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Commercial Aviation – 100 years on

This month marks 100 years since the first ever commercial aviation flight.  On 1 January 1914 the first ever paying passenger took a flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida in a bi-wing airboat. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), over 3 billion passengers and 50 million tonnes of cargo reach their destination by air every year.  This supports over 57…