This article is a list of significant events that occur in aviation in

2024 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's fi ...

Events

January

; 2 January : A runway collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo occurred when Japan Airlines Flight 516, operated by an

Airbus A350-900 The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the A330 wi ...

arriving from Sapporo, collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and both aircraft caught on fire. This resulted in the complete destruction of both aircraft. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members of the Airbus were evacuated. There were six occupants on board the Coast Guard aircraft, a De Havilland Canada Dash 8; the captain escaped with serious injuries whilst the remaining five crew members were killed. The Coast Guard aircraft was scheduled to provide relief to Niigata in response to the previous day's Noto Peninsula earthquake. ; 4 January : A Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking crashed off the coast of Bequia in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Actor

Christian Oliver Christian Oliver (born 3 March 1975) is a German actor. Oliver was born in Celle and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. He relocated to the United States to work as a model and subsequently took acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles. From 20 ...

and his two daughters were killed in the accident along with the pilot. ; 5 January : Shortly after departing Portland International Airport in Oregon, a

Boeing 737 MAX 9 The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG ...

operating as

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, to Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California. Shortly after takeoff on January 5, 2024, ...

suffered an explosive decompression when a plug covering an unused exit door blew out. The aircraft made a safe return to Portland with all 177 occupants alive. The FAA subsequently ordered all 737 MAX 9 planes fitted with door plugs to be grounded for inspection. It was subsequently reported that Alaska Airlines and United Airlines both discovered faults on other 737s. ; 16 January : The United States Department of Justice blocked the proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines by JetBlue, citing that it would create a lack of competition in

low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

s. The

stock price A share price is the price of a single share of a number of saleable equity shares of a company. In layman's terms, the stock price is the highest amount someone is willing to pay for the stock, or the lowest amount that it can be bought for. B ...

of Spirit Airlines dropped by 47% after the decision was made. ; 18 January : At the WINGS India 2024 event in Hyderabad,

Akasa Air Akasa Air, a brand of SNV Aviation Private Limited, is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Vinay Dube and Aditya Ghosh with investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holding a 46% stake in the airline. T ...

placed an order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, including both the MAX 10 and MAX 200 variants. ; 23 January : A BAe Jetstream 32 operating as Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashed shortly after takeoff from

Fort Smith Airport The Fort Smith Airport is located near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. Runway 03/21 has no winter service. The Fort Smith (District) Heliport is located southeast of the airport. Airlines and destinations Passenger Accidents an ...

, Northwest Territories, Canada, when at 500 m (1,600 ft), killing six out of the seven on board. ; 24 January : A Russian Ilyushin Il-76M transport aircraft, reportedly carrying 65 Ukrainian

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

along with three other passengers and six crew from

Chkalovsky air base Chkalovsky is a military air base near Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located 31 km northeast of Moscow. In 1932-35, the state flight testing institute was relocated here from Khodynka, the Central Airfield. A reorganisation in ...

near Moscow to Belgorod,

crashed "Crashed" is the third U.S. rock single, (the fifth overall), from the band Daughtry's debut album. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on September 5, 2007. Upon its release the song got adds at those stations, along with some Alternativ ...

in the

Belgorod region Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: History At the turn of the 17th cent ...

of Russia.

February

; 6 February : A

Robinson R44 Raven II The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter produced by Robinson Helicopter Company since 1992. Based on the company's two-seat Robinson R22, the R44 features hydraulically assisted flight controls. It was first flown on 31 March 1990 a ...

helicopter piloted by former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera lost control and

into

Lake Ranco Ranco Lake ( es, Lago Ranco) is located in Ranco Province of Chile. It is the largest lake of Los Ríos Region and the List of lakes in Chile, fourth largest in Chile. Administratively Ranco Lake is split into three communes; La Unión, Chile, L ...

in Chile. Piñera was killed and the other three people on board survived. ; 9 February : A Bombardier Challenger 600 operated as Hop-A-Jet Flight 823 crashed into a vehicle on Interstate 75 in Collier County, Florida while attempting to make an emergency landing. Two of the five on board were killed in the crash. : A chartered Eurocopter EC130 helicopter

in a desert near the California- Nevada border after a fire on board. Two pilots and four passengers were on board and none survived the crash. ; 18 February : Air Serbia Flight 324, an Embraer 195 operated by Marathon Airlines, struck landing lights on takeoff at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The aircraft flew for another hour and made an emergency landing at the same airport with a gaping hole in the fuselage. All 111 occupants were reported safe. ; 20–25 February : The Singapore Airshow was held. Highlights included orders for Airbus from Vietjet (20

A330neo The Airbus A330neo ("neo" for " New Engine Option") is a wide-body airliner developed by Airbus from the Airbus A330 (now A330''ceo'' – "Current Engine Option"). A new version with modern engines comparable with those developed for the Boei ...

s) and

Starlux Airlines STARLUX Airlines () is a Taiwanese international airline company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and operated its first flight from Taipei to Macau on 23 January 2020. History The company was registered in 2016 with the Taiwanese Ministry of ...

(three A330neos and five A350Fs), Boeing from Thai Airways (45 787-9s) and Royal Brunei Airlines (four 787-9s), and Comac from Tibet Airlines (40 C919s and 10 ARJ21s). ; 21 February : The TAI TF Kaan, a fifth-gen stealth fighter being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries, performed its maiden flight. ; 26 February : Canadian Budget airline Lynx Air ceased operations due to financial issues.

March

; 5 March : A Dash 8-300 operating as

Safarilink Aviation Safarilink Aviation Limited (operating as Safarilink) is a regional airline based at Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. Fleet Current fleet The Safarilink Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2020): Histo ...

Flight 53 from Wilson Airport, Nairobi to

Diani Diani Beach is a major beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (in eastern Africa). It is located south of Mombasa, in Kwale County. It has been voted Africa's leading beach destination for the fifth time running since 2015. Tourism The beac ...

near Mombasa was involved in a mid-air collision with a Cessna 172 operated by a local flying school. The Dash returned to Wilson and landed safely with no injuries among the 39 passengers and 5 crew. The Cessna crashed in Nairobi National Park killing the two occupants. ; 8 March :

David E. Harris David Ellsworth Harris (born December 22, 1934) is the first African American commercial airline pilot and first to achieve the rank of Pilot Captain for a major U.S. commercial airline. Early life, education, personal life Harris was born o ...

, the first African American pilot who flew for a major airline, died at the age of 89. ; 10 March : A Boeing 787-9 operating as

LATAM Airlines Flight 800 On 11 March 2024, a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 operating as LATAM Airlines Flight 800, flying a scheduled international passenger flight from Sydney, Australia to Santiago, Chile, with a stopover at Auckland, New Zealand, experienced an in ...

suffers an in-flight upset, injuring 50 of the 272 occupants on board the aircraft. The plane made an emergency landing at Auckland Airport. ; 12 March : A Russian

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...

military transport aircraft

near Belgorod after suffering an engine fire. All 15 on board were killed. ; 22 March : The

Boom XB-1 The Boom XB-1 "Baby Boom" is a one-third-scale trijet supersonic demonstrator designed by Boom Technology ( dba "Boom Supersonic") as part of development of the Boom Overture supersonic transport airliner. Powered by three General Electric J85s ...

, a prototype/technology demonstrator supersonic aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic, conducted its first flight from Mojave Air and Space Port. The flight reached a maximum altitude of and a top speed of during its 12-minute flight. The company aims to use the XB-1 to develop its

Overture Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...

supersonic airliner A supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. To date, the only SSTs to see regular service have been Concorde and the Tupol ...

, of which the XB-1 is a roughly 1/3rd scale model. ; 31 March : A Boeing 727-200 operated by Safe Air on a scheduled flight from Juba International Airport to Malakal Airport, South Sudan, undershot the runway after experiencing technical issues. The aircraft collided into a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to

African Express Airways African Express Airways is a Somali-owned Kenyan airline with its head office at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya. Services African Express Airways is a short-haul airline, which caters to business and leisure tr ...

that had crashed around two months earlier at the same airport. All seven occupants survived, with only one person injured.

April

; 4 April : US company Skydweller Aero completes the world's first unmanned flight of a large solar-powered aircraft. ; 13 April : Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, Kuwait and Israel all closed their airspace in response to the Iranian strikes in Israel. ; 17 April : The FAA implemented a ground stop for Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary Horizon Air (meaning planes were not permitted to take off) after a notification by the airline. Alaska airlines made the request after an issue surfaced during a routine system upgrade essential for ensuring aircraft weight and balance, although the exact nature of the issue has not been disclosed. The airline stated it had acted "out of an abundance of caution". ; 18 April : Kenya's highest ranking military officer, General Francis Ogolla, and nine other members of the Kenya Defence Forces were killed in the crash of a UH-1 Huey in western Kenya. ; 23 April : Two

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of o ...

helicopters collided over Lumut, Perak in Malaysia during a formation flight as part of a rehearsal for the upcoming Navy day parade. All 10 people on board the

Leonardo AW139 The AgustaWestland AW139 is a medium-lift twin-engined helicopter developed and produced by the Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, later wholly owned by Leonardo S.p.A. It is marketed at several different roles, including VI ...

and Eurocopter Fennec were killed. ; 25 April :

Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the U ...

and American Airlines reported large first-quarter economic losses, with Southwest losing US$231 million and American expecting to lay off over 2,000 employees during the remainder of the year. In addition, Southwest is to stop flying to Cozumel,

Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss ...

and Bellingham airports. These declines have limited the airlines' abilities to order more aircraft in the near future, with Southwest cancelling some of its Boeing 737 orders for the year. ; 30 April : Australian low-cost airline Bonza which launched operations in January 2023, enters

voluntary administration As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry ...

with all services suspended.

May

; 3 May : Dick Rutan dies at the age of 85 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was the pilot of the first non-stop

round-the-world Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magel ...

flight on board the ''Voyager'' aircraft in 1986. He was the older brother of Burt Rutan. ; 17 May : Bette Nash, the world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at the age of 88, after working for

Eastern Air Lines Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major United States airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Ea ...

and then American Airlines for a total of 67 years. ; 19 May : A

Bell 212 The Bell 212 (also known as the ''Twin Two-Twelve'') is a two-blade, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in ...

helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, and the Supreme Leader's representative in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem,

near the Iranian city of

Varzaqan Varzaqan ( fa, ورزقان; also Romanized as Varzeqān and Warzagan; formerly, Karzigan (Persian: كَرزيگَن), also Romanized as Kārzigān and Karzygan) is a city in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan provinc ...

, East Azerbaijan. There were no survivors. ; 21 May : A

Boeing 777-300ER The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet. The 777 was designed to bridge the gap bet ...

operating as Singapore Airlines Flight 321 flying from London to Singapore, encountered severe turbulence killing 1 passenger and injuring 104. The plane made an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand. ; 27 May : Following the closure of Porto Alegre Airport on 3 May for an undetermined time, due to flooding in the Rio Grande do Sul region, Brazilian airlines announce that limited services will be operated from Canoas Air Force Base. A nearby shopping centre will host check-in and other terminal facilities. A number of aircraft were also damaged.

June

; 7 June : A Beechcraft T-34 aircraft piloted by former NASA astronaut and United States Air Force pilot, Bill Anders, author of the iconic ''

Earthrise ''Earthrise'' is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most infl ...

'' photograph, crashed near the US-Canada border. Anders did not survive the crash. ; 10 June : A Malawi Air Force Dornier 228 carrying Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, former First Lady

Patricia Shanil Muluzi Patricia Shanil Muluzi MP (born Patricia Fukulani) is the former First Lady of Malawi and wife of former President Bakili Muluzi. Muluzi was born in Malawi on September 25, 1964. Her family, David and Sylvia Fukulani were from the Chimpikizo Vill ...

, and seven other occupants

Chikangawa Forest Reserve The Chikangawa Forest Reserve, also known as the Viphya Plantation, is a man-made forest in the South Viphya Forest Reserve in Chikangawa, Malawi. It was established in 1948 and covers 1147.8 square kilometers. The forest is mainly composed of ...

in Mzimba District, killing all nine occupants on board. ; 26 June : Lufthansa City Airlines begins operations as a subsidiary of Lufthansa Group. ; 30 June : Boeing announces the acquisition of key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, with Airbus set to acquire the Spirit programmes producing major components for Airbus aircraft.

July

; 12 July : A Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LR on a ferry flight from Lukhovitsy to Moscow, operating as Gazpromavia Flight 9608, crashed whilst attempting an emergency landing. All three occupants on board were killed. ; 18 July :

Saudia Saudia ( ar, السعودية '), formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines (), is the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. The airline's main operational base is at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. King Khalid Internati ...

signs a binding sales agreement with Lilium GmbH to purchase 50 electric Lilium Jets, with the option to purchase 50 more. ; 19 July : During the CrowdStrike incident, 5,078 air flights around the world, amounting to 4.6% of those scheduled that day, were cancelled. ; 22–26 July : The

Farnborough International Airshow The Farnborough Airshow, officially the Farnborough International Airshow, is a trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries, where civilian and military aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and investors. Since its fir ...

is held. ; 22–28 July : The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is held at Wittman Regional Airport, located in

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat. The city had a population of 66,816 in 2020, making it the ninth-largest city in Wisconsin. It is also adjacent to the Town of Oshkosh. History Oshkosh was ...

, United States. ; 24 July : A

Bombardier CRJ200ER The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) is a regional jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991 and 2006, the first of the Bombardier CRJ family. The ''Canadair Regional Jet'' (CRJ) pro ...

operated by Saurya Airlines

shortly after takeoff from Kathmandu, Nepal, on a test flight to

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

. The pilot was the sole survivor of the crash, which killed 18 people. ; 26 July : A

Pilatus PC-12 The Pilatus PC-12 is a pressurized, single-engined, turboprop aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland, since 1991. It was designed as a high-performance utility aircraft that incorporates a large aft cargo door in ad ...

north of Gillette, Wyoming, causing a wildfire that was put out shortly after by firefighters, and killing all seven onboard. Of the six passengers and one crew, three members of the American gospel group The Nelons, including vocalist Kelly Nelon Clark, died in the crash. ; 30 July : Rex Airlines, Australia's third largest airline, ceases all domestic Boeing 737 jet services and goes into administration.

August

; 9 August : An ATR 72-500 operating as Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 from Cascavel to São Paulo, crashed in a residential area near Vinhedo, São Paulo killing all 58 passengers and 4 crew members on board. ; 22 August : Thai Flying Service Flight 209, a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B flying from Suvarnabhumi to Trat, Thailand, crashed into a mangrove forest in Bang Pakong, Chachoengsao, shortly after taking off, killing all nine occupants on board. ; 28 August :Hundreds of domestic flights are cancelled in southwestern Japan as

Typhoon Shanshan The name Shanshan has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Hong Kong and it is commemorative to the first athlete, Lee Lai-shan, to win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong. It is ...

is set to make landfall. ; 29 August :Serbia signs a 2.7 billion dollar contract with France's

Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation SA () is a French Aerospace manufacturer, manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets. It was founded in 1929 by Marcel Dassault, Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marc ...

for the purchase of 12 Dassault Rafale fighter jets for the Serbian Air Force. ; 31 August :A Vitzay-Aero

Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition t ...

helicopter

over the Kamchatka Peninsula killing all 22 people on board.

September

;1 September :

Scandinavian Airlines Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''SAS'' is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark ...

, one of the founding members of Star Alliance, exits the alliance after 27 years and joins

SkyTeam SkyTeam is one of the world's three major airline alliances. Founded in June 2000, SkyTeam was the last of the three alliances to be formed, the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld, respectively. Its annual passenger count is 630 million ...

. ; 8 September :A

Bell UH-1 Iroquois The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helic ...

helicopter carrying the Director of the

National Civil Police The National Civil Police of El Salvador ( Spanish: ''Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador''), also known as PNC, is the national civilian police of El Salvador. Although the National Civil Police is not part of the Armed Forces of El Salvado ...

of El Salvador Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, alongside eight other people,

in Pasaquina municipality in El Salvador. All nine occupants died in the accident. ;13 September : More than 33,000 Boeing machinists go on strike, halting the production of the Boeing 737, Boeing 777 and the

Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...

jets. ; 28 September : A

helicopter of the Pakistani oil company Mari Petroleum crashes while carrying workers to the Shiwa oil field. Six of the 14 people on board were killed.

October

;1 October : AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India) officially ceases operations after merging with Air India Express with all fleet transferred. ;2 October : A bomb that was dropped by

US Forces The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consists of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The president of the United States is the ...

during World War II exploded under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport, damaging the surface and disrupting operations. ;21 October : An

is shot down over

Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju ( ar, دار داجو, Dār Dājū, links=no) while ruled by the Daju, ...

, Sudan, by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. All five occupants are killed in the subsequent crash. ;23 October : The headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is attacked by multiple perpetrators with bombs and firearms, killing five workers. CCTV footage reportedly showed a man and a woman carrying assault rifles. The two perpatrators are later killed but leave 22 others injured and the headquarters severely damaged. ;26 October :After nearly 101 years of operation, Czech Airlines ceases operations and becomes a holding company under its parent company Smartwings. :

QantasLink QantasLink is a regional brand of Australian airline Qantas and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is a major competitor to Regional Express Airlines and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. As of September 2010 Qantas ...

retires the Boeing 717 from its fleet after more than 20 years of service.

November

;12 November : Vistara is expected to merge with Air India and cease operations with all assets transferred. ; 12–17 November : The China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition is scheduled to be held in Zhuhai. ; 13–15 November : The Bahrain International Airshow is scheduled to be held.

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash so far in 2024 is the crash of a Russian Ilyushin Il-76M on 24 January, with 74 people reportedly on board. The deadliest crash of a commercial airliner flight occurred when an ATR 72 operating as Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashed during approach to São Paulo on 9 August, killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.

References

{{Aviation timelines navbox 2024-related lists Aviation by year Technology timelines by year Transport timelines by year