2019 in aviation


This is a list of aviation-related events in 2019.

Orders and deliveries

Airbus took 768 net orders in 2019 and delivered 863 aircraft up from 800 in 2018: 642 Airbus A320s, 112 Airbus A350s, 53 Airbus A330s, 48 Airbus A220s and eight Airbus A380s.

Events

January

; 3 January
; 10 January
; 11 January
; 13 January
; 14 January
; 16 January

February

; 4 February
; 6 February
; 14 February
; 16 February
; 19–21 February
; 20–24 February
; 23 February
; 26 February – 2 March
; 26 February
; 27 February

March

; 5 March
; 10 March
; 13 March
; 21 March
; 25 March
; 27 March
; 28 March
; 30 March

April

; 2–7 April
; 8 April
; 9 April
; 10 April
; 10–13 April
; 13 April
; 17 April
; 24 April

May

; May
; 3 May
; 5 May
; 11 May
; 13 May
; 16 May
; 20 May
; 21–23 May
; 24 May
; 29 May

June

; 3 June
; 9 June
; 13 June
; 14 June
; 17 June
; 18 June
; 19 June
; 23 June
; 25 June
; 28 June

July

; 11 July
; 17 July
; 22–28 July

August

; 9 August
; 15 August

September

; 2 September
; 11 September
; 12 September
; 13 September
; 19 September
; 23 September
; 24 September
; 30 September

October

;2 October
;4 October
; 9 October
; 19 October
; 19–20 October
; 21 October
; 22–24 October
; 29 October

November

; 4 November
; 7 November
; 13 November
; 18 November

December

; 9 December
; 12 December
; 16 December
; 27 December

First flights

Retirements

January - Boeing 707: following the crash of the last remaining aircraft in operational service

Deadliest crash

The deadliest crash of this year was Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX which crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on 10 March, killing all 157 people on board. This accident resulted in the worldwide grounding of the 737 MAX series. The deadliest military crash occurred when a Chilean Air Force C-130 crashed into the Drake Passage on 9 December, killing all 38 people on board.