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7th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1931 Desmond Tutu (South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner)

Died:
1849 Edgar Allan Poe (poet)

On This Day:
1919 KLM, the worlds oldest still operating airline, is established

Have a good Sunday, 7th October
25th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1903 George Orwell (author – Animal Farm)

Died:
1876 George Armstrong Custer (US Cavalry General – died at The Battle of Little Bighorn)

On This Day:
1950 El Al, the Israeli airline, begins service

Have a good Monday, 25th June
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18th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1868 Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia

Died:
1980 Ian Curtis (guitarist – Joy Division)

On This Day:
1934 TWA (airline) begins its commercial flights

Have a good Thursday, 18th May
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8th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1976 Freddie Prinze Jr (actor)

Died:
1862 Nat Gordon (last pirate hanged in New York)

On This Day:
1927 Incorporation of Pan American Airlines (PanAm)

Have a good Tuesday, 5th March
Airbus A380 – tenth anniversary
Today sees the 10th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the iconic A380. How times flies!
Happy Birthday!
The question, though, is posed – is there a future for the huge aircraft? Orders remain very low – with nothing since 2013. Airbus executives remain, bullish, expecting the market to steadily (albeit slowly) grow in the coming years.
