Airline History

2 days ago
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Iberia Celebrates 60 Years of Service Between A Coruña and Madrid

Iberia marked the 60th anniversary of flights between A Coruña and Madrid on Thursday (May 25th). At 12:30 on May 25, 1963, Alvedro...

3 days ago
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Lufthansa Group Celebrates the Delivery of Their 600th Airbus Aircraft

Lufthansa celebrated the delivery of their 600th Airbus aircraft on Thursday (May 24th) at Airbus’ Hamburg-Finkenwerder site. The...

May 16
2 min

Pan Am’s Historic Regional Headquarters to be Transformed Into MIA’s First Private Terminal

PS, the private luxury terminal service for commercial flights is expanding to Miami International Airport, where they will open the...

May 6
2 min

Delta Air Lines Celebrates 45 Years of Service to London

This week, Delta Air Lines marked 45 years of service between the U.S. and the UK. Delta’s inaugural flight between Atlanta and London...

Apr 5
2 min

Norwegian Air Shuttle Celebrates 20 Years of International Service

Norwegian Air Shuttle is today celebrating their launch of international service. On April 5, 2003, three Norwegian aircraft took off...

Mar 30
2 min

Oman Air Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Commencing operations in March 1993 with a Boeing 737-300 flight between Muscat and Salalah, Oman Air is celebrating their 30th...

Feb 10
3 min

Embraer Celebrates 50th Anniversary of EMB 110 Bandeirante’s Operation

Embraer is celebrating the 50th year of operations for the EMB 110 Bandeirante, which entered service on February 9th, 1973, launching the..

Feb 1
4 min

Atlas Air Takes Delivery of Final Boeing 747, Ending Over Half a Century of Production

At a ceremony attended by thousands in Everett, Washington on Tuesday, Atlas Air took delivery of the final production Boeing 747, a 747-8..

Dec 8, 2022
2 min

The End of an Era: Boeing’s Final 747 Leaves Everett, Washington Factory

Boeing’s final 747 rolled out from their Everett, Washington widebody factory on Tuesday evening December 6, 2022. The aircraft will be...

Nov 3, 2022
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Qantas and Australia Post Celebrate Centenary With Special Flight to Mark the Occasion

On Wednesday, Qantas celebrated one hundred years since the first customer and bag of letters crossed the Queensland outback, with Qantas...

Oct 29, 2022
4 min

Airbus Celebrates 50th Anniversary of First A300 Flight

Airbus celebrated the 50th anniversary of the flight of the Airbus A300 on Friday, which took off from Toulouse on October 28, 1972. The...

Sep 13, 2022
2 min

American Airlines Celebrates 80 Years of Service to Mexico

This month American Airlines is celebrating 80 years of service to Mexico. The carrier’s inaugural DC-3 flight from Dallas to Mexico...

Sep 7, 2022
4 min

Air Canada Marks 85th Anniversary With Donation of Historic Lockheed L-10A to Royal Aviation Museum

Celebrating their 85th anniversary, Air Canada today donated an original Lockheed L-10A Electra from their original fleet to Winnipeg’s...

Sep 1, 2022
2 min

Happy Birthday Norwegian! Carrier Celebrates 20 Years and Over 300 Million Passengers

Today, Norwegian Air Shuttle celebrated their 20th anniversary, carrying over 300 million customers over the last two decades. On...

Jul 27, 2022
2 min

Binter Celebrates 20th Anniversary as a 100 Percent Canarian Company

While Binter was originally founded in 1989, the company was acquired by a group of Canarian investors from the Iberia Group in 2002...

Jun 28, 2022
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Iberia Celebrates 95th Anniversary by Auctioning Replicas of Iconic Uniforms

Iberia is celebrating their 95th anniversary today, as the carrier was established on June 28, 1927. To mark the milestone, the carrier...

Jun 3, 2022
1 min

Own a Piece of Aviation History: Airbus to Auction A380 Parts for Charity in October 2022

In Toulouse, from October 13-15, 2022, Airbus will auction off over 500 A380 parts for the benefit of the Airbus Foundation and the...

Apr 19, 2022
2 min

Korean Air Lines Celebrates 50 Years of U.S. Service

Korean Air today celebrated a half century of service to the U.S. On April 19, 1972 one of the carrier’s Boeing 707s took off from Seoul...

Apr 2, 2022
2 min

Luxair Celebrates 60 Years of Service From the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxair celebrated the 60th anniversary of their inaugural flight on Thursday, which took place on March 31, 1962, with service between...

Apr 1, 2022
3 min

SWISS Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Evolution Into One of the World’s Leading Carriers

Swiss International Air Lines celebrated their 20th anniversary on Thursday, marking their first flight from Basel to Zurich which took...

Feb 14, 2022
2 min

Turkish Airlines Celebrates 75 Years of International Service in Athens

Last Saturday, Turkish Airlines celebrated their 75th anniversary of service to Athens, with their first international flight taking place..

Dec 10, 2021
3 min

American Airlines Celebrates 75 Years of Service at Los Angeles International Airport

This week, American Airlines celebrates the 75th anniversary of their first commercial departure from Los Angeles International Airport...

Oct 20, 2021
2 min

Lufthansa’s First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to be Named ‘Berlin’, Continuing Storied Tradition

Lufthansa will name their first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ‘Berlin’, with the official naming ceremony and first flight to take place next...

Oct 17, 2021
2 min

Lufthansa Cargo’s Last MD-11F Leaves Fleet After Over 23 Years of Service

Today, Lufthansa Cargo’s last MD-11F landed at Frankfurt Airport for the final time. Flight LH8161 from New York-JFK touched down at...