Assistant Editor - Airliner World. Contributor and former deputy editor at Airways.
Today, in 1988, the world's first Boeing 747-400, N401PW, took to the skies for the first time.
Today, in 1958, Aer Lingus operated its maiden transatlantic flight from Dublin to New York.
Today, in 1935, the British airline Cambrian Airways was established as Cambrian Air Services.
Today, in 1985, United Airlines announced that it was to buy Pan Am's Pacific division.
Today, in 2001, Tasman Pacific Airlines, operating as Qantas New Zealand, suspended operations.
Today, in 2012, the subsidiary of the Hungarian LCC Wizz Air, Wizz Air Ukraine, ceased operations.
Today, in 2012, BMI-British Midland International Airways ownership was transferred to IAG.
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