Air

AIR

By sophd

  • First powered flight

    First powered flight
    By Henri Giffard in France

  • Zeppelins first flown commercially

    Zeppelins first flown commercially
    Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG)

  • First crossing of atlantic

    First crossing of Atlantic flying from US to Newfoundland then t Azores and on to Portugal and finally to the UK. Took 23 days

  • First round the world commerical flight

    First round the world commerical flight
    209 hours

  • de Havilland comet first introduced

    de Havilland comet first introduced

  • First commerical passenger jet

    First commerical passenger jet
    From London to Johannesburg

  • de Havilland Comet

    de Havilland Comet
    first production commercial jetliner.

  • Boeing 747 first flight

    Boeing 747 first flight
    345 people. Held the passenger capacity record for 37 years

  • Concorde first flight

    Concorde first flight

  • First 'round the world' non-stop flight

    First 'round the world' non-stop flight
    Rutan Model 76 Voyager
    9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds

  • Airbus A380 first flight

    Airbus A380 first flight
    800 people

  • ICAO

    world airline traffic fell 3.1% in 2009

  • Recovery

    moderate recovrery of 3.3%

  • Forecast

    Forecast a reutrn to 5.5% yearly growth in airline travel