Airline

==History==

==History==

===The first airlines===

===The first airlines===

[[DELAG]], ''Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft I'' was the [[List of airlines by foundation date|world's first airline]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.airships.net/delag-passenger-zeppelins |title=DELAG: The World's First Airline, using dirgibles. |publisher=Airships.net |access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref> It was founded on November 16, 1909, with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The [[Zeppelin|Zeppelin Corporation]]. Its headquarters were in [[Frankfurt]].

[[DELAG]], ''Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft I'' was the [[List of airlines by foundation date|world's first airline]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.airships.net/delag-passenger-zeppelins |title=DELAG: The World's First Airline, using dirgibles. |publisher=Airships.net |access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref> It was founded on November 16, 1909, with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The [[Zeppelin|Zeppelin Corporation]]. Its headquarters were in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.

The first [[fixed-wing]] scheduled airline was started on January 1, 1914. The flight was piloted by Tony Jannus and flew from [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], to [[Tampa, Florida]], operated by the [[St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Crouch |first=Tom D. |last2=Reilly |first2=Thomas |date=1999 |title=Jannus: An American Flier. |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2587417 |journal=The Journal of Southern History |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=433 |doi=10.2307/2587417 |issn=0022-4642}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Airways |date=2023-08-13 |title=The History of Commercial Flight: How Global Travel Took off |url=https://airwaysmag.com/how-global-travel-took-off/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Airways |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.space.com/16657-worlds-first-commercial-airline-the-greatest-moments-in-flight.html|title=World's First Commercial Airline {{!}} The Greatest Moments in Flight|work=Space.com|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

The first [[fixed-wing]] scheduled airline was started on January 1, 1914. The [[St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line]] was piloted by [[Tony Jannus]] and flew from [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], to [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Crouch |first=Tom D. |last2=Reilly |first2=Thomas |date=1999 |title=Jannus: An American Flier. |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2587417 |journal=The Journal of Southern History |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=433 |doi=10.2307/2587417 |issn=0022-4642}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Airways |date=2023-08-13 |title=The History of Commercial Flight: How Global Travel Took off |url=https://airwaysmag.com/how-global-travel-took-off/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Airways |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.space.com/16657-worlds-first-commercial-airline-the-greatest-moments-in-flight.html|title=World's First Commercial Airline {{!}} The Greatest Moments in Flight|work=Space.com|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

===Europe===

===Europe===