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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1990:

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 April 1.3 June 1.4 September 1.5 October 1.6 December 2 First flights 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 May 2.6 August 2.7 September 2.8 October 2.9 November 3 Entered service 3.1 October

[edit] Events

• Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines, both in financial difficulty, transfer their coveted landing rights at London Heathrow Airport to American Airlines and United Airlines.

[edit] January

• January 11 - The US Defense Department awards Bell Helicopter a $US 123 million development contract for the V-22 Osprey
• January 20 - North American Airlines began operations.
• January 26 - The first of two new Air Force Ones, VIP variants of the Boeing 747-200, for the use of the United States President and his staff, are delivered.

[edit] April

• April 21 - Aeritalia joins the Airbus consortium as a partner

[edit] June

• June 22 - Bombardier purchases Learjet for $US 75.85 million

[edit] September

• September 27 - United Air Lines is the first airline to introduce satellite communications for its aircraft

[edit] October

• October 2 - Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737 collides with China Southern Airlines Boeing 757 in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, China. 128 people killed.
• October 31 - the Australian airline industry is deregulated. Airlines are allowed to select their own routes and set their own fares.

[edit] December

• December 7 - an Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in visibility of only 500 ft (152 m), the lowest for any airliner takeoff in the US.
• December 19 - Northwest Airlines buys a 25% share in Hawaiian Airlines
• December 21 - Kelly Johnson dies, aged 80.

[edit] First flights

[edit] January

• January 10 - McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - Freighter Version
• January 15 - Atlas XH-2

[edit] February

• February 19 - Scaled Composites ARES

[edit] March

• March 29 - Ilyushin Il-114

[edit] April

• April 13 - Sukhoi Su-27IB prototype

[edit] May

• May 1 - McDonnell Douglas MD 520N

[edit] August

• August 1 - EMBRAER/FMA CBA-123
• August 27 - Northrop YF-23

[edit] September

• September 29 - YF-22 Raptor

[edit] October

• October 10 - Learjet 60
• October 11 - Rockwell/MBB X-31

[edit] November

• November 21 - K-8 Karakorum (Hongdu JL-8)

[edit] Entered service

[edit] October

• October 4 - deliveries of Piaggio Avanti to various operators commence

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