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"Top 10 Airlines in Latin America By Arlene Fleming". Airtravel.about.com. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

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aea.be (Global: low place; English: low place)

"About Us » Air Transport in Europe". Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

aeroflot.ru (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Aeroflot History | Aeroflot". www.aeroflot.ru. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

airbus.com (Global: 1,775^th place; English: 1,600^th place)

"Latin America needs more than 2,000 new passenger aircraft in next 20 years". Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

airfranceklm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Group". www.airfranceklm.com. Retrieved July 6, 2025. Air France [was] founded on 7 October .. 1933, through the merger of five French airlines – Air Union, Air Orient, Société Générale de Transport Aérienne (SGTA), CIDNA, and Aéropostale. ... In 1924, Jean Mermoz established the route between Toulouse and Barcelona, which flies over the Pyrenees.

airlinehistory.co.uk (Global: 7,943^rd place; English: 4,054^th place)

"Airline History 1903 to 1919". www.airlinehistory.co.uk. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

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"Chalks Airlines Loses Flight License". airportbusiness.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

airships.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"DELAG: The World's First Airline". Airships.net. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
"LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin". Airships.net. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
"Hindenburg". Airships.net. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

airwaysmag.com (Global: low place; English: 6,523^rd place)

Airways (August 13, 2023). "The History of Commercial Flight: How Global Travel Took off". Airways. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
"2/06/1919: Deutsche Luft-Reederei Maiden Flight". airwaysmag.com. Retrieved July 1, 2026.

anna.aero (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Seasonality: Jet2.com and Greek Islands most extreme in anna.aero leisure-legacy comparison". Airline Network News and Analysis. March 1, 2017. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

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"The American Society for Quality Debuts Quarterly Quality Report with 10-Year Analysis". American Society of Quality (ASQ). Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.

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"Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders" (PDF). Air Transport Action Group. October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.

aviationweek.com (Global: 1,271^st place; English: 732^nd place)

Sean Broderick (May 14, 2018). "Big U.S. Airlines Seek Long-term Profitability". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018.
Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield and Aaron Karp (June 12, 2018). "Airlines' Formula For Protecting Profits: Higher Fares". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Doganis, Rigas (2001). The Airline Business in the Twenty-first Century. Psychology Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-415-20883-3.
Bartsch, Ronald I. C. (2024). International Aviation Law: A Practical Guide. Taylor & Francis. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-040-14768-9. The first fixed wing scheduled passenger air service ... was operated by the St Petersberg-Tampa Airboat Line. ... The first regular international passenger air service was a weekly flight between Paris and Brussels which commenced on 22 March 1919. [Operated by] Lignes Aériennes Farman
Hitchens, Frank (2023). Pioneer Aviators: ...and the Planes They Flew. Andrews UK Limited. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-83791-189-9.
Grant, Tina; Derdak, Thomas (1996). International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-55862-342-2. British Airways' earliest predecessor was Aircraft Transport & Travel, Ltd., founded in 1916.
Cook, Gerald N.; Billig, Bruce G. (2023). Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook. Taylor & Francis. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-000-86999-6.
Rothacher, Albrecht (2005). Corporate Globalization: Business Cultures in Asia and Europe. Marshall Cavendish Academic. p. 90. ISBN 978-981-210-373-4. BA's earliest predecessor was Aircraft Transport & Travel
Segell, Glen (1998). The Defence Industrial Base and Foreign Policy. Glen Segell Publishers. ISBN 978-1-901414-12-7.
Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier. November 27, 2017. ISBN 978-0-12-813576-1. The first, scheduled international air service commenced in Mar., 1919, linking Paris and Brussels, while a daily service connecting Paris and London by August.
Bluffield, Robert (2014). Over Empires and Oceans: Pioneers, Aviators and Adventurers - Forging the International Air Routes 1918-1939. Tattered Flag. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-9576892-6-8. AT&T was the first of Britain's pioneering airlines. Founded on 5 October 1916 ... The 25 August 1919 was an aviation landmark. ... It was also the world's first [daily] commercial fixed-wing scheduled international service.
American Aviation. American Aviation Publications. 1948. p. 18. Air France, by tracing its lineage back to the original parent company, formed in 1918, establishes itself as one of the world's oldest air carriers.
Johnson, Amy (2014). Sky Roads of the World. RHE Media Limited. ISBN 978-1-910226-11-7. Air France can claim the oldest air service in the world, for it was in 1918 that the beginnings of the South Atlantic air mail service were laid
Cook, Gerald N.; Billig, Bruce G. (May 4, 2023). Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-87009-1.
Brown, Raymond J., ed. (February 1933), "First Transatlantic Air Line Links Two Continents", Popular Science, 122 (2): 13–15 and 104
Jr, John L. Hoh. Pioneers of Profit Among the Clouds. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-105-36137-1.
Martel, Gordon (April 15, 2008). A Companion to International History 1900–2001. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470766293.
Pran Nath Seth; Pran Nath Seth, Sushma Seth Bhat (2003). An Introduction To Travel And Tourism. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 978-81-207-2482-2.
S Bhatt (2007). International Environmental Law. APH Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-81-313-0125-8.
Jean-Cyril Spinetta (November 2000), "The New Economics", Air Transport: Global Economics require Global Regulatory Perspectives round table, Brussels: IATA-AEA, unpublished, quoted in Doganis, R. (2002). Flying off course : the economics of international airlines (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 6. ISBN 9780415213240.

britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 64^th place)

"History of flight - The first airlines". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
"Sir Alan J. Cobham | Aviation Pioneer, Flight Innovator, Air Travel Advocate | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
"Bolivia - Transportation | history - geography". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

businessinsider.com (Global: 201^st place; English: 139^th place)

"The Boeing 747 jumbo jet changed air travel with this momentous event 47 years ago". Business Insider. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

canadiancapitalist.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Buffett's spot-on advice". Money Sense. Archived from the original on March 7, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2008.

centennialofflight.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

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"Air Transportation: The Airline Bankruptcies of the 1980s". centennialofflight.net. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

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"Imperial Airways". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
"history of airliners 1950 to 1959". www.century-of-flight.net. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

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cnbc.com (Global: 303^rd place; English: 191^st place)

"Robert Cranall former CEO AA, CNBC". CNBC. November 29, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

"Budget airlines changed the world. What next?". CNN Travel. March 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

cornell.edu (Global: 308^th place; English: 253^rd place)

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Bamber, G.J.; Gittell, J.H.; Kochan, T.A.; von Nordenflytch, A. (2009). "chapter 5". Up in the Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging their Employees. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2025.

dallasnews.com (Global: 903^rd place; English: 457^th place)

"The Southwest effect is". Dallas News. October 8, 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

defra.gov.uk (Global: 5,513^th place; English: 2,883^rd place)

Including Aviation into the EU ETS: Impact on EU allowance prices Archived 15 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine ICF Consulting for DEFRA February 2006

disciplesofflight.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Clark, Anders (22 August 2014). "Now That's a Big Arrow Archived December 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine". Disciples of Flight. Retrieved 16 July 2015

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Crouch, Tom D.; Reilly, Thomas (1999). "Jannus: An American Flier". The Journal of Southern History. 65 (2): 433. doi:10.2307/2587417. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2587417.
Travis, David J.; Carleton, Andrew M.; Lauritsen, Ryan G (2002). "Contrails reduce daily temperature range" (PDF). Nature. 418 (6898): 601. Bibcode:2002Natur.418..601T. doi:10.1038/418601a. PMID 12167846. S2CID 4425866. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2006.
Kumar, B. Rajesh (2012). "Mergers and Acquisitions in the Airline Industry". In Kumar, B. Rajesh (ed.). Mega Mergers and Acquisitions: Case Studies from Key Industries. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 226–230. doi:10.1057/9781137005908_11. ISBN 978-1-137-00590-8.

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"Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.

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"U". Dot.gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

dw.com (Global: 205^th place; English: 320^th place)

"Alitalia Future Hinges on Rescue Package". DW.COM. September 7, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

economist.com (Global: 331^st place; English: 272^nd place)

"Gambles that haven't paid off". The Economist. January 19, 2015. ISSN 0013-0613.

europa.eu (Global: 62^nd place; English: 100^th place)

"Climate change: Commission proposes bringing air transport into EU Emissions Trading Scheme" (Press release). EU press release. December 20, 2006. Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2008.

fin.gc.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

David W. Gillen; William G. Morrison; Christopher Stewart (October 6, 2008). "Air Travel Demand Elasticities: Concepts, Issues and Measurement". Department of Finance Canada. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009.

finavia.fi (Global: low place; English: low place)

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flightglobal.com (Global: 222^nd place; English: 157^th place)

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"Imperial Air Transport Company: Appointment of Government Directors". Flight. December 20, 1923. p. 760. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
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Pandey, B.K. (April–May 2013). "Encouraging Changes" (PDF). SP's AirBuz. 6 (2): 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
"Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders" (PDF). Air Transport Action Group. October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.
"Airline Operating Costs and Productivity" (PDF). ICAO. February 20, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022.

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jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Crouch, Tom D.; Reilly, Thomas (1999). "Jannus: An American Flier". The Journal of Southern History. 65 (2): 433. doi:10.2307/2587417. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2587417.

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klm.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"History of KLM - KLM United States". History of KLM - KLM United States. Archived from the original on June 29, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025. KLM is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.
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Alba, Joseph (October 7, 2019). "Celebrating KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 100th Anniversary". Metropolitan Airport News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2021. In 1921, KLM started scheduled services.

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Ángel González (August 30, 2007). "To go green in jet fuel, Boeing looks at algae". Seattle Times Newspaper. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017.

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