A DC-3 left Lisbon for Madrid with 11 passengers, opening the first commercial line of what is now TAP Air Portugal.
Today, in 2001, the French airlines Air Liberté and AOM were renamed Air Lib.
Delta's Ship 801 flew the DC-8's first passenger service, New York Idlewild to Atlanta, the same day United's DC-8 debuted.
Today, in 2009, Virgin Nigeria Airways rebranded itself as Nigerian Eagle Airlines.
Bombardier's first CSeries test jet, C-FBCS, flew from Mirabel on a 2.5-hour sortie that began the A220 story.
Today, in 1977, Mahé-based Air Seychelles was formed in the Republic of Seychelles.
TAP Portugal rebranded as TAP Air Portugal in 2017, returning to the name used in 1979-2005.
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