page_title: 2018 in aviation
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in aviation / Events / April
caption_attribution_description: Cirrus Vision SF50 light jet
context_page_description: This is a list of aviation-related events in 2018.
context_section_description: 1 April
  The 100th anniversary of the formation of Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 in the United Kingdom it is the oldest independent air force in the world.
  2 April
  NASA awards Lockheed Martin a $247.5 million contract to design, build and deliver in late 2021 the Quiet Supersonic Technology Low-Boom X-plane.
  3 April
  Already a Boeing 737 Max 8 customer, Indian Jet Airways order 75 more, not disclosing the variant, valued at $7.2 to $9.7 billion before customary discounts.
  4 April
  Cirrus Aircraft is awarded the 2017 Collier Trophy for designing, certifying, and entering-into-service the SF50 Vision, the first single-engine personal jet.
  China proposes 25% tariffs on Boeing airliners in retaliation to Trump tariffs, with a weight cap apparently to leave negotiations open.
  Widerøe takes delivery of its first of three 114-seat Embraer 190-E2 in Sao Jose dos Campos.
  6 April
  Adding to its previous order for 42, American Airlines orders 47 Boeing 787s, 22 -8s and 25 -9s, for over $12 billion at list prices. American simultaneously cancels its 22 A350s order originally placed by US Airways.
  11 April
  In northern Algeria, an Algerian Air Force Il-76 transport plane crashes shortly after take-off from Boufarik Airport, killing its 257 occupants.
  17 April
  A failure of the left engine on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 broke a window, causing a passenger to be partially sucked out. That person died and seven other people were injured. The plane was flying from New Yorks LaGuardia Airport to Dallas Love Field and made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport.
  24 April
  Widerøe introduces the Embraer 190-E2 between Bergen and Tromso, Norway.
  Virgin America made its final flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles before being taken over by Alaska Airlines.
  25 April
  ILA Berlin Air Show is held 25–29 April.
caption: The Cirrus Vision SF50 is awarded the 2017 Collier Trophy on 4 April
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