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Subject: The Oldest Airlines in the World That Are Still Flying Today
Date: 2 Oct 2018 12:23:55 -0700
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...the oldest is:
1. KLM
Founding date: October 7, 1919
Country: Netherlands
Call sign: KL
With a tongue-twister like Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij for a name, no
is the Royal Aviation Company, and it is the oldest existing airline in the
world. Its first flight ever was aboard a De Havilland DH-16 piloted by Captain
Jerry Shaw between Amsterdam Schipol and London in 1920, and its first
airline has a fleet of 200 planes and carries over 30 million passengers per
year.
...for the rest, go here:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/the-oldest-airlines-in-the-world-that-are-still-flying-today/ss-BBM030M?li=BBnb7Kz#image=14
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