Category: Travel > Aviation
The world's first-ever airplane ticket was issued on December 17, 1903, to a man named Charles Furnas, who purchased a flight from the Wright brothers after their historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This ticket was not for a commercial airline as we know it today but rather for a demonstration flight, which lasted only 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet. This moment marked the beginning of a new era in transportation, shifting the paradigm of travel from ground to air. As air travel evolved over the decades, the ticketing process transformed significantly, leading to the complex systems we have now, including online bookings and electronic tickets, making global travel more accessible than ever before.