Airlines of the Jet Age: A HistoryAirlines of the Jet Age provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airlines from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with an informative introductory chapter on the infancy of flight and the development of air-transport craft used during the First and Second World Wars, and then wings into the "first" Jet Age--the advent of jet airlines. It continues through the "second" Jet Age of wide-bodied aircraft, such as the Boeing 747 and DC-10, and closes with the introduction of the "third" Jet Age, which begins with the giant double-decked Airbus A380. This reference book is an unparalelled reference for aviation buffs, covering airlines around the globe and throughout the modern eras of human flight. The last book written by renowned airline historian R.E.G. Davies, Airlines of the Jet Age is the ultimate resource for information and insight on modern air transport. |
Contents
| 1903 | |
| 1930 | |
Turboprop Ascendancy | |
The First Big Jets | |
Proliferation | |
Emergence of the Middle East | |
The Growth of China | |
India Awakes | |
The Subcontinent Fragments | |
Eastern Asia Emergent | |
Budget Fares for Southeast Asia | |
THE COMMONWEALTH ADJUSTS | |
Airlines of Australia | |
New Zealand and the Pacific | |
Development of a Second Line | |
The Commuter Airlines | |
Restoring the Balance | |
WideBodied Jets | |
Supersonic Digression | |
Development of the Breeds | |
Redefining the U S Second Line | |
Regional Airlines Worldwide | |
AIRLINE DEREGULATION | |
The United States Sets the Pace | |
The Airline World Deregulates | |
Russian Metamorphosis | |
Decline of the American Giants | |
Birth of the LowFare Generation | |
TRANSFORMATION IN EUROPE | |
LowFare Revolution | |
British Airways Ascendancy | |
France Consolidates | |
Germany Regains a Leading Role | |
European Airline Attrition | |
Jet Wings over the Mediterranean | |
Farthest North with the Scandinavians | |
Europe Unites | |
RISE OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | |
Canada Reorganizes | |
A CONTINENT MADE FOR AIR TRANSPORT | |
The Sleeping Giant Awakes | |
Down Mexico | |
Around the Caribbean | |
Central America | |
Airlines of the Andes | |
Farthest South | |
AFRICA | |
Across the Mediterranean | |
SubSaharan Contradictions | |
End of the Empire Airlines | |
To the Cape and Beyond | |
TRANSITIONS | |
The Third Jet Age Begins | |
A New CompetitorHigh Speed Rail | |
A New Age Beckons | |
SELECTED AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATIONS | |
NOTABLE EVENTS AND FACTS | |
MONETARY CONVERSION FROM 1940 TO 2010 | |
THE FIVE FREEDOMS OF THE | |
THE WORLDS LARGEST AIRLINES | |
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