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By Henri Giffard in France
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Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG)
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First crossing of Atlantic flying from US to Newfoundland then t Azores and on to Portugal and finally to the UK. Took 23 days
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209 hours
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From London to Johannesburg
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first production commercial jetliner.
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345 people. Held the passenger capacity record for 37 years
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Rutan Model 76 Voyager
9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds -
800 people
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world airline traffic fell 3.1% in 2009
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moderate recovrery of 3.3%
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Forecast a reutrn to 5.5% yearly growth in airline travel