Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

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

3/31/1974: British Airways Begins Operations

3/30/1973: Hapag-Lloyd Flug Takes to the Skies

3/29/1981: BA Retires the Iconic Vickers VC10

3/27/2008: London Heathrow's T5 Begins Operations

3/26/1992: Maiden Flight of the Saab 2000

Legacy Articles

7/29/1963: Maiden Flight of the Tupolev TU-134

8/01/1997: Boeing, McDonnell Douglas Finalize Merger

7/16/1948: Maiden Flight of the Vickers Viscount

7/10/1947: Maiden Flight of the Airspeed Ambassador

7/06/1998: Hong Kong's Iconic Kai Tak Airport Closes

7/07/1990: PGA Portugalia Airlines Commences Operations

7/05/1942: Maiden Flight of the Avro York

7/04/1997: First Flight of the ERJ-135

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