Since June 2007, a three-times daily floatplane service, operated by Harbour Air Malta, has linked the sea terminal in Grand Harbour to Mgarr harbour in Gozo.

The national airline is Air Malta

On June 9, 1997, Air Malta Flight 830 was hijacked by two men.

Britain ’ s first airborne assault took place on February 10, 1941, when ' X ' Troop, No 11 Special Air Service Battalion ( which was formed from No 2 Commando and subsequently became 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ) dropped into southern Italy from converted Whitley bombers flying from Malta and demolished a span of the aqueduct near Tragino in a daring night raid named Operation Colossus.

* Air Malta ( IATA code )

* Air Malta, Malta

Air Malta plc is the national airline of Malta, headquartered in Luqa.

Airbus 319 of Air Malta in Munich Airport in 2012

In 1947 the former two companies merged to form Air Malta Ltd in fierce competition with the latter.

Eventually in 1951 Malta Airlines absorbed the operations of Air Malta Ltd and continued operating through an agreement with BEA until 1973.

The owners of Air Malta Ltd used their real estate, staff and equipment to set up a ground handling company called MAS, Malta Aviation Services.

The name chosen for the new airline was similar to that of its forerunner, Air Malta Co Ltd, and was established on 31 March 1973.

BEA was chartered to continue its Malta operations, this time for Air Malta, until Air Malta's first flight on 1 April 1974.

Both Malta Airlines and Malta Aviation Services were taken over by the government and the private owners were given a shareholding in Air Malta Co. Ltd.

Air Malta started operations, with two wet leased Boeing 720Bs that served Rome, Tripoli, London, Manchester, Frankfurt and Paris from Malta's airport.

* 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.

B-52 is the common name of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a strategic bomber aircraft designed and built by Boeing for the U. S. Air Force.

Strategic Air Command began deploying Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers and aerial refueling aircraft to the newly completed airfield facilities in 1987.

* 1999 – Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error.

As of 2011 Air Seychelles operates the RAF air link, using Boeing 767s.

* 1989 – An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Pico Alto mountain in the island of Santa Maria in the Azores, killing 144.

A Boeing 747 aircraft with livery designating it as Air Force One.

* 1985 – A terrorist bomb aboard Air India flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.

* 1931 – United Airlines begins service ( as Boeing Air Transport ).

* 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashes after an aborted takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, killing 130.

* 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.

* 1971 – An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.

* 2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.

* 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D. C .' s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.

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The only way to fly to Ascension is to fly with the RAF via RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England on an overnight charter, operated ( as of September 2010 ) by an Air Seychelles Boeing 767-300ER.

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | B-52D, AF Serial No. 56-0687 on display at B-52 Memorial Park, Orlando International Airport, Florida ( formerly McCoy Air Force Base, Florida ).

However, an embittered Japan Air Lines pilot — driven mad by the deaths of his son and brother during the previous conflict — flies his Boeing 747 directly into the U. S. Capitol.

Estonian Air Boeing 737 | Boeing 737-500 at Tallinn Airport

In 2012 Pullmantur Air started its charter operations from Madrid-Barajas Airport with three Airbus 321s and two to three Boeing 747s.

* 2000 Seattle, WA ( Boeing Air Museum )

The museum annex houses an Air France Concorde ; the Enola Gay B-29 ; the Space Shuttle Discovery ; the Boeing 367 – 80, which was the prototype of the Boeing 707 ; the SR-71 ; and other famous aerospace artifacts, particularly those too large for the main building on the National Mall.

* Taurian Fontenette ( born 1983 ), famous streetball player whose nicknames include " The Air Up There " and " Mr. 720 "

Air reverse 720 °: Originally completed by Hawaii's Jeff Hubbard.

Eastern Air Lines began the region's scheduled jet service with the Boeing 720 in early 1962.

* December 1 – The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration intentionally crashes a Boeing 720 as part of its Controlled Impact Demonstration Program at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

* Travel Air 2000 Serial: 720 Registration: CF-AFG

The Royal Norwegian Air Force's six remaining Bells ( making a total of 18 ) are stationed at the 720 Squadron at Rygge Air Station.

No 720 Sqn is sent to the Middle East, but Penrose remains behind as a ground controller for a United States Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bombardment group, which takes over the airfield.

With the inactivation of the 100th RSG in 1994, Detachment 1 personnel became part of the 720th Air Base Squadron ( 720 ABS ) with its headquarters at RAF Fairford.

This is an Air Cycle 720 made by Air Cushion Vehicles of Troy, New York valued at $ 1, 495 at the time.