January
January 26 - Outbreak of the Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador. Peruvian Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-25, as well as Ecuadorian Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters begin ground attack operations.
February
February 9-12 - Heavy fighting continues between Peru and Ecuador. Peruvian and Ecuadorian air forces step up their activities.
February 10 - Two Peruvian Sukhoi Su-22Ms are shot down by a pair of Ecuadorian Mirage F.1JAs. Almost simultaneously, a Peruvian Cessna A-37B is also shot down by an Ecuadorian Kfir C.2.
February 10 - the prototype Antonov An-70 is destroyed after a mid-air collision with an An-72 chase plane. All seven aboard are killed in the crash.
February 13 - $US 5 million in damage is caused when a violent thunderstorm hits Miami International Airport. Four airliners and nine airbridges are seriously damaged.
March
March 14 - an Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crashes near Baku after running out of fuel. Crew negligence is blamed, and it is suggested that the flight crew were drunk.
April
April 4 - Russian Air Force warplanes are deployed to support the mobilisation of troops into Chechnia
May
May 16 - a Royal Air Force BAe Nimrod is forced to ditch in Moray Firth
May 25 - a combined force of NATO aircraft attack a Serb ammunition depot near Jahorinski Potok
May 28 - Serb forces shoot down a Mil Mi-8 carrying the Bosnian foreign minister and a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon
August
August 16 - A Concorde sets a new speed record for a round-the-world flight. It returns to JFK International Airport in New York after a journey lasting 31 hours 27 minutes, passing through Toulouse, Dubai, Bangkok, Guam, Honolulu and Acapulco. [1]
August 30 - Operation Deliberate Force is launched by NATO against Bosnian Serb forces. Two hundred sorties are flown during the first 24 hours, including the first combat missions flown by the Luftwaffe since World War II. Raids continued until September 14.
November
November 17 - Rollout of the first HAL Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) technology demonstrator, TD-1.
December
December 20 - American Airlines Boeing 757 crashes on a mountainside near Cali, Colombia minutes before landing approach. 159 people died.
First flights
Cirrus SR20
March
March 31 - Grob Strato 2C
June
June 9 - Eurocopter Colibri
August
August 17 - Embraer ERJ 145 family
August 25 - Airbus A319
September
September 18 - Lambach HL II
October
October 7 - Learjet 45
November
November 2 - Fokker F60
November 28 - Gulfstream V
December
December 1 - Air Tractor AT-602
December 18 - NHI NH90
Entered service
June
June 17 - Boeing 777 with United Airlines