Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

7/07/1990: PGA Portugalia Airlines Begins Operations

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

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

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

7/03/2012: Jetstar Japan Commences Operations

6/30/1989: First Flight of The Boeing 737-500

6/29/1962: First Flight of the Iconic Vickers VC10

6/28/2013: Air Pacific Rebrands as Fiji Airways

6/24/1960: Hawker Siddeley HS 748' First Flight

6/22/1984: Virgin Atlantic Takes to the Skies

6/21/1961: Aviation Traders’ ATL-98 ‘Carvair’ First Flight

6/20/1983: Maiden Flight of the Venerable Dash 8

Legacy Articles

1/12/1935: Earhart's First Hawaii Solo Flight

1/11/1989: AASI Jetcruzer 450 First Flight

1/09/1962: Maiden Flight of the Hawker Siddeley Trident

1/05/1955: Transbrasil Is Founded

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

4/29/1988: The Prototype Boeing 747-400 Takes Flight

4/28/1958: Aer Lingus Operates Maiden Transatlantic Flight

12/21/1945: Ethiopian Airlines Is Founded post-liberation

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