Lee Cross

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

Latest Articles

12/21/1945: Ethiopian Airlines Is Founded Post-lib

12/19/1980: New York Air Commences Operations

12/14/2001: British World Airlines Ceased Operations

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

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

12/11/1996: Oasis International Ceases Operations

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

12/08/1964: United Caravelle's First US Auto Landing

12/07/2011: Virgin Australia Absorbs V Australia

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

12/04/1991: The Last Flight of Pan Am Takes Off

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

Legacy Articles

1/01/1922: World's First Airline Uniforms

12/31/2006: BWIA Becomes Caribbean Airlines

10/20/2015: Congo Airways Starts Operations

10/24/2012: WOW Air Acquires Rival Iceland Express

10/14/2010: French CCM Rebrands as Air Corsica

10/12/2009: World's First Revenue Gas-to-liquid Fuel Flight

10/13/1930: Junkers Ju 52 Maiden Flight

10/16/1978: Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar's Maiden Flight

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