Today in Aviation: Oasis Hong Kong Ceases Operations
Today in Aviation, long-haul carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines (O8) ceased operations in 2008. The final flight was from Vancouver (YVR) to Hong Kong (HKG).
Today in Aviation, long-haul carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines (O8) ceased operations in 2008. The final flight was from Vancouver (YVR) to Hong Kong (HKG).
Today in Aviation, Ethiopian Airlines (ET), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines, began operations in 1946. ET is the largest carrier in Africa.
Today in Aviation, Orange County’s John Wayne Airport (SNA)-based Air California (OC) was rebranded as Air Cal in 1981.
Today in Aviation, Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea (V7) commenced operations in 2012 from the carrier’s home base of Venice (VCE).
Today in Aviation, the Fokker 70 (F70) operated its maiden flight in 1993. The prototype PH-MKC departed Woensdrecht, in the southern Netherlands.
Today in Aviation, Maltese flag carrier Air Malta (KM) operated its first flight in 1974 on a wet-leased Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 720B.
Today in Aviation, four British companies, BOAC, BEA, Cambrian Airways, and Northeast Airlines, merged in 1974 to form British Airways (BA).
Today in Aviation, the German leisure carrier Hapag-Lloyd Flug (HF) operated its maiden flight in 1973 with a Boeing 727-100. 124 passengers departed Hamburg (HAM) bound for Ibiza (IBZ).
Today in Aviation, British Airways (BA) retired from its fleet the last Vickers VC10, a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range jet, in 1981.
Today in Aviation, the Treaty of Yaoundé in 1961 established Air Afrique (RK) as a joint venture between Air France (AF) and UAT.