Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

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

5/06/2012: Solar Impulse 1 Maiden Intercontinental Flight

5/04/1979: Air Europe Commenced Operations

5/01/1988: Thai Airways International Is Established

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

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

4/25/1935: Cambrian Airways is Established

4/22/1985: United's Purchase of Pan Am's Pacific Division

4/21/2001: Qantas New Zealand Is Grounded

4/20/2015: Wizz Air Ukraine Suspends Operations

4/19/2012: IAG Completes Takeover of Airline BMI

4/18/1948: Cyprus Airways Operates Maiden Flight

Legacy Articles

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

12/24/1905: Aviator Howard Hughes is Born

12/19/1980: New York Air Commences Operations

12/14/2001: British World Airlines Ceased Operations

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

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

12/11/1996: Oasis International Airlines Ceases Operations

12/10/1958: First Jet-Powered US Domestic Flight

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