United Airlines celebrated its 90^th birthday last week. The aviation giant began April 6, 1926, as an airmail carrier flying from Washington to Idaho. Things only got better from there, and United Airlines boasts an entire host of airline “firsts” under its belt.

In 1936, the airline served the first in-flight meal to commercial passengers, which was a choice between fried chicken and scrambled eggs. It brought live television to passengers in the 1960s, when travelers aboard the Boeing 707 could watch live television on a communal TV in the in-flight lounge, but only when flying over major metropolitan areas. It was also the first airline to fly to all 50 U.S. states. Most recently, United Airlines became the first to incorporate a commercial-scale volume of sustainable aviation biofuel into its regular flights.

Today, United Airlines averages 5,000 flights daily to 342 airports on six continents. Last year alone, it operated almost 2 million flights for 140 million customers.