2001 in aviation

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

Table of contents

1 Events
2 First flights
3 Entered service

Events

2001 - 4 jet-liners, 2 each of American Airlines and United Airlines, are hijacked and crashed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, killing more than 3,000 people.
April: The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flies automatically from Edwards AFB in the US to Australia non-stop and unrefuelled. This is he longest point-to-point flight ever undertaken by an unmanned aircraft, and took 23 hours and 23 minutes.