Aeroméxico timeline
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1930s |
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1934 | Established as Aeronaves de México. Maiden flight is Mexico City–Acapulco in Stinson Reliant SR-5A |
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1940s |
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| Grew with help of Pan Am, 25% owner |
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1950s |
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| Takes over #2 Aerovías Guest thus adding routes to Madrid, Paris. Added DC-3s, DC-4s, pressurized Douglas DC-6s, 2 Bristol Britannia turboprops. |
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1958 | Service begins to New York with Britannias |
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1959 | Nationalized |
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1960s |
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1961 | First jets, Douglas DC-8s |
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1962 | Merged Aerovías Guest into Aeroméxico |
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Late 1960s | Service to Europe re-initiated with Comet-4Cs formerly of Guest |
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1970s |
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1970 | Governments nationalizes all 9 Mexican airlines into integrated system under control of Aeronaves de México |
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1972 | Commercial name changed to Aeroméxico |
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1974 | Receives first Douglas DC-10-30 and DC-9-32s |
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1980s |
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1986 | Cerritos mid-air collision |
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1988 | Privatization starts |
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1990s |
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Early 1990s | Fare wars with other private airlines |
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1992 | Acquires Aeroperú |
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1993 | Acquires Mexicana |
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1994 | Mexican peso crisis |
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1996 | Government control again: Cintra created holding Mexicana and Aeroméxico |
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2000s |
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2000 | Founds SkyTeam alliance with Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air |
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2006 | Flights start to Tokyo |
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2007 | Privatization. Banamex purchases for $249 million USD. |
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2008 | Service to Shanghai begins |
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2010 | Mexicana goes bankrupt |
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2010s |
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2011 | Cooperation agreement with Delta Air Lines |
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2013 | First Boeing Dreamliner 787-8s delivered |
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2014 | Delta-Aeromexico Querétaro TechOps opens |
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2016 | First Boeing Dreamliner 787-9s delivered named Quetzalcóatl. WiFi introduced on-board. New website, check-in kiosks and chatbot launched. |
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2017 | Antitrust immunity with Delta Air Lines and beginning of Joint Commercial Agreement (JCA) covering all US-Mexico routes. Service to Seoul begins. |
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2018 | Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 plane crash on runway. |
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