First flights quiz

Which aviator was the first to complete a successful transpacific flight in 1928, and now has Sydney’s main airport named in his honour?

On 21 January 1976, which plane did British Airways give its debut scheduled flight on the route from London to Bahrain?

Which European budget airline launched its first flight – from London Luton Airport to Glasgow – on 10 November 1995, using the slogan “making flying as affordable as a pair of jeans”?

Which carrier, the oldest existing airline in the world, made its first scheduled flight between London and Amsterdam on 17 May 1920?

Which bay did the world’s first ever scheduled passenger flight – an airboat service – cross on 1 January 1914?

Which airline’s first scheduled flight route was from Charleville to Cloncurry in Queensland, Australia?

Which major American airline launched its inaugural passenger service from Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi in 1929?

Which aircraft made its scheduled debut on Singapore Airlines flight SQ380 from Singapore to Sydney on 15 October 2007?

Which major international airline’s first scheduled flight was on 25 October 1985, landing first in Karachi, Pakistan, then Mumbai, India?

The first ever scheduled flight aboard a jet airliner – the De Havilland DH.106 Comet in 1952 – was from London to which African city?