Air Logistics : COMMERCIAL AIRLINES INDUSTRY IS 100 YEARS OLD!

January 1st 1914 marked an event that would change the world – the first ever scheduled flight with a paying passenger. It was Mayor Abe Pheil for the thrill, purchased the first ever ticket at the cost of USD 400.00 then to fly in a passenger plane. Tony Jannus flew that bi-wing seaplane from St Petersburg, FL, to Tampa in a 23 minutes journey. Normally such a trip would take 2 hours on a steam ship across Tampa Bay. Thus, it marked the birth of the global airline industry. 100 years has passed since & the airline industry has changed a lot at this point of time.

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Mahinder Singh Malhi