May 01, 1921
Glavvozdukhflot began mail and passenger flights on the Moscow-Oryol-Kursk-Kharkov route. View airlines from USSR.
May 01, 1922
Deruluft (Deutsche-Russische Luftverkehrs, "German-Russian Airlines") commenced operations with Moscow-Konigsberg (part of Germany at that time). View airlines from Germany.
May 01, 1923
First flight of the Aeroflot international route Moscow – Konigsberg (part of Germany at that time). View airlines from USSR.
May 01, 1928
Pitcairn Aviation began operations along the Atlantic seaboard as a contract mail-hauler (>Eastern Air Lines in 1934). View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1928
Pacific Airways acquired by Western Canada Airways (..>>Air Canada). View airlines from Canada.
May 01, 1933
INA (Indian National Airways) was registered. View airlines from India.
May 1st, 1942
Colonial Airlines was formed from the reformation of Canadian Colonial Airways (>>Eastern Air Lines). View airlines from Canada.
May 01, 1947
Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam) (POAS) was founded (>Thai Airways International). View airlines from Thailand.
May 01, 1947
Malayan Airways restarted operations (>MAS). View airlines from Malaya.
May 01, 1953
Dan-Air started in the United Kingdom with a Douglas DC-3 based at Southend Airport (>BA). View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 01, 1953
Chicago and Southern Airlines merged into Delta. View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1960
Thai Airways Internationals' first revenue flight. View airlines from Thailand.
May 01, 1966
Jamaica Air Service (>Caribbean Airlines (Trinidad)) began service to Miami and New York. View airlines from Jamaica.
May 01, 1966
British European Airways opens the first jet service between London Heathrow and Glasgow, using de Havilland Comet 4 Bs (>BA). View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 1st, 1972
Cam Air International was formed as Fleming International Airways. View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1975
Air Iceland, formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Norðurflug, was incorporated as Flugfélag Norðurlands. View airlines from Iceland.
May 01, 1977
Air Maldives ceased operations after the Maldivian Government grounded its aircraft and froze its assets. View airlines from Maldives.
May 01, 1980
Airbourne Freight Co. was renamed to Airborne Express (>ABX). View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1983
Dan-Air became the first to put the four-engined BAe 146 regional jetliner into commercial service. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 01, 1986
Piedmont bought Empire Airlines in 1985 and merged them into itself (>US Airways). View airlines from USA.
May 01, 1987
Paramount Airways, formed in 1986 as Diamond Airways, restarted operations. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 1st, 1991
Air Exel Commuter, formed on 26Apr1991, started operations. View airlines from Netherlands.
May 01, 1992
Carl Icahn sells TWA’s route authorities from Philadelphia and Baltimore to London to USAir for $50 million. View airlines from USA.
May 1st, 1993
Malu Aviation was founded. View airlines from DR Congo.
May 1st, 1996
Widerøe Norsk Air remained a subsidiary, until it was merged with Widerøe and ceased to exist. View airlines from Norway.
May 01, 2000
Tower Air suspended all scheduled flight operations. View airlines from USA.
May 01, 2004
Duo Airways, established as Maersk Air (UK) goes into administration. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 1st, 2005
BritishJET started services with a flight between London Gatwick and Malta. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 01, 2006
Song handed over all operations and aircraft to Delta Air Lines. View airlines from USA.
May 01, 2007
Air Sahara renamed to JetLite. View airlines from India.
May 01, 2009
Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways are combined as Thomson Airways. View airlines from United Kingdom.
May 01, 2009
Estelar Latinoamerica, formed in Aug2008, began operations. View airlines from Venezuela.
May 01, 2009
Air Fiji ceased operations. View airlines from Fiji.
May 1st, 2009
The LTU brand was discontinued. View airlines from Germany.
May 01, 2011
Iberworld was rebranded and changed its name to Orbest Orizonia.. View airlines from Spain.
May 01, 2011
Air Canada Express launched services. View airlines from Canada.
May 1st, 2013
Condor Berlin was integrated into the parent company, Condor. View airlines from Germany.
May 1st, 2019
Fly Arystan started operating commercial flights on domestic scheduled services. View airlines from Kazakhstan.