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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1991:
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Events
January
- January 16 - Eastern Airlines is dissolved after 64 years of operation. Many of its remaining assets are parceled out to American and Continental.
- January 17 - US-led forces attack Iraq in a massive air assault after a United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from occupied Kuwait passes unheeded.
February
- February 28 - The US calls a ceasefire in Iraq, with airpower having neutralized practically all of the country's ability to make war.
June
- June 17 - Alaska Airlines commences services to the Soviet Union
July
- July 8 - a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet is forced to shoot down an E-2 Hawkeye after its crew abandons it following an engine fire
December
- December 4 - Pan Am, bankrupt since August 11, is finally dissolved after 63 years of operation.
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