There's a lot to be gained by being the first but things move so fast nowdays that the first mover advantage may not be easy to last. I was curious about the oldest airline and did a search and found this from Wikipedia.


Like wow... almost 100 years old. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline The four oldest non-dirigible airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM (1919), Colombia's Avianca (1919), Australia's Qantas (1921), and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923).