The Vickers Vanguard, the follow-up to the Vickers Viscount, took to the skies today in 1959.
From Southern schedules to early jet routes, airlines enabled King’s relentless travel while exposing segregation on the ground.
Today, in 1989, Canadian Airlines International acquired Wardair Canada in a deal worth C$250m.
In a lavish ceremony, Airbus unveiled the prototype A380 (F-WWOW) Superjumbo on this day in 2005.
The Airbus A330 entered service with launch customer Air Inter between Paris and Marseille.
Air California, later AirCal, carved out a niche market during its 20-year existence.
On this day in 2002, the smallest member of the Airbus A320 family, the A318, took to the skies.
A global review of commercial flight
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