2000 in aviation

January
January 30 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.

January 31 - An Alaska Airlines Flight 261,an McDonnell Douglas MD-83,Crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Los Angeles, 20 miles west of Point Mugu Naval Air Station. 88 passengers and crew are killed.

February
February 11 - JetBlue Airways commenced operations.

April
April 19 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes near Davao International Airport, killing 131.

May
May 15 - Helios Airways commenced airline operations.

July
July 10 - EADS is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, Dornier, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA).

July 25 - a Concorde of Air France (Air France Flight 4590) catches fire after takeoff, crashing and killing all 100 passengers, nine crew and four people on the ground, at Gonesse, France.

August
August 31 - Virgin Blue began airline operations.

November
November 3 - Last flight of an EC-135E Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft as a flight crew from the Air Force Flight Test Center delivered the last EC-135E, (serial number 60-374 - nicknamed "The Bird of Prey"), with full Prime Mission Electronic Equipment (PMEE), to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

First flights

January
RQ-8A Fire Scout first autonomous flight

February
February 29 - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35

March
Adam M-309 CarbonAero

July
July 18 - Dassault AVE-D Petit Duc stealth UAV