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A fact from DELAG appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the world's first airline was DELAG, which operated with zeppelin airships?

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DM in 1909 ???? !!!![edit]

How on earth could the affair have costed 3,000,000 DM when that currency did not come into existence until nearly 50 years after? If it's supposed to be a modern comparison, then it should of course be in Euros.

130.95.1.188 01:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

World's first airline?[edit]

Rufus Porter might've disagreed with you on whether DELAG was actually the first overall. But it was probably the first to fly something in revenue service...68.36.214.143 (talk) 18:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Porter: In A.D. 1849, history was beginning.

DELAG: What happen ?

Gold Rusher: Somebody set up us the blimp.

Spectator: We tear apart.

Porter: What!

Spectator: Big blimp tear apart.

Porter: It's you!!

DELAG: How are you Americans!!

DELAG: All your first are belong to us.

DELAG: You are on the way to bankruptcy.

Porter: What you say!!

DELAG: You have no money to emerge make your time.

DELAG: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....

Gold Rusher: Porter!! *

Porter: Take off every 'ZEP'!!

Porter: You know what you flying.

Porter: Move 'ZEP'.

Porter: For big history.

68.36.214.143 (talk) 18:22, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Around the world in 3 days?[edit]

Did DELAG pioneer transglobal air flight? What year? Trekphiler (talk) 17:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. 1929. HTH 89.204.137.149 (talk) 23:26, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nov 16 2019 DYK[edit]

Don't know how early to start scheduling DYK hooks, but world first airline is pretty good. I'm trying to find world/US first airline passenger. ^Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 03:00, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Compagnie générale transaérienne[edit]

Every source seems to list DELAG as the world's first airline. However, Compagnie générale transaérienne was founded in October 10, 1909, over a month before DELAG. Though, some sources mention DELAG's founding day as October 16 or October 1st. If last is correct, then it would precede CGT.--Mikoyan21 (talk) 14:19, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]