On this day, 25 years ago, the Star Alliance was founded. But what began as five airlines, has today grown to include 26 ...
On this day, 18 years ago, Air France and KLM merged to create one of the world’s largest airline groups. ...
Did you know there was a day dedicated to the celebration of pilots? AeroTime takes a look at the history behind April 2 ...
On this day, 104 years ago, the Royal Air Force was founded, creating the first independent air force in the world. ...
On this day 45 years ago, two Boeing 747 jets collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people in the deadliest av ...
Now almost extinct, air mail flights had a profound influence on the shaping of aviation in the United States. ...
On this day in 2008, Ann Baumgartner, World War II pilot and aviator, died. ...
Did you know that the low-cost carrier business model first emerged in North America? We take a look at the history of t ...
What’s the history behind the date of March 8 and why is it so important for women in aviation? ...
Delta Air Lines was founded as Huff Daland Dusters with a small fleet of crop dusters. Now, 97 years later, the airline ...
United Airlines Flight 811 suffered an explosive decompression, claiming the lives of nine passengers. But what led to t ...
Today in history, China Airlines Flight 006 dived 30,000 feet following engine trouble. But what led to the accident? An ...
Gail Halvorsen, the “candy bomber” who dropped sweets to children during the Berlin Airlift, has died at the ...
In 1969, the Boeing 747 took to the skies for a test flight. Marveling spectators and journalists, it became one of the ...
The Munich Air Disaster claimed the lives of eight Manchester United footballers along with staff and journalists. But w ...
On this day in aviation history the Boeing 777X made its first flight. ...
On this day in history, the A330 wide-body aircraft commenced operations. ...
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways A320 landed on the Hudson River in New York City. 13 years later, Captain "Sully& ...
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed just 30 seconds after take-off from Washington D.C. What led to this tragic accident? And ...
On this day, British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the M1 motorway. But why did it happen, what went wrong and what did ...
Today marks the 93rd anniversary of one of the world’s oldest airlines, Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Ai ...
In the early 1950s, two women pilots, American Jacqueline Cochran and her French rival Jacqueline Auriol, competed to be ...
On July 27, 1949, the world's first jet airliner, the de Havilland DH.106 Comet, performed its maiden flight. Howeve ...
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash, which caused all four engines of the Boeing 747 ...
My wife and I had returned from a trip to upstate New York and on our way home we stopped at the New England Air Museu ...
As Belarus has drawn attention to the most basic principles of international aviation law, let's take a look at some ...
Since the commencement of scheduled commercial flights in the early 1910s, flight attendants have played a significant r ...