2004 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2004:

Events

• January
  • 2 - Several British Airways flights from London Heathrow Airport to Washington D.C. and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are cancelled due to security fears.
  • 3 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
  • 13 - An Uzbekistan Airways plane crashes in Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent, killing 37.
• April 4 - Alaska Airlines discontinues service between San Francisco and Tucson.
• May
  • 9 - Southwest Airlines begins service to Philadelphia International Airport.
  • 23 - Frontier Airlines begins service to Philadelphia, Billings, Montana and Spokane, Washington.
  • 27 - Delta Air Lines begins service between Cincinnati and New Haven.
• June
  • 1 - America West Airlines starts service between Phoenix and Anchorage.
  • 6 - Alaska Airlines starts service between Denver and Anchorage and discontinues service between San Jose and Tucson.
  • 20 - Frontier Airlines begins service to Nashville, Tennessee.
• July
  • 21 - SpaceShipOne is the first non-government built spacecraft to transport a person into space and return safely to earth.

First flights

• Aero-Cam Slick 360
• March 27: Nasa's X-43 pilotless plane breaks world speed record for an atmospheric engine by briefly flying at 7,700 kilometers (4,780 miles) per hour (seven times the speed of sound)

July

• July 15 - Aermacchi M-346

Entered service