15 Oldest Airlines in the World
With Delta recently celebrating it 95th birthday, this got me thinking, what are the oldest airlines in the world?
Some of these airlines are quite shocking- you'd never have guessed that they're so old. Others are controversial- years of mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and deregulations have led to several "birth" dates. And others are just common knowledge!
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15. LOT
LOT is the flag carrier of Poland, it is one of the oldest airlines in the world, and the oldest in Poland. Legally, it is incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT, however, it is more commonly known as LOT.
LOT was formed in December 1928 after the Polish government nationalized several pre-existing airlines in Poland. Their fir...