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First passenger flight: Wilbur Wright takes an employee along for a ride
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Silas Christofferson carries passengers by hydroplane between San Francisco and Oakland harbors
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First airline tickets are sold via the Internet
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Burgess Co. becomes the first licensed commercial aircraft manufacturer
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Army Airfield established at College Park, Md., by Wilbur Wright, making it the longest continuously operating airport in the world today
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Orville Wright opens the first commercial flight school in Montgomery, Ala.
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National Air Mail service inaugurated
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KLM begins operation, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name
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Sydney Airport opens for commercial service
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First female flight attendant, Ellen Church, is hired by Boeing Air Transport (now United Airlines)
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United Airlines begins flying coast to coast with a Boeing 247 flight lasting nearly 20 hours
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First ticketless travel becomes available
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Boeing produces twin-engine 777, the first aircraft produced via computer-aided design and engineering
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Smoking is banned on all domestic flights
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First web-based passenger check-in and online boarding passes
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Transportation Security Administration established in response to September 11 attacks
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Airbus A380 enters commercial service capable of carrying 850 passengers
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Transportation Security Administration formally accepts airport scanners as the primary method of pre-flight screening
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Airbus announces signing of the largest aircraft deal in history based on aircraft ordered: 200 planes ordered by AirAsia
