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This is a list of aviation-related events from 2001:

1 Events

• April: The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flies automatically from Edwards AFB in the US to Australia non-stop and unrefuelled. This is the longest point-to-point flight ever undertaken by an unmanned aircraft, and took 23 hours and 23 minutes.
• September 11 - 4 jet-liners, 2 each of American AirlinesAmerican Airlines AA is the major airline in the United States. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Latin America, Western Europe, and Japan. Since 1982, AA has been and United AirlinesBoeing 777 taking off at Schiphol, Amsterdam. Airbus A320-200. In early 2004, the color scheme shown here was superseded. United Airlines (UAL) is an American airline, the second largest in the world, after American Airlines. Based in Elk Grove Village, I, are hijacked and crashed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, killing more than 3,000 people.

• British Midland begins transatlantic flights from ManchesterThis article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is a city in North West England, which in 2002 had a population of approximately 422,302. The city is situated in the centre of the large metr after a failed attempt to gain transatlantic flights from London Heathrow AirportLondon Heathrow Airport ( IATA airport code: LHR ICAO airport code: EGLL and often simply Heathrow is the United Kingdom's busiest and best-connected airport. As of 2003, it also handles more international passenger traffic than any other airport in the w.
• British AirwaysFor the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd. British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the largest airlines in the world, with the greatest number of flights from Europe to North America. History Bri aborts a plan to take over KLMKLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij literally Royal Aviation Company usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines is an airline from the Netherlands. KLM is the Netherlands' main air carrier and operates from Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam. KLM was due to technical issues in the open skies treaty between the U.S. and the Netherlands.
• BA also drops its controversial ethnic tailfins; first adopted in 1997 the process was slowed in 1999, finally Chief Executive Rod Eddington that all aircraft would be painted with the new Union flag livery (one of the "ethnic" designs).