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

12/03/1985: The ATR-42 Enters Service With Air Littoral

12/06/1957: Maiden Flight of the Lockheed L-188 Electra

12/02/1939: New York's LaGuardia Airport Begins Operations

12/07/2011: Virgin Australia Absorbes V Australia

11/30/1986: Maiden Flight of the Fokker 100

11/27/1992: Dan-Air Merges into British Airways

11/29/1953: American Airlines Introduces the Douglas DC-7

11/26/2003: Concorde Makes Her Last Flight

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