We celebrated a plethora of anniversaries in 2019, among them the launch of the first regular passenger, mail, and parcel air service between London and Paris.
Though seemingly located on Europe's opposite ends, the Baltic Sea region and the Italian Peninsula have a few meeting points, including Finnlines being part of the Neapolitan Grimaldi Group.
This picture was taken on 14 September 1935 in Gdynia, the day before the brand-new passenger vessel Piłsudski (gross register tonnage of 14,294) set sail for its maiden voyage to the New York City.
Though marked with the military Three Crowns as well as manned and operated by the Swedish Airforce, the flying ambulance Junkers W34 was bought and owned by non-governmental associations to serve the remote communities scattered along the Swedish Baltic coast.