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First commercial flight
The first scheduled commercial flight between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, lasted 23 minutes. On January 1, Tony Jannus piloted the Benoist seaplane with Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, the only passenger on board. This flight marked the beginning of regular passenger air transport. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives. -
The oldest airline still got it
KLM made its first flight in 1919; It is the oldest airline in the world that continues to operate. In 1920, KLM launched a regular service between London and Amsterdam, which is in force today. During its first year of service, KLM carried 345 passengers and nearly 25,000 kilos of mail and cargo, which today carries a 747 in a single flight. Photo courtesy of the British Airways Heritage Collection Museum. -
Air transport rules in
Air transport is used for the first time for official travel. -
Warsaw Convention
The Warsaw Convention, signed on October 12, 1929, was the first international treaty on air transport. The agreement obliged the carrier to issue a ticket and a baggage check and harmonized the legislation on liability. -
Clipper
Pan Am operated the first trans-Pacific flight with a Clipper between San Francisco and Manila. The flight lasted a week with several stops and delivered more than 100,000 letters of mail. The plane was scheduled to fly over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - under construction at the time - but the pilot realized that it would not be possible and managed to cross it underneath. -
Chicago Convention
The Chicago Convention established standards to regulate air travel and safety. 52 States participated in the signature and it continues to be the regulatory basis for commercial aviation. -
Kangaroo Route
Qantas began operating its first Kangaroo route in 1947. The fare cost the equivalent of two years' salary for the average Australian. Today, the price of the trip is comparable to a week's salary, a sign of the reduction of costs in the industry. -
First commercial jet plane
The first commercial jet aircraft, the de Havilland Comet, entered service with BOAC. The Comet had safety problems and, despite having been corrected in later models, BOAC stopped flying this model aircraft in 1965. The Comet made its last commercial flight in 1981. -
First boarding bridge
The premiere of the first passenger boarding bridge represented an enormous success and the beginning of a path towards greater comfort in the passenger travel experience. -
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747, the first wide-body aircraft, entered service in January 1970 on Pan Am's New York-London flight. Its latest passenger version, the 747-8I, entered service in 2012. -
Concorde
The Concorde began its regular service between London and Bahrain, and Paris-Rio de Janeiro. The plane was painted with white reflective paint to prevent heat build-up from its high speed. The supersonic jet remained in service for 27 years. -
US Air Deregulation Act
The Act eliminated government control over fares, routes, and market access for new airlines, a measure that exposed US carriers to market forces and began a long path toward full and global liberalization of airlines. the industry. The current price of a round trip between New York and Los Angeles is a clear example of the application of this law: before deregulation, the trip cost about $ 1,500; today, the trip costs around $ 300. -
Launch of American Airlines Advantage
Robert Crandall, president, and CEO of American Airlines, was the driving force behind AAdvantage, the first airline industry recognized frequent flyer program (FFP), versus the loyalty program launched by Texas International. Airlines a couple of years before. AAdvantage has been a benchmark for these types of programs and, with its 67 million members, continues to be one of the largest FFPs in the world. -
Wings Alliance between KLM and NorthWest
The first major alliance never grew beyond the two airlines that founded it, but it highlighted both the challenges to overcome and the benefits of consolidation for passengers. -
Cathay Pacific performs first transpolar flight
Nicknamed Polar One, the flight connected New York with Hong Kong in 16 hours via the North Pole. The new route improved the connection between the United States and Asia in response to the growing demand for destinations between these two regions. Today, transpolar flights are a key element in the global economy. -
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Modern aircrafts
La Industria Aeronáutica, ha logrado alcanzar una relevancia importante debido a que se fabrican aviones tan rápidos como la velocidad de la luz, naves exploradoras del espacio, grandes naves para pasajeros que dan vuelta al mundo -
First commercial flight with biofuel
Lufthansa operated the first series of scheduled biofuel flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt. Since then, the number of commercial biofuel flights has been on the rise, and many biofuel variations have been successfully tested. Now, the challenge is to ensure its commercial viability to help airlines achieve their environmental goals. -
Airbus A350 about to enter service
Qatar Airways is the launch customer for the Airbus A350. A half century between this new aircraft model and the biplane used by Tony Jannus. The Airbus A350 is a new leap in passenger comfort and operational and environmental efficiency.