Oldest Airlines – Still Open

The Royal Dutch Airlines legally known as Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij or KLM is the Netherlands national airline.

KLM was established in 1919 making it the world’s oldest operating airline. The airline still operates under its original name scheduling passengers and cargo services to about 130 destinations.

The headquarters of KLM is in the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. As of 2013, the airline had 32, 505 employees. The first KLM flight took off on May 17th, 1920.

Jerry Shaw was the first KLM flying pilot from the Croydon Airport in London to Amsterdam.