This Week In Aviation History: March 25
March 25, 2020
March 24, 1924
The Fokker C4 Commercial Airplane
The Fokker C4 was originally designed as a general purpose military observation plane. On account of the unusually wide fuselage, however, this plane is easily adapted to commercial use, where a high-performance, well powered plan of medium carrying capacity is required.
March 1934
European governments woke up to the importance of developing a real first-class air transport service sooner than we did here, but when American air transport finally got under way it progressed at a rate that soon outdistanced the rest of the world.
March 1942
In an inter-continental war, seaplane bases assume an urgent importance. The development of seaplane transportation is definitely dependent on adequate lighting of water areas for night landings.
March 22, 1954
Air America Loses Name in New Ruling
American Airlines has won another victory for its name with Civil Aeronautics Board's order that Air America, Inc., and Air America Agency Corp. stop using the word "America."
March 17, 1969
Bid to Takeover Pan Am Blocked
Apparent success in blocking a threatened takeover of Pan American World Airway by an outside interest would interrupt other airlines' plans to seek diversification and start a new trend toward trunkline mergers.
March 18, 1974
Charles de Gaulle Airport Service Starts
Paris Airport Authority inaugurated its third major airport last week with the start of commercial air service at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport 15 min. north of Paris, near the village of Roissy-en-France.
March 26, 1984
Traffic Drops Again in February
Major airlines as a group reported a second consecutive monthly drop in scheduled passenger traffic in February, attributed generally-as was January's decline-to inflated traffic stimulated by deeply discounted fares a year ago.
March 19, 1990
U.S. Manufacturers Expect Strong Long-Range Demand
U.S. airframe manufacturers can look forward to many years of continued heavy demand for their products in a world that is rapidly becoming more stable and experiencing ever-growing air travel.
March 19, 2007
A slowdown in yield improvement at its airline and strong competitive pressure in the maintenance, repair and overhaul operations are leading Lufthansa management to devise a new cost-cutting program to sustain earnings growth.
March 25, 2013
The tension is mounting for Boeing and its 787 operators as the company prepares to hand over certification date to the FAA from exhaustive tests of the redesigned lithium-ion battery system.
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