October 01, 1928
Newark first major airport in the New York metropolitan area open. View airlines from USA.
October 1st, 1928
Canadian Colonial Airways started operations from New York to Montreal via Albany, New York. View airlines from Canada.
October 01, 1931
KLM began a regular service between Amsterdam and Batavia by Fokker F.XII. At 13,744 km (8,540 miles) this was the longest regular air route in the world at the time. View airlines from Netherlands.
October 01, 1935
The first company to bear the name British Airways was formed, by the merger of Hillman Airways, Spartan Air Lines and United Airways.. View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1938
Ando Hikoki Kenkyujos' routes were taken over by DNK (Dai-Nippon Koku Kabushiki-Kaisha)(Greater Japan Airlines). View airlines from Japan.
October 01, 1941
Inter-Island Airways name changed to Hawaiian Airlines. View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1947
Los Angeles Airways began the first scheduled carriage of airmail using a Sikorsky S-51 helicopter. View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1949
Aden Airways, a subsidiary of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), started operations. View airlines from South Yemen.
October 01, 1950
Ilyushin IL-14 passenger aircraft first flight. View airlines from USSR.
October 01, 1951
Air Vietnam was formed to take over services from Air France. View airlines from South Vietnam.
October 1st, 1958
Nigeria Airways, founded on 23Aug1958 (after the dissolution of WAAC), commenced operations as West African Airways Corporation Nigeria Limited. View airlines from Nigeria.
October 01, 1963
UTA was formed as a result of a merger between Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI). View airlines from France.
October 01, 1963
Autair International commenced scheduled services after rename from Autair (>Court Lines). View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1964
Derby Airways changed its name to British Midland Airways (>British Airways). View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1965
Bechuanaland National Airways was organised on this day, with the help of the UK airline Autair International (>Botswana Airways). View airlines from Bechuanaland.
October 01, 1967
Frontier purchased Central Airlines. View airlines from USA.
October 1st, 1967
BUAF (British United Air Ferries) became known as BAF (British Air Ferries). View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1969
The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time. View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 1st, 1970
Puget Sound Airlines collapsed. View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1971
Aurigny Air Services commenced operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1972
SIA (Singapore International Airlines) was established on 28Jan1972 & operations restarted on this date. View airlines from Singapore.
October 01, 1972
Malaysian Airlines Berhad was registered on 03Apr1971 & officially began operations on 01Oct1972 (>MAS). View airlines from Malaysia.
October 01, 1973
TAAG, started operations as DTA on 17Jul1940, was redesignated TAAG-Angola Airlines following independence. View airlines from Angola.
October 01, 1974
Lufthansa CityLine, formed as OLT in 1958, became OLT (Ostfriesische Luftransport) in 1970 and to DLT on this date. View airlines from West Germany.
October 01, 1974
Air Maldives was formed. View airlines from Maldives.
October 1st, 1979
Trans International Airlines was renamed to Transamerica Airlines. View airlines from USA.
October 1st, 1983
Aeromech Airlines merged with Wright Airlines (1966-1985). View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1988
Aerovias de Mexico was renamed to AeroMexico. View airlines from Mexico.
October 01, 1990
Airtours International was launched (>>Thomas Cook Airlines). View airlines from United Kingdom.
October 01, 1992
Ukraine International Airlines was established. View airlines from Ukraine.
October 1st, 1992
CMA (Cargo Moravian Airlines) ceased operations and eventually was restarted as CMA Central European Airlines. View airlines from Czech Republic.
October 01, 1994
Shuttle by United (formed by United Airlines begin operations (>United Shuttle >>UAL). View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1994
ICX International Cargo Express was merged into Air Transport International. View airlines from USA.
October 01, 1995
airBaltic was established on 28Aug1995 & operations started on this date. View airlines from Latvia.
October 01, 1997
Alitalia Express started operations (was integrated into mainline Alitalia on 06Feb2015). View airlines from Italy.
October 01, 1998
Amaszonas was founded. View airlines from Bolivia.
October 1st, 2001
Ansett (Mark II), after receiving a federal government guarantee, resumed limited services between major cities. View airlines from Australia.
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 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 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 01, 2007
MASWings took over the routes and aircraft previously flown by FlyAsianXpress. View airlines from Malaysia.
October 01, 2008
Kyokushin Air ceased operations. View airlines from Japan.
October 01, 2008
Asian Express Airlines became Tasman Cargo Airlines. View airlines from Australia.
October 01, 2009
SAS Norge was fully absorbed into SAS. View airlines from Norway.
October 1st, 2009
Olympic Air had its inaugural flight ceremony. View airlines from Greece.
October 01, 2010
Star1 Airlines ceased operations. View airlines from Lithuania.
October 01, 2010
ANA Wings operations started. View airlines from Japan.
October 01, 2011
The Continental-United merger results in the end of Continental. View airlines from USA.
October 01, 2011
Flyme began operations. View airlines from Maldives.
October 01, 2012
City Airways operations started. View airlines from Thailand.
October 01, 2014
JAL Express ceased operations after merging into its parent JAL (Japan Airlines). View airlines from Japan.
October 01, 2014
Air One services start operating under the Alitalia brand. View airlines from Italy.
October 01, 2014
Alta Flights became part of Sunwest Aviation. View airlines from Canada.
October 01, 2015
Arke was renamed to TUIfly (Netherlands). View airlines from Netherlands.
October 1st, 2015
Center-South Airlines, founded in 1993, ceased operations. View airlines from Russia.
October 1st, 2019
DC Aviation Switzerland became BHS Aviation. View airlines from Switzerland.
October 1st, 2019
Yangon Airways was rebranded as Air Thanlwin. View airlines from Myanmar.
October 1st, 2019
BHS Helicopterservice changed its name to BHS Aviation Germany. View airlines from Germany.
October 1st, 2021
Air Atlanta Europe was awarded its air operator's certificate (AOC) and operator's licence. View airlines from Malta.
October 1st, 2021
SKS Airways received its AOC. View airlines from Malaysia.