Jobs were saved, they said, but a part of aviation history was being lost.
Both companies have their roots deep in the nation's aviation history.
Its loss last year, $3.51 billion, was the largest in aviation history.
It was at the time the worst disaster in aviation history.
IT is one of the worst periods in aviation history.
It was, at the time, the worst accident in British aviation history.
A 71 year long chapter of Swiss aviation history thus came to an end.
It was one of the worst disasters in aviation history.
"I was a little worried about the aviation history going down the tubes."
This is the highest accident site in commercial aviation history.
