1991 in aviation - Definition and Overview

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1991:

Events

January

• January 16 - Eastern Airlines is dissolved after 64 years of operation. Many of its remaining assets are parceled out to American and Continental.

• January 17 - US-led forces attack Iraq in a massive air assault after a United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from occupied Kuwait passes unheeded.

February

• February 28 - The US calls a ceasefire in Iraq, with airpower having neutralized practically all of the country's ability to make war.

June

• June 17 - Alaska Airlines commences services to the Soviet Union

July

• July 8 - a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet is forced to shoot down an E-2 Hawkeye after its crew abandons it following an engine fire

December

• December 4 - Pan Am, bankrupt since August 11, is finally dissolved after 63 years of operation.

First flights

February

• February 13 - Swearingen SJ-30

April

• April 27 - Eurocopter Tiger
• April 29 - Cessna CitationJet

May

• May 10 - Canadair Regional Jet
• May 31 - Pilatus PC-12

June

• June 18 - BAe RJ70

September

• September 15 - C-17 Globemaster III

October

• October 25 - Airbus A340

Entered service