Airline history from 2006, this page lists 149 airline related events from 2006.
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149 dates in airline history from 2006:
January 01, 2006
British Airways CitiExpress was renamed as BA Connect. View airlines from United Kingdom.
January 01, 2006
Alta Flights, having started scheduled services on 19Nov2001, had them suspended. View airlines from Canada.
January 05, 2006
Independence Air closed operations after declaring bankruptcy. View airlines from USA.
January 07, 2006
TANS Peru ceased operations. View airlines from Peru.
January 09, 2006
All commercial services of Hooters Air were suspended but continued for a short while with Public charters. View airlines from USA.
January 09, 2006
After two years of inactivity, Air Efata recommenced operations. View airlines from Indonesia.
January 16, 2006
Sky Asia changed its name to Nok Air. View airlines from Thailand.
January 16, 2006
Deta Air restarted operations. View airlines from Kazakhstan.
January 19, 2006
Jet Airways announces its purchase of Air Sahara, creating the largest domestic airliner in India. View airlines from India.
February 01, 2006
UAL. Corp, United Airlines' parent company emerged from bankruptcy after being in such position since 09Dec2002, the longest such filing in history. View airlines from USA.
February 01, 2006
CitiExpress, was renamed to BA Connect (>FlyBE). View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 1st, 2006
AJV (ANA & JP Express), founded (>>Air Japan). View airlines from Japan.
February 02, 2006
Orex Aviation was formed as a Business/Private Charter based at Aruba Reina Beatrix International (AUA). View airlines from Aruba.
February 04, 2006
Air Engiadina was founded. View airlines from Switzerland.
February 13, 2006
Transwede's inaugural flight from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London City Airport, took place, under Scandinavian Airlines colours. View airlines from Sweden.
February 14, 2006
Blue Islands restarted services after being renamed from Rockhopper. View airlines from United Kingdom.
February 16, 2006
Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service. View airlines from Japan.
February 24, 2006
Air Gabon ceased operations. View airlines from Gabon.
February 26th, 2006
Jet4You restarted operations (^JetairFly (Belgium)). View airlines from Morocco.
February 26th, 2006
Lucky Air, formed as Shilin Airlines in Jul2004, started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan. View airlines from China.
February 27, 2006
PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) was the first to fly the B.777-200LR. View airlines from Pakistan.
February 27, 2006
Golden Bay Air originated as Capital Air. View airlines from New Zealand.
March 07, 2006
SkyJet Aviation Services was incorporated. View airlines from Nigeria.
March 7th, 2006
Surya Airlines was incorporated, hoping to start operations in 2007 but unfortunately did not. View airlines from India.
March 10, 2006
Northwest Airlines bought the operating certificate of Independence Air for $2 million to establish a new regional airline (>Compass Air). View airlines from USA.
March 13, 2006
Inaugural scheduled flight of Volaris (Toluca to Tijuana). View airlines from Mexico.
March 14, 2006
Helios Airways was renamed to Ajet. View airlines from Cyprus.
March 16, 2006
The New Kitakyushu Airport opens. View airlines from Japan.
March 16, 2006
StarFlyer, founded as Kobe Airlines on 17Dec2002, changed its name & restarted operations. View airlines from Japan.
March 16, 2006
Compass Airlines, formed as Northwest Airlines Cargo, was renamed. View airlines from USA.
March 22, 2006
Cargo Bull Aviation was added to EU list of banned air carriers. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 22, 2006
El Sam Airlift was added to EU list of banned air carriers. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 22, 2006
EWA (Enterprise World Airways) was listed on EU ban list. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 22, 2006
Great Lakes Business Company added to EU list of banned air carriers. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 22, 2006
Rwakabika Bushi Express was added to EU list of banned air carriers. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 22, 2006
Free Airlines was added to EU list of banned air carriers. View airlines from DR Congo.
March 24, 2006
Styrian Spirit ceased operations. View airlines from Austria.
March 28th, 2006
Air Bright was a private Bulgarian company founded in Sofia. View airlines from Bulgaria.
March 29, 2006
Northwest reported that Independence Air would be renamed Compass Airlines. View airlines from USA.
April 03, 2006
All operations of Aero California were suspended by the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport, after it was found that the airline was not complying with safety standards. Restarted. View airlines from Mexico.
April 6th, 2006
Tiara Air Aruba, founded in 2006 by Alejandro Muyale, started operations. View airlines from Aruba.
April 10, 2006
Air Bashkortostan restarted operations. View airlines from Russia.
April 12, 2006
Direct Fly started operations. View airlines from Poland.
April 13, 2006
DOT LT was rebranded from Danu Oro Transport. View airlines from Lithuania.
April 17, 2006
Hooters ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
April 23, 2006
Air Wales ceased operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
April 30, 2006
Songs' last flight took off (>Delta). View airlines from USA.
April 30, 2006
Air Livonia, a Parnu based carrier, ceased operations. View airlines from Estonia.
April 30th, 2006
Acvila Airlines ceased operations ( >JeTran Air). View airlines from Romania.
May 01, 2006
Song handed over all operations and aircraft to Delta Air Lines. View airlines from USA.
May 03, 2006
Star XL German Airlines, received its AOC. View airlines from Germany.
May 04, 2006
Star XL German Airlines, having received its AOC on 03May2006, started operations. View airlines from Germany.
May 10, 2006
Falcon Air Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. View airlines from USA.
May 15, 2006
Zozik Air launched operations. View airlines from Iraq.
May 15, 2006
The first flight of FaroeJet. View airlines from Faroe Islands.
May 15th, 2006
Cargo 360, founded in 2005, started operations (the carrier was absorbed into Southern Air). View airlines from USA.
May 19, 2006
East Star Airlines restarted operations. View airlines from China.
May 26, 2006
Charlan Air Charter ceased operations. View airlines from South Africa.
May 26, 2006
Korek Airlines ceased operations and the aircraft was returned to the lessor. View airlines from Iraq.
May 27, 2006
MidAtlantic Airways ceased operations. View airlines from USA.
May 30, 2006
Royal Bengal Airlines was founded. View airlines from Bangladesh.
June 02, 2006
Jeju Air, established in Jan2005, began operations. View airlines from South Korea.
June 07, 2006
Alitalia CityLiner commenced operations as Air One Cityliner. View airlines from Italy.
June 09, 2006
Go! restarted operations. View airlines from USA.
June 12, 2006
ALMA (Aerolineas MesoAmericanas) commenced operations. View airlines from Mexico.
June 14, 2006
IIzair, formed in 2005 as Izmir Hava Yollari, restarted operations. View airlines from Turkey.
June 17th, 2006
Bestair (Bestair Havayollari), founded in 2006, started operations. View airlines from Turkey.
June 20, 2006
Andes Líneas Aéreas began operations. View airlines from Argentina.
July 01, 2006
Australian Airlines was closed down by Qantas. View airlines from Australia.
July 02, 2006
Shanghai Airlines Cargo International restarted operations. View airlines from China.
July 06, 2006
Fars Air Qeshm restarted operations. View airlines from Iran.
July 6th, 2006
Air Foyle and Air Foyle HeavyLift ceased trading. View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 07, 2006
Regional Cargo started operations at the city of Querétaro. View airlines from Mexico.
July 09, 2006
Cham Wings Airlines was formed as Sham Wings Airlines. View airlines from Syria.
July 12, 2006
Swedline Express ceased operations. View airlines from Sweden.
July 15, 2006
Manx2 started operations (rebranded as Citywing). View airlines from United Kingdom.
July 19, 2006
Air Turquoise ceased operations. View airlines from France.
July 20, 2006
Varig, founded on 07May1927 ceased operations. View airlines from Brazil.
July 28, 2006
Air Kyrgyzstan, founded as Altyn Air in Apr2001 rebrands to Kyrgyzstan Air Company. View airlines from Kyrgyzstan.
28 July 2006
Air Greenland acquired the Danish carrier Air Alpha's Greenland subsidiary. View airlines from Greenland.
July 04, 2006
Flyant Cargo started operations. View airlines from Spain.
August 01, 2006
FAX (FlyAsianExpress) maiden flight (>AirAsia X). View airlines from Malaysia.
August 1st, 2006
JetAir Caribbean was founded as United Caribbean Airlines, a charter company. View airlines from Curaçao.
August 1st 2006
Imperial Air Cargo started operations (>>BidAir Cargo). View airlines from South Africa.
August 04, 2006
IndiGo restarted services with a flight from New Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. View airlines from India.
August 05, 2006
Jade Cargo, founded by Lufthansa Cargo and Shenzhen Airlines, restarted operations. View airlines from China.
August 07, 2006
South Winds Cargo merged into Centurion Air Cargo on this date to become a fully integrated scheduled airline. View airlines from USA.
August 10th, 2006
Origin Pacific ceased passenger operations (all services shut down on 15Sep2006). View airlines from New Zealand.
August 16, 2006
DauAir ceased operations. View airlines from Germany.
August 31, 2006
Tikal Jets, formed in 1990 and started operations as a general cargo operator in 1992, officially ceased operations. View airlines from Guatemala.
September 01, 2006
Albatros Airways was grounded. View airlines from Albania.
September 5th, 2006
Fenix Airways was incorporated. View airlines from USA.
September 06, 2006
Maximus Air was established as Experts Air Cargo by the UAE Ministry of Defence & rebranded to Maximus Air Cargo on this date. View airlines from UAE.
September 06, 2006
Frontier Airlines creates a new airline named Lynx Aviation. View airlines from USA.
September 09, 2006
First flight of the Boeing B.747 Large Cargo Freighter. View airlines from USA.
September 11, 2006
Bravo Air Congo restarted operations on this date & ceased on 10Dec2007. View airlines from DR Congo.
September 11, 2006
Camair-Co was formed by decree of Paul Biya, the President of Cameroon. View airlines from Cameroon.
September 15, 2006
Origin Pacific, having ceased passenger operations on 10Aug2006, ceased freight operations. View airlines from New Zealand.
September 17, 2006
Aborignial Air Services, operating 4 airlines under its banner, the consortium ceased operations. View airlines from Australia.
September 19, 2006
Jet Time, founded by a group of Danish investors in Sep2006, operated its first flight. View airlines from Denmark.
September 22, 2006
CR Airways changed its name to Hong Kong Airlines. View airlines from Hong Kong.
September 25, 2006
Juneyao Airlines made its maiden flight. View airlines from China.
September 25, 2006
China Express Airlines launched operations on this date using three Bombardier CRJ200. View airlines from China.
September 27, 2006
Caribbean Airlines was incorporated. View airlines from Trinidad and Tobago.
September 28, 2006
Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opens to replace the aging Don Muang airport. View airlines from Thailand.
October 01, 2006
Iberia's low-cost subsidiary Clickair was founded as Catair. View airlines from Spain.
October 1st, 2006
VIAugandas' operations started. View airlines from Uganda.
October 2nd, 2006
AJV (ANA & JP Express), founded on 01Feb2006, started operations. View airlines from Japan.
October 10, 2006
Esen Air restarted operations. View airlines from Kyrgyzstan.
October 14, 2006
Air Nauru, was renamed to Our Airline (>Nauru Airlines). View airlines from Nauru.
October 16, 2006
Fjellfly Einar Andersen changed its name to ScanAviation. View airlines from Norway.
October 18, 2006
Eirjet ceased operations. View airlines from Ireland.
October 23, 2006
Porter Airlines scheduled services started, using its two Q400s. View airlines from Canada.
October 24, 2006
Express Freighters Australia, established in Aug2006, commenced operations. View airlines from Australia.
October 26, 2006
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, long-haul low-cost airline began operations. View airlines from Hong Kong.
October 27, 2006
Mihin Lanka was formed on this date & commenced operations on 24Apr2007. View airlines from Sri Lanka.
October 29, 2006
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, founded on 24Jun1932, merge into Rossiya. View airlines from Russia.
October 30, 2006
Arik Air commenced operations. View airlines from Nigeria.
October 30th, 2006
Mango was launched. View airlines from South Africa.
October 31, 2006
Jags Aviation was established as a domestic charter company. View airlines from Guyana.
October 31, 2006
Galaxy Airlines, established on 17May2005, restarted operations. View airlines from Japan.
October 31, 2006
Ajet, formerly Helios Airways, ceased operations. View airlines from Greece.
November 01, 2006
Ajet, formerly Helios Airways, ceased operations. View airlines from Greece.
November 06, 2006
Air Asturias, established on 13Jul2005, had no AOC so LTE started operations in behalf of it. View airlines from Spain.
November 15, 2006
Mango’s first flight took place. View airlines from South Africa.
November 23, 2006
Star XL German Airlines became XL Airways Germany. View airlines from Germany.
November 23, 2006
Star Airlines became XL Airways France. View airlines from France.
November 23, 2006
Excel Airways became XL Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.
November 24, 2006
Fly540 operations started. View airlines from Kenya.
November 25, 2006
Perla Airlines was established, but did not launch services until late Apr2010. View airlines from Venezuela.
November 28, 2006
CR Airways was rebranded as Hong Kong Airlines on 22Sep2006 but with an official launch ceremony. View airlines from Hong Kong.
November 29, 2006
Wayra Perú had all services were suspended (restarted again in 2018). View airlines from Peru.
November 30, 2006
VivaAerobus started operations. View airlines from Mexico.
December 04, 2006
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority cancelled the AOC, at the request of Transair. All operations ceased as from that date. View airlines from Australia.
December 05, 2006
Lufthansa became the first airline to order the B.747-8 with an order for 20 planes and options for an additional 20 planes. View airlines from Germany.
December 06, 2006
Star XL German Airlines was re-organized as XL Leisure Group, resulting in the airline changing its name to XL Airways Germany. View airlines from Germany.
December 06, 2006
Star Airlines changed name to XL Airways France, following a management buyout. View airlines from France.
December 12, 2006
Maestro started operations. View airlines from Canada.
December 12, 2006
Club Air Italy's AOC was withdrawn by ENAC. Restarted under new management but ceased operations on 23May2008. View airlines from Italy.
December 14, 2006
Indus Air, established in 2004, restarted operations. View airlines from India.
December 15, 2006
SkyValue Airlines was formed. View airlines from USA.
December 15, 2006
FaroeJet ceased all operations because of financial problems. View airlines from Faroe Islands.
December 15, 2006
Air Madrid suspended all flights, leaving thousands of people stranded, as a consequence of a Spanish government investigation into its operations and due to constant customer complaints regarding poor service, which resulted in the cancellation of its operational licence. View airlines from Spain.
December 16th, 2006
Air Madrid suspended all flights, leaving thousands of people stranded, as a consequence of a Spanish government investigation into its operations. View airlines from Spain.
December 19, 2006
Komiinteravia became Utair-Express. View airlines from Russia.
December 23, 2006
PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) took delivery of its first B.777-300ER. View airlines from Pakistan.
December 30th, 2006
ZB Air ceased operations. View airlines from Kenya.
December 31, 2006
BWIA became Caribbean Airways. View airlines from Trinidad and Tobago.
December 31, 2006
Weasua Air Transport Company (WATCO) had its AOC withdrawn. View airlines from Liberia.