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American concern during World War II over the German shares of the airline (as it was founded by Germans and Colombians), forced SCADTA to merge in 1940 with the smaller state-owned SACO to form Avianca [a] – making it thereby the de facto "Second oldest airline by foundation date", though the claim remains contentious. [b] Handley Page ...
Here are 10 of the oldest airlines in the world still in operation. 1. KLM. Year of foundation: 1919. First flight: May 1920. Passengers transported in the first year: 440.
Founded in 1919, KLM is the oldest operating airline in the world, and has 35,488 employees with a fleet of 110 aircraft (excluding subsidiaries) as of 2021. [8] KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 145 destinations.
Qantas is the world's third-oldest airline by foundation date and the oldest airline in the English-speaking world — being founded in November 1920. [34] [35] Qantas is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, as it originally served Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is popularly ...
Airlines established in 2006 (120 P) Airlines established in 2007 (1 C, 93 P) Airlines established in 2008 (80 P) Airlines established in 2009 (89 P)
Lists of airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the continent from which they operate. Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics.
DELAG, acronym for Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft (German for "German Airship Travel Corporation"), was the world's first airline to use an aircraft in revenue service. [1] It operated a fleet of zeppelin rigid airships manufactured by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Corporation. Its headquarters were located in Frankfurt, Germany.
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