Lee Cross

Assistant Editor - Airliner World. Contributor and former deputy editor at Airways.

Latest Articles

4/17/2006: Charter Airline Hooters Air Ceases Operations

4/16/1969: Maiden Flight of the Let L-410 Aircraft

4/15/2003: Delta Air Lines Launches LCC Song

4/14/1971: BOAC Places First Boeing 747 into Service

4/13/1973: Dan-Air Operates First Boeing 727

4/12/1992: US Air Shuttle Takes over Trump Shuttle

4/11/1987: British Charter Air 2000 Takes Flight

4/10/2003: Low-Cost Carrier Buzz Sold to Ryanair

4/09/2008: Oasis Hong Kong Ceases Operations

4/06/1981: Air California Is Rebranded Air Cal

4/05/2012: Spanish LCC Volotea Begins to 'Fly Around'

4/04/1993: Maiden Flight of the Prototype Fokker 70

Legacy Articles

1/01/1922: World's First Airline Uniforms

12/31/2006: BWIA Becomes Caribbean Airlines

10/20/2015: Congo Airways Starts Operations

10/24/2012: WOW Air Acquires Rival Iceland Express

10/14/2010: French CCM Rebrands as Air Corsica

10/12/2009: World's First Revenue Gas-to-liquid Fuel Flight

10/13/1930: Junkers Ju 52 Maiden Flight

10/16/1978: Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar's Maiden Flight

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