Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Ten new long-haul routes and numerous frequency increases span the group’s seven airlines, with new nonstop U.S. connections from Frankfurt and Munich bookable from 20
The airline’s cargo arm played a key logistics role in a five-year, multi-country rescue effort that saw the bears, renamed Bu and Tyapa, settle into
What began with a thrice-weekly Dubai-Hong Kong-Manila service via Kai Tak Airport in 1991 has grown into three daily flights and a dedicated local Travel
The new platform lets border authorities assess air and sea travellers before they reach the country, aiming to strengthen security while easing legitimate crossings. El
The appointment forms part of the GSSA’s push to build a more integrated Americas organisation as it continues its wider transformation of the traditional GSA
The new-generation cabin upgrade marks the latest milestone in the modernisation of one of the world’s most widely flown regional jets. Embraer announced on 19
As more-electric aircraft add avionics, sensors and power electronics, engineers are rethinking cooling as a design decision rather than an afterthought, Honeywell says. Every electrical system added to an aircraft increases the heat that must be managed, and Honeywell Aerospace
An Air New Zealand DHC-8 Q300 descended to 1,022 feet above ground approaching Timaru at night in June 2023 before the crew recovered and landed safely; the Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s final report also found shortcomings in the regulator’s own
Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record
2012 – The Syrian Expatriates Organization claims that a combination of Syrian government airstrikes and a military blockade over the previous 130 days have destroyed 75 percent of the city of Deir ez-zor, Syria, killing over 3,000 people and causing 380,000 to flee the city.[1]
1995 – Launch: Space Shuttle Columbia STS-73 at 9:53:00 am EDT. Mission highlights: Spacelab mission.
1988 – Sheila Scott, English aviatrix died (b. 1922). Scott broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000 mile (54,400 km) “world and a half” flight 1971 on which she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft.
1982 – A Swiss Air Force Hawker Hunter is shot down by another Hunter during an exercise at Cherroux near Payne, Switzerland.
1980 – First dog fights of the Iran-Iraq War]. An Iraqi Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is shot down by Iranian F-4 Phantoms
1969 – Finnair introduces an inertial navigation system on its aircraft, becoming the first airline to dispense with the need for a navigator aboard.
1956 – First flight of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois
1953 – A TWA Lockheed Constellation makes the first non-stop, scheduled passenger flight across the United States
1948 – First flight of the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo
1934 – MacRobertson Air Race flown from England to Melbourne, Australia to celebrate the centenary of the state of Victoria.The £75,000 prize money is won by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Black flying de Havilland DH.88 Comet Grosvenor House.
1934 – (October 20-November 3) Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first eastward crossing of the Pacific Ocean, from Brisbane, Australia to San Francisco, California, in the Lady Southern Cross. The Hawaii-to-San Francisco leg of his crossing on November 3 is the first eastward flight from Hawaii to North America.
1929 – The airfield at Naval Air Station Glenview, located in Glenview, Illinois, is dedicated, and its hangar deemed the largest in the world.
1929 – First flight of the Tupolev ANT-7, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft, escort fighter and fighter-bomber.
1924 – First recorded RCAF mercy flight took place from Vancouver BC to Norway House, Manitoba.
1923 – 1923 – First flight of the Boeing NB
1922 – Lt Harold Harris makes the first parachute escape from a stricken aircraft, bailing out of a Loening PW-2 over Dayton, Ohio.
1920 – Flying his Nieuport Delage, Sadi Lecointe set a world speed record when he flew 187.99 mph.
1919 – The French pilot Bernard de Romanet, flying a Nieuport-Delage 29v, sets a new world speed record of 268.79 km/hr (166.92 mph).
