Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

1/03/1981: Pan Am Retires the Boeing 707

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

12/31/2006: BWIA Becomes Caribbean Airlines

12/27/2014: Qantas Retires Its Last Passenger Boeing 767

12/25/2011: VietJet Air Operates Its Maiden Flight

12/24/1905: Aviator Howard Hughes is Born

12/22/1976: Maiden Flight of the Ilyushin Il-86

12/21/1945: Ethiopian Airlines Is Founded Post-lib

12/19/1980: New York Air Commences Operations

12/14/2001: British World Airlines Ceased Operations

12/13/1977: Eastern Introduces the A300 in the US

12/12/2001: Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Is Founded

Legacy Articles

8/21/1985: Sir Freddie Laker-BA US$8m Settlement

8/16/1964: Euravia Rebrands as Britannia Airways

8/11/1995: Maiden Flight of the Embraer ERJ-145

8/08/2007: Virgin America Operates Maiden Flight

8/05/1971: American Airlines Places DC-10 into Service

8/02/1983: America West Takes to the Skies

8/04/2014: Low-Cost Airline Dobrolet Ceases Operations

8/06/1986: Maiden Flight of the BAe ATP

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