92 Airlines Industry Trivia Questions with Answers
92 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which airline was the first to introduce lie-flat seats in business class?
Answer
British Airways
Which airline was the first to operate the Boeing 747-400 commercially in 1989?
Answer
Northwest Airlines
Which airline opened the world's first airport lounge, the Admirals Club, in 1939?
Answer
American Airlines
What nickname is most commonly used for the Boeing 747?
Answer
Jumbo Jet
Which airline introduced the Boeing 787 Dreamliner into commercial passenger service in 2011?
Answer
All Nippon Airways
What is the standard two-letter identifier assigned to an airline by IATA called?
Answer
IATA airline designator
Which airline introduced the Airbus A380 into commercial passenger service in 2007?
Answer
Singapore Airlines
Which airline operated the first scheduled Concorde service from London to Bahrain in 1976?
Answer
British Airways
Which airline was founded in 1924 as Huff Daland Dusters?
Answer
Delta Air Lines
Which airline was founded as Tata Airlines in 1932?
Answer
Air India
Which airline’s mascot is the Maharaja?
Answer
Air India
Which US law ended federal control of domestic airline fares and routes in 1978?
Answer
Airline Deregulation Act
In what year was Star Alliance founded?
Answer
1997
Which airline’s radio callsign is “Speedbird”?
Answer
British Airways
What does the airline term “codeshare” mean?
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A flight marketed by multiple airlines
Which airline was created in 1972 when Malaysia-Singapore Airlines split into two national carriers?
Answer
Singapore Airlines
Which airline was the first to operate a scheduled nonstop flight from London to New York in 1958?
Answer
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Which airline became the Boeing 717’s first commercial operator in 1999?
Answer
AirTran Airways
Which US airline was founded in 1967 by Herb Kelleher and began flying in 1971?
Answer
Southwest Airlines
What is the aviation term for an airline network centered on connecting hubs?
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Hub-and-spoke system
Which airline was founded by Freddie Laker in 1966?
Answer
Laker Airways
Which airline was the first low-cost carrier, founded in California in 1949?
Answer
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Which airline introduced the first commercial Boeing 737-800 service?
Answer
Hapag-Lloyd Flug
Which airline operated the first regular commercial service with the Boeing 747-400?
Answer
Northwest Airlines
Which airline became the first to offer a fully flat-bed business-class seat in 1999?
Answer
British Airways