The first commercial flight took place in nineteen fourteen in Florida.
Why it is true
This historic flight, operated by the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, carried a single passenger across Tampa Bay in a seaplane, marking the beginning of commercial aviation.
Source: Aviation
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