2001
EP Aviation was founded and is named for Blackwater's owner, Erik Prince. View airlines from USA.
November 19th, 2001
Alberta Express, renamed to Alta Flights in 1986, started scheduled services. View airlines from Canada.
November 19th, 2001
IRS Airlines, a privately held limited liability company. was incorporated. View airlines from Nigeria.
November 20th, 2001
Qantas's entry into low-cost market was achieved by purchasing Impulse Airlines and relaunching it as Jetstar Airways. View airlines from Australia.
November 30, 2001
South Atlantic Airways, founded in 2000, returned the leased plane to Arkia and ended all operations. View airlines from Spain.
November 30, 2001
FTI Airline ceased flight operations. View airlines from Germany.
December 01, 2001
Final TWA flight (>>American Airlines). View airlines from USA.
December 01, 2001
Afriqiyah Airways commenced scheduled services. View airlines from Libya.
December 03, 2001
TransBrasil, formed in 1955 as Sadia SA Transportes Aereos, ceased operations. View airlines from Brazil.
December 03, 2001
Transbrasil created its regional subsidiary Interbrasil STAR to operate as feeder-carrier and it ceased operations along with its parent company. View airlines from Brazil.
December 05, 2001
Emery Worldwide was liquidated. View airlines from USA.
December 12, 2001
Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) was established by the Thomas Cook Group to serve the Belgian holiday market. View airlines from Belgium.
December 14, 2001
British World Airlines ceased trading as a result of the tough business climate during the post-9/11 downturn. View airlines from United Kingdom.
December 19th, 2001
Phuket Air, established in 1999, started operations. View airlines from Thailand.
December 28, 2001
USA3000 Airlines began operations. View airlines from USA.
December 31st, 2001
SkyJet Europe, founded on 10Oct1990 as SkyJet, by Henri Fabri and Pierre Vandenbrouke, was renamed on 04Jan1998 and unfortunately was shut down on this date. View airlines from Belgium.
February 23rd, 2001
SKOL Aviakompania, established in 2000, received its operator's certificate. View airlines from Russia.