Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

10/10/1985: Presidential Airways Takes Flight

10/09/2018: Orient Thai Airlines Is Liquidated

10/08/1998: Gardermoen Replaces Oslo Fornebu Airport

10/06/1959: Charter Carrier Spantax Is Founded

10/05/1951: First Flight of the 44-seat Convair CV-340

10/04/1958: BOAC's First Transatlantic Jet Service

10/03/2004: Iraqi Airways Restarts Operations Post-war

10/02/2017: Monarch Airlines Ceases Operations

9/30/2011: Air Southwest Ceases Operations

9/29/1972: Miami-based Air Florida Begins Operations

9/28/1988: Maiden Flight of the Ilyushin ll-96

9/27/2005: US Airways, America West Airlines Merge

Legacy Articles

5/11/1934: the Douglas DC-2 Takes Flight

5/10/1991: Maiden Flight of the CRJ100

5/09/1967: Fokker's F28 Fellowship Takes Flight

5/08/2008: Euromanx Ceases Operations

5/7/2013: Skywest Rebranded as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines

5/04/1979: Air Europe Commenced Operations

5/01/1988: Thai Airways Is Established

1/04/1964: First Papal Visit to Use a Commercial Airliner

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