Airline history from 2002, this page lists 102 airline related events from 2002.
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102 dates in airline history from 2002:
January 01, 2002
Braathens alliance agreement with KLM and Northwest Airlines was closed as SAS buy Braathens. View airlines from Norway.
January 02, 2002
Lao Skyway was established as Lao Air. View airlines from Laos.
January 05, 2002
Batavia Air start operations as Metro Batavia. View airlines from Indonesia.
January 15, 2002
Puma Air operations start. View airlines from Brazil.
January 15, 2002
First flight of the A.318, twin engine medium jet airliner. View airlines from France.
January 15th, 2002
Crossair assumed commercial responsibility for most of the European routes formerly operated by Swissair. View airlines from Switzerland.
January 15, 2002
AirEst, founded in 2002, started operations. View airlines from Estonia.
January 17, 2002
Astraeus was established. View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 21, 2002
Puma Air was founded. View airlines from Brazil.
January 23, 2002
The A.380 entered production on schedule at Airbus’ Nantes site in France. View airlines from France.
January 24, 2002
bmibaby was founded. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 01, 2002
LeCocq's Airlink scheduled services begin (>Blue Islands). View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 07, 2002
Air Afrique declares bankruptcy. View airlines from Ivory Coast.
February 11, 2002
First flight of the A.340-500, Long-range wide-body four engine jet. View airlines from France.
February 13, 2002
SkyEurope Airlines flew its first passengers. View airlines from Slovakia.
February 15, 2002
Odette Airways began operations (>Helvetic Airways). View airlines from Switzerland.
February 15, 2002
DAT briefly operated under the DAT Plus brand, but was rebranded as SN Brussels Airlines (>Brussels Airlines). View airlines from Belgium.
February 19, 2002
First flight of the Embraer E-170, a Brazilian narrow-body, twin-engine, medium-range, jet airliner. View airlines from Brazil.
February 21, 2002
Cargojet Airways was established. View airlines from Canada.
February 22, 2002
Cargojet Airways was renamed from Canada Cargo 3000. View airlines from Canada.
March 04, 2002
Ansett (Mark II) permanently ceased operations. View airlines from Australia.
March 08, 2002
NEOS, established on 22,Jun2001, launched revenue services. View airlines from Italy.
March 12, 2002
Riau Airlines was established. View airlines from Indonesia.
March 13, 2002
Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) restarted operations. View airlines from Belgium.
March 15, 2002
IRS Airlines operations started. View airlines from Nigeria.
March 20, 2002
bmibaby launched operations with a flight between East Midlands and Malaga. View airlines from United Kingdom.
March 22, 2002
Air Wairarapa was officially launched with the company operating its scheduled Masterton-Auckland flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. View airlines from New Zealand.
March 25, 2002
Intersky Aviation, formed in Nov2001, began operations. View airlines from Austria.
March 27, 2002
Air Canada launched Jazz after renaming it from Air Canada Regional (>Air Canada Express). View airlines from Canada.
March 28, 2002
BA Connect was formed as CitiExpress. View airlines from United Kingdom.
March 31, 2002
Swissair ceased operations (operation transferred to Crossair which became Swiss International Air Lines). View airlines from Switzerland.
April 3rd, 2002
Arik Air was founded by Nigerian entrepreneur, Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide. View airlines from Nigeria.
April 04, 2002
Inter Airlines, founded in Dec1999, restarted operations. View airlines from Turkey.
April 05, 2002
Flight West Airlines, placed into Voluntary Administration on 04Dec2001, was rebranded as Alliance Airlines. View airlines from Australia.
April 5th, 2002
Flight West Airlines was rebranded as Alliance Airlines. View airlines from Australia.
April 06, 2002
Astraeus restarted operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 08, 2002
Swisswings ceased operations. View airlines from Switzerland.
April 08, 2002
Intensive Air ceased operations. View airlines from South Africa.
April 15, 2002
Alliance Airlines, after rebranding from Flight West Airlines, restarted operations. View airlines from Australia.
April 17th, 2002
AVN Air was incorporated as a subsidiary of General Electric Credit Corporation of Tennessee. View airlines from USA.
April 18, 2002
Greenlandair rebranded itself, anglicising its name to Air Greenland. View airlines from Greenland.
April 29, 2002
Africa One was formed take the place of Uganda Airlines. View airlines from Uganda.
May 07, 2002
Northwest Sky Ferry, founded as Rugby Aviation on 12Jan1999, received FAA Certification. View airlines from USA.
May 08, 2002
Express Airlines changed its name to Pinnacle Airlines. View airlines from USA.
May 15, 2002
Air Astana maiden flight. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
May 17, 2002
East African Airlines, originally incorporated as Africa Air, was renamed. View airlines from Uganda.
May 20, 2002
SAM Colombia and its major rival ACES Colombia join to create Alianza Summa, and begin merged operations. View airlines from Colombia.
June 06, 2002
Aeromost Kharkiv was formed. View airlines from Ukraine.
June 15, 2002
Sky Airlines restarted operations. View airlines from Chile.
June 15, 2002
Cargojet Airways restarted operations after rename from Canada Cargo 3000. View airlines from Canada.
June 15, 2002
Air Guyane Express operations started. View airlines from Guyana.
June 16th, 2002
Bay Chaleur Air, a short lived airline, ceased operations. View airlines from Canada.
June 17, 2002
Air Kapiti was officially launched. View airlines from New Zealand.
June 25, 2002
SkyNet Airlines, established 2001, restarted operations. View airlines from Ireland.
June 26, 2002
Air Kapiti's Masterton-Paraparaumu-Auckland flights started. View airlines from New Zealand.
June 29, 2002
Global Supply Systems operations started. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 01, 2002
Bay City Seaplane was first added to the ABN register. View airlines from Australia.
July 4th, 2002
SeaCoast Airlines (ii) began operations to Key West and Marathon from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. View airlines from USA.
July 12, 2002
Armenian International Airways was established (>>Armavia). View airlines from Armenia.
July 15, 2002
Solaseed Air, established in May2002 as Pan Asia Airlines, restarted operations as Skynet Asia Airways. View airlines from Japan.
July 17, 2002
Midway Airlines suspended operations. View airlines from USA.
July 18, 2002
British European was rebranded as FlyBe. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 22, 2002
The first A340-600 was delivered to Virgin Atlantic. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 29, 2002
Vanguard Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
July 31st, 2002
Heavylift Cargo Airlines was founded. View airlines from Australia.
July 31 2002
Heavylift Cargo Airlines was founded. View airlines from Australia.
August 03, 2002
First flight of the B.737-900. View airlines from USA.
August 06, 2002
REX (Regional Express) restarted operations. View airlines from Australia.
August 07, 2002
EuroManx was established. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 09, 2002
Taj Air, founded on 11Nov1993 as Megapode Airlines, restarted operations. View airlines from India.
August 10, 2002
US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.
August 13, 2002
Midway Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.
August 19, 2002
GO services ended when it integrated into Easyjet. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 19, 2002
EuroManx, established on 07Aug2002, restarted operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
August 29, 2002
LAPA, renamed to ARG Argentina Línea Privada & was changed to AIRG had its original name restored. View airlines from Argentina.
August 31st, 2002
Manx Airlines: the last flight of the Airline took place. View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 15th, 2002
Aerowings, formed in 2001 by Henri Fabri to take over the activities of SkyJet (Antigua), ceased operations. View airlines from Belgium.
September 30, 2002
Armenian International Airways started operations. View airlines from Armenia.
October 01, 2002
SGA Airlines (Siam General Aviation Co.) restarted operations. View airlines from Thailand.
October 01, 2002
Completion of Rheintalflug Seewald's integration into Tyrolean Airways (>Austrian arrows). View airlines from Austria.
October 9th, 2002
AEX Air was registered. View airlines from USA.
October 15, 2002
Jetconnect, established in Jul2002, commenced operations. View airlines from New Zealand.
October 27, 2002
Germanwings was founded. View airlines from Germany.
October 27, 2002
Australian Airlines launched services. View airlines from Australia.
November 04, 2002
CCAir, formed as Sunbird Airlines in 1979, closed down. View airlines from USA.
November 06, 2002
National Airlines, already operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, permanently ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
November 11th, 2002
Laoag International Airlines, founded in 1995, ceased operations when one of its aircraft, a Fokker F-27 Friendship, crashed in Manila Bay. View airlines from Philippines.
November 15, 2002
Transwisata Prima Aviation operations started. View airlines from Indonesia.
November 17, 2002
Air Alfa Hava Yollari, having ceased operations in Dec2001, had its licence revoked. View airlines from Turkey.
November 21, 2002
Westair Cargo Airlines, was formed in Swaziland (moved to Ivory Coast in 2005). View airlines from Swaziland.
November 24, 2002
Club Air Italy started operations. View airlines from Italy.
November 27th, 2002
Valeologia (Trans Air Valeologia), having ceased operating in 2001, was liquidated. View airlines from Moldova.
December 01, 2002
Swedline Express, formed as Varmlandsflyg in 1993 was renamed. View airlines from Sweden.
December 01, 2002
RwandAir was founded & began operations as Rwandair Express. View airlines from Rwanda.
December 02, 2002
East African Airlines, originally incorporated as Africa Air in Mar2002, restarted operations. View airlines from Uganda.
December 04, 2002
Bulgaria Air operations start. View airlines from Bulgaria.
December 09, 2002
United Airlines files for Chapter 11 reorganization, the largest airline bankruptcy in US history. View airlines from USA.
December 17, 2002
StarFlyer was founded as Kobe Airlines. View airlines from Japan.
December 19, 2002
Adam Air started operations. View airlines from Indonesia.
December 20, 2002
Air Atlas Express started operations. View airlines from Morocco.
December 25, 2002
Styrian Spirit was established. View airlines from Austria.
December 30, 2002
Yakutia operated its first flight, a Tu-154 on route Yakutsk – Moscow – Yakutsk. View airlines from Russia.