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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.
• August 24 - Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 and Siberia Airlines Flight 1047 explode south of Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. The Russian government declares the explosions to have been caused by chechen terrorists

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)

May

• May 29 - Aceair AERIKS 200

July

• July 15 - Aermacchi M-346

Entered service

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