Assistant Editor - Airliner World. Contributor and former deputy editor at Airways.
Today, in 1985, Sir Freddie Laker accepts a US$8m out-of-court settlement from British Airways.
United Airlines played a crucial role in developing the Boeing 767, which it received today in 1982.
British Aerospace developed the Handley Page HP137 as a family of airliners in the late 60s.
Before 'Project Sunrise,' Qantas had flown nonstop on the famous 'Kangaroo Route.'
Today, in 1964, charter carrier Britannia Airways was born after the rebranding of Euravia.
The handover of the first commercial jet to a U.S. carrier heralded the beginning of the Jet Age.
The launch of Braniff's transpacific routes in 1969 followed three years of applications.
A global review of commercial flight
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