kl692 From Canada, joined Feb 2006, 440 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2358 times:
Just wondering about the longest route serve by airline, I was reading article and stated that LH have beening serving ACC for over 40 years and it made wonder which airline have the record for serving a route the longest in years.
Just beat me to the post. If you count Imperial Airways as BA, I think it was operating DH-89s from LHR to Paris (not sure which airport) from about the '30s and is obviously still going today.
VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 5860 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2279 times:
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 1): Two I can think of off the top of my head, LON-PAR & SFO-HNL
Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd started the first sustained commercial aircraft service when it operated a DH16 two-seat converted bomber between Hounslow Heath (now known as LHR) and Le Bourget (LBG) on 25 August 1919. The flight carried one passenger, some mail, some grouse and some Devonshire cream.
KL577 From Netherlands, joined Oct 2006, 723 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2195 times:
Most 'obvious' candidates in Europe were stopped during WW2 (like LON-PAR and AMS-LON), so the winner is probably a route somewhere in the US.
Some longstanding KLM routes to take note of:
AMS-NYC (started in 1946, first transatlantic scheduled service to NYC after WW2).
I believe flights between Amsterdam and Batavia/Jakarta resumed in the fall of 1945?
One of my favourites: KLM started operating flights to Kano, Nigeria in 1947 and they still do today (although rumour has it that operations to Kano may not last very long......)
burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7217 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1861 times:
What about MSP-ORD, pax wise started in 1928 but has been served since 1926, originally started by NW and continues today at DL.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
EWRandMDW From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 335 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1793 times:
Quoting burnsie28 (Reply 9): What about MSP-ORD, pax wise started in 1928 but has been served since 1926, originally started by NW and continues today at DL.
It's more accurate to say MSP-Chicago as ORD didn't exist until WW2 (Orchard Field). Other old routes are Chicago-Newark, Boston-Newark, Washington-Newark, etc which have been around since the late 1920s or early 1930s when NYC had no commercial airports within its own city limits!
JQflightie From Australia, joined Mar 2009, 804 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1562 times:
QF started in an outback town in North Queensland, Australia, called Longreach LHE 92years ago, servicing a mail/pax route from there to BNE (via intermediate ports, but destination being BNE) and still to this day QantasLink operates BNE-LHE thats a pretty amazing feat!
ltbewr From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 11685 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1354 times:
Quoting EWRandMDW (Reply 10): It's more accurate to say MSP-Chicago as ORD didn't exist until WW2 (Orchard Field). Other old routes are Chicago-Newark, Boston-Newark, Washington-Newark, etc which have been around since the late 1920s or early 1930s when NYC had no commercial airports within its own city limits!
EWR's commercial status was suspened during WWI, it was a Naval Air Station then and was closed for several months in the early 1950's due to a series of crashes so not continious service.
Quoting JQflightie (Reply 11): QF started in an outback town in North Queensland, Australia, called Longreach LHE 92years ago, servicing a mail/pax route from there to BNE (via intermediate ports, but destination being BNE) and still to this day QantasLink operates BNE-LHE thats a pretty amazing feat!
Yes, but was this route suspended during WWII? Most likely it was or operated under the RAAF and not a commercial service.
Quoting rutankrd (Reply 8): I believe the longest served my well actually be by Avianca from Bogotá to Barranquilla uninterrupted since 1929 !
This might be the winner as it was probably not disrupted during WWII.
bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2147 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1241 times:
Quoting burnsie28 (Reply 9): What about MSP-ORD, pax wise started in 1928 but has been served since 1926, originally started by NW and continues today at DL.
Actually WA started pax service LAX-LAS-SLC in 1926. The LAX-LAS leg is still served today by DL CXN, and the LAS-SLC leg is still served by DL mainline.
TCASAlert From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1099 times:
Well as the OP does not state the longest continuous service (due to wars etc), rather the longest route served by an individual airline (and still operated by that airline), I would imagine the winner is AMS-LON with KLM, they have operated the route since 7 October 1919.
n901wa From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 286 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1022 times:
That is true. In Los Angeles, it was Vail Field in Montebello CA and was a oiled strip. Las Vegas was Western Air Express Airport that is now part of Nellis AFB, and Woodward Field in Salt Lake City is the persent site for SLC. The route is still LAX to SLC and was started as CAM-4 Air Route with WAE on April 17 1926, and and started carring PAX May 23 1926. That route is still being flown by Delta
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 18460 posts, RR: 17 Reply 19, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1013 times:
Quoting VV701 (Reply 5): Quoting RWA380 (Reply 1):
Two I can think of off the top of my head, LON-PAR & SFO-HNL
Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd started the first sustained commercial aircraft service when it operated a DH16 two-seat converted bomber between Hounslow Heath (now known as LHR) and Le Bourget (LBG) on 25 August 1919. The flight carried one passenger, some mail, some grouse and some Devonshire cream.
BA can trace its origins back to AT&T.
However, as already mentioned, London-Paris was interrupted druing WWII, unlike many U.S. domestic routes that started in the 1920s and have operated continuously since, and I think in some cases to/from the same airports at both ends of the route, unlike Paris Le Bourget which hasn't had scheduled service for over 30 years.
akiestar From Philippines, joined May 2009, 303 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 942 times:
AMS-MNL has been in service for over sixty years, and PR has been flying to SFO since 1946. Granted however, PR did stop all international service for a year of two, only to be restarted again because the government deemed it a matter of national policy.
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