Flying the Flag: European Commercial Air Transport since 1945 [Hardcover]

Since the end of World War II, European airlines have revealed their own operational style. By analyzing seven European flag-carriers, Dienel and Lyth provide a comparative study of the airline business, covering government policy, aircraft procurement, network growth, commercial performance and collaboration with other airlines and transport modes. This study also seeks to explain why national flag-carriers have survived in an age of globalization and strategic alliances. A concluding chapter views the contrasting American air transport industry.Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; P. Lyth and H. Dienel Air France: An Elephant in an Evening Suit; N. Neiertz Chosen Instruments: the Evolution of British Airways; P. Lyth Lufthansa: Two German Airlines; H. Dienel KLM: An Airline Outgrowing its Flag; M. Dierikx Alitalia and Commercial Aviation in Italy; M. Mantegazza LOT: Connecting East and West in Poland; J. Filipczyk Airlines, Entrepreneurs and Bureaucrats: The America Experience; R. Bilstein Bibliography IndexROGER BILSTEIN Professor of Aviation and Aerospace History, University of HoustonMARC DIERIKX Independent scholar based in the NetherlandsJOANNA FILIPZCYK Teaches economic history at the University of Cracow in PolandAMILCARE MANTEGAZZA economic historian at the University of MilanNICHOLAS NEIERTZ Professeur Agr?g? at the Conservatoire National des Arts et M?tieers in Paris