Companies which offer air transport services. Prefer a specific tag where available (see tag info).
An Airline is a company that provides transportation services by air of both cargo and passengers. Airlines trace their origins to mid XIX century when Rufus Porter and Fraderick Marriott attempted to provide commercial service between New York and California using an airship and while project was unsuccessful the idea was born.
The first commercial airline was founded in Germany back in 1909, which was using airships. The first airline using heavier then air crafts started in 1913 in Florida.
The Oldest Airline still in operation is KLM founded in 1919.
There is a searchable list of airline codes at http://www.airlinecodes.info/iata/A.
In addition to generic tags such as airline-alliances and low-cost-carriers, tags for specific airlines include:
aegean-airlines aeroflot aerolineas-argentinas aeromexico airasia air-baltic air-canada air-china air-france air-india air-new-zealand alaska-airlines american-airlines ana asiana-airlines boa borajet british-airways cathay-pacific china-airlines china-eastern china-southern-airlines delta-air-lines dragonair easyjet emirates etihad eurowings finnair flydubai frontier-airlines goair gulf-air iberia icelandair israir-airlines jal jet-airways jetstar kingfisher-airlines klm korean-air lot-polish-airlines lufthansa luxair malaysia-airlines norwegian-air-shuttle oman-air peach-aviation philippine-airlines qantas qatar-airways royal-air-maroc royal-jordanian ryanair sas saudi-airlines singapore-airlines societe-hop southwest-airlines spicejet spirit-airlines swiss tam-airlines thomson-airways transavia turkish-airlines united-airlines us-airways virgin-atlantic virgin-australia vueling wizz-air wow-air
