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2006 United Airlines emerges from bankruptcy 2004 Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148 2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure 2002 China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 2001 American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure 2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer 1994 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed 1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 1992 Braniff Airlines goes out of business 1992 American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% 1991 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei 1991 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13 1991 Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23 1991 25 die as United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs 1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25 1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route 1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1989 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights 1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors 1989 United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots 1989 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy 1989 Eastern Airlines machinists strike 1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines 1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test 1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess 1988 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s 1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain 1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275 1978 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183 1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka 1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace 1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later 1972 United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45 1972 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage 1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later 1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 U.S. exchange students explodes 1970 American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747 1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation 1962 Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms 1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1958 John Paul Morse, Marshall, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1995 United Airlines 1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service 1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet 1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM 1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service 1928 Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service 1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco and LA 1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates 1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms 1922 Freddie Laker, CEO, Laker airlines 1920 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij) 1919 KLM, Netherlands Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)

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