2009 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2009.

During the year, the airlines Aeromak, City Link Air, FlyMontserrat, KentuckySkies, Mint Airways, and Trawel Fly are established, the airlines Air Arabia Maroc, Arik Niger, and Nile Air commence flight operations, and Sol Dominicana Airlines ceases operations.

T*he first Solar Impulse aircraft, HB-SIA, the first solar-powered aircraft capable of flying both day and night thanks to batteries charged by solar power that provide it with power during darkness, makes its first flight, a short hop of 350 meters (1,148 feet) at an altitude of 1 meter (3.28 feet) at Dubendorf, Switzerland.

[100] [102] The deadliest crash of this year was Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 which crashed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean on 1 June, killing all 228 people on board.