Airline history from 2004, this page lists 103 airline related events from 2004.
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103 dates in airline history from 2004:
January 1st, 2004
Aero Santos started operations and provided sight seeing flights over the famous Nazca Lines. View airlines from Peru.
January 19, 2004
Sobelair ceased operations. View airlines from Belgium.
January 23, 2004
Thomas Cook - powered by Condor returned to the Condor brand name. View airlines from Germany.
January 25, 2004
Aria services are suspended. View airlines from France.
January 27, 2004
Flying Finn Airlines ceased all flights & entered bankruptcy. View airlines from Finland.
January 29, 2004
Virgin Australia (NZ) started operations as Pacific Blue Airlines. View airlines from New Zealand.
January 30th, 2004
Thai Sky Airlines was founded. View airlines from Thailand.
February 2nd, 2004
Both Laurentian Air and Air Schefferville were officially dissolved. View airlines from Canada.
February 10, 2004
SkyAsia, the low-cost subsidiary of Thai Airways was set up (>Nok Air). View airlines from Thailand.
February 12, 2004
FlyNiki was renamed to Niki. View airlines from Austria.
February 12, 2004
Exactly four years and one day after the launch of JetBlue, United Airlines responds to its low cost competitors by creating another airline called Ted. View airlines from USA.
February 16, 2004
Niki first flight with an A.320 from Vienna to Dusseldorf. View airlines from Austria.
February 17th, 2004
Sky One Air was incorporated. View airlines from South Africa.
February 25, 2004
1time launched its low-fare operations. View airlines from South Africa.
February 27, 2004
TAG City-Air, founded as Teuto Air, ceased operations. View airlines from Germany.
February 29, 2004
Air Kazakhstan ceased operations. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
March 01, 2004
Regionallink was formed by the amalgamation of Emu Airways, AirNorth Regional and some of the assets of ASA. View airlines from Australia.
March 10th, 2004
Hong Kong Express was incorporated (>HK Express). View airlines from Hong Kong.
March 10th, 2004
NorCopter was sold to AirAlpha. View airlines from Norway.
March 12, 2004
First flight of the Embraer ERJ-190. View airlines from Brazil.
March 30, 2004
Conviasa was formed as the successor to Viasa by Presidential Decree. View airlines from Venezuela.
March 31, 2004
Thomsonfly began scheduled operations with four B.737-500 {>Thomson Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 01, 2004
LTU Austria, set up by LTU and Billa, Austria's largest retail chain, obtained its AOC. View airlines from Austria.
April 01, 2004
Japan Air System was renamed to JAD (Japan Airlines Domestic). View airlines from Japan.
April 01, 2004
JAL/JAS integration was completed. View airlines from Japan.
April 01, 2004
AirBridgeCargo restarted operations. View airlines from Russia.
April 04, 2004
MidAtlantic Airways, formed as Potomac Air in 2000, officially launched services. View airlines from USA.
April 11th, 2004
Air 2000 was renamed First Choice Airways (... >TUI Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 12, 2004
Armenian Airlines entered bankruptcy. View airlines from Armenia.
April 13, 2004
Caricom Airways was founded as Kuyake Aviation. View airlines from Suriname.
April 14, 2004
ValuAir obtained air operator’s certificate (>>Jetstar Asia Airways). View airlines from Singapore.
April 19th, 2004
KhabAvia (Khabarovsk Avia) received its air operator's certificate. View airlines from Russia.
April 26, 2004
Boeing launched the B.787 Dreamliner program with an order for 50 787s from All Nippon Airways. View airlines from USA.
April 29, 2004
The first B.777-300ER first aircraft was delivered to Air France. View airlines from France.
May 01, 2004
Duo Airways, established as Maersk Air (UK) goes into administration. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 05, 2004
ValuAirs' first flight. View airlines from Singapore.
May 6th, 2004
Aerokon Aviation, having been founded in 1984, was dissolved. View airlines from Canada.
May 15, 2004
Titan Aero Airlines, having had its AOC suspended on 28Oct2003, has it revoked. View airlines from Russia.
May 18, 2004
Royal Tongan Airlines ceased all operations. View airlines from Tonga.
May 19, 2004
Wizz Air commenced operations. View airlines from Hungary.
May 24, 2004
SkyNet ceased operations. View airlines from Ireland.
May 25, 2004
Qantas’s new low cost domestic airline, Jetstar, commenced domestic operations. View airlines from Australia.
May 26, 2004
Virgin Australia International was founded as V Australia. View airlines from Australia.
May 26, 2004
ata Brasil (Atlantico Transporte Aereo) restarted operations. View airlines from Brazil.
May 26, 2004
Virgin Australia International was founded as V Australia. View airlines from Australia.
May 26, 2004
Spring Airlines was given approval to be established. View airlines from China.
May 28, 2004
Atlas Blue was established. View airlines from Morocco.
June 01, 2004
Westward Airways, established in 2002, restarted operations. View airlines from USA.
June 10, 2004
JetBlues' first international service was from JFK to Santiago. View airlines from USA.
June 16, 2004
Virgin America was renamed from Virgin USA. View airlines from USA.
June 16, 2004
Independence Air began operations. View airlines from USA.
June 17, 2004
LanChile changed its formal name to LAN Airlines(>LATAM Chile). View airlines from Chile.
June 17, 2004
Cargo division of LanChile was rebranded to Lan Cargo. View airlines from Chile.
June 18, 2004
AirBlue restarted operations. View airlines from Pakistan.
June 30th, 2004
Emirate Touch Aviation Services was registered in Kano after being renamed from Millenium Air. View airlines from Nigeria.
July 1st, 2004
Vueling Airlines, founded in Feb2004, commenced operations. View airlines from Spain.
July 06, 2004
Deta Air received AOC. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
July 15th, 2004
Arkefly Curacao,, formed as Dutch Caribbean Exel, started operations. View airlines from Curaçao.
July 21st, 2004
Alajnihah Airways was founded by the ADM Group. View airlines from Libya.
July 23, 2004
SkyAsia, the low-cost subsidiary of Thai Airways restarted operations (>Nok Air). View airlines from Thailand.
July 23rd, 2004
Air Ukraine had its AOC withdrawn. View airlines from Ukraine.
July 26, 2004
Atlas Blue restarted operations (>>RAM). View airlines from Morocco.
July 28, 2004
Darwin Airlines restarted operations. View airlines from Switzerland.
August 02, 2004
First Cambodia Airlines, formed in Feb2004, ceased operations. View airlines from Cambodia.
August 6th, 2004
Hello, founded in 2003 in Basel by Moritz Suter, started operations. View airlines from Switzerland.
August 11, 2004
Nordavia, formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron, became AVL in 1995, was renamed to Aeroflot-Nord. View airlines from Russia.
August 13, 2004
MenaJet, established in May2003, restarted operations. View airlines from Lebanon.
August 17, 2004
Teddy Air terminates its operations stating that they were not making any money. View airlines from Norway.
September 10, 2004
Fly Niu Airlines was forced to cease after its AOC was revoked because of Tonga's "one airline" policy. View airlines from Tonga.
September 15, 2004
Tigerair, founded on 12Dec2003 as SIA's attempt at a low-cost airline as Tiger Airways, started operations. View airlines from Singapore.
September 29, 2004
BritishJET was established. View airlines from United Kingdom.
September 30th, 2004
Karlog Air Charter was founded. View airlines from Denmark.
October 01, 2004
Landsflug, established in 2004, started operations. View airlines from Iceland.
October 01, 2004
Georgian Airways was launched after being renamed from Airzena Georgian Airlines. View airlines from Georgia.
October 03, 2004
Iraqi Airways operations restart with a flight between Baghdad and Amman. View airlines from Iraq.
October 4th, 2004
Curacao Express started operations (=>DAE (Dutch Antilles Express)). View airlines from Netherlands Antilles.
October 08, 2004
Vbird, a low-fare airline founded in 2003, ceased operations. View airlines from Netherlands.
October 10, 2004
Air Equator received its air operator's certificate. View airlines from Maldives.
October 21, 2004
Jade Cargo was founded by Lufthansa Cargo and Shenzhen Airlines. View airlines from China.
October 21, 2004
East Line Air, established on 27Nov1995 was renamed Russian Sky Airlines. View airlines from Russia.
October 22, 2004
Euroline (formerly Avia24), formed in 2004, was awarded its air operator’s certificate. View airlines from Georgia.
October 31st, 2004
Snowflake terminated operations, but continued to be used as a brand for discounted tickets on European destinations. View airlines from Sweden.
November 01, 2004
Malta Air Charter, established in 1970, although it did not start operations until 1990, ceased operations. View airlines from Malta.
November 03, 2004
Albatros Airways was established and started operations. View airlines from Albania.
November 6th, 2004
Air Exel Commuter was renamed to KLM Exel in 1998 during relationship with KLM. The co-operation with KLM ended on this date, and the airline became Air Exel. View airlines from Netherlands.
November 15, 2004
Air Bagan operations started. View airlines from Myanmar.
November 23, 2004
Vildanden was founded. View airlines from Norway.
November 28, 2004
Conviasa's inaugural flight was made with a De Havilland Canada Dash 7. View airlines from Venezuela.
November 30th, 2004
Southeast Airlines (ii) abruptly ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
December 05, 2004
Air Polonia, founded in 2001, ceased operations. View airlines from Poland.
December 07, 2004
The Embraer 195 commercial airliner made its first flight at Embraer’s Sao José dos Campos site. View airlines from Brazil.
December 10, 2004
Penobscot Island Air was established. View airlines from USA.
December 13, 2004
Jetstar Asia’s inaugural flight took off for Hong Kong. View airlines from Singapore.
December 13, 2004
Blue Air was launched, the first Romanian airline company, with 100% private equity. View airlines from Romania.
December 15, 2004
Dubrovnik Airlines was officially launched. View airlines from Croatia.
December 16, 2004
Atlantic Express Airlines began services. View airlines from Gambia.
December 17, 2004
Antonov An-148 first flight. View airlines from Russia.
December 20th, 2004
Pinnacle Air was founded but did not start operations until 2008. View airlines from India.
December 23, 2004
EirJet commenced operations. View airlines from Ireland.
December 23, 2004
Palau Micronesia Air ceased operations. View airlines from Palau.
December 26, 2004
Susi Air was founded in late 2004 by Susi Pudjiastuti & Christian von Strombeck, operate supply flights to areas hit by the Tsunami. View airlines from Indonesia.
December 30th, 2004
Chelyabinsk Airlines merged into S7 Airlines after ceasing operations. View airlines from Russia.
December 31, 2004
China Southern acquired China Northern, its subsidiaries Beiya Airlines, China Northern Swan & Xinjiang Airlines. View airlines from China.