important events

Question 1

17 Dec 1903 Wright Brothers

Answer 1

First sustained, controlled powered aircraft

flight

Question 2

24 October 1978 Airline Deregulation Act

Answer 2

Encouraging the growth of

low cost carriers

Question 3

15 May 1918

Answer 3

First Air Mail Route

Question 4

18 June 1971 Southwest airlines

Answer 4

The First Low Cost Carrier Established

Question 5

25 July 1909

Answer 5

Louis Blériot became the first person to cross the English

channel in an aircraft

Question 6

11 September 2001 9/1

Answer 6

9/11 is the most well-known terrorist attack in history. Four aircraft were hijacked in
the United States and almost 3,000 killed. This heavily impacted the aviation industry,
it is estimated that it took 3 years for the industry to recover from the 6% revenue loss
after 9/11 (IATA, n.d.)

Question 7

November 1944 Chicago Convention International Civil Aviation
conference

Answer 7

The first 2 freedoms of the air created

Question 8

9 February 1969 Boeing 747 First Flight

Answer 8

The first wide-body aircraft

produced

Question 9

21 January 1976 The Introduction of the Concorde and 24 October 2003

Answer 9

Discontinuation of the Concorde

Question 10

25 October 2007

Answer 10

The Introduction of The Airbus 380