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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by Christopher H. Sterling
Preface
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Part One: Piston-Engine Prelude
Chapter 1: Air Transport Infancy
Chapter 2: Airline Adolescence
Chapter 3: Wartime Hiatus—And Opportunity
Chapter 4: Post-War Recovery
Chapter 5: Worldwide Expansion
Part Two: The First Jet Age
Chapter 6: The First Jets and Turboprops
Chapter 7: Turboprop Ascendancy
Chapter 8: The First Big Jets
Chapter 9: The Short-Haul Jets
Chapter 10: Proliferation
Chapter 11: Emergence of the Middle East
Chapter 12: Development of a Second Line
Chapter 13: The Commuter Airlines
Chapter 14: Restoring the Balance
Part Three: The Second Jet Age
Chapter 15: Wide-Bodied Jets
Chapter 16: Supersonic Digression
Chapter 17: Development of the Breeds
Chapter 18: Redefining the U.S. Second Line
Chapter 19: Regional Airlines Worldwide
Part Four: Airline Deregulation
Chapter 20: The United States Sets the Pace
Chapter 21: The Airline World Deregulates
Chapter 22: Russian Metamorphosis
Chapter 23: Decline of the American Giants
Chapter 24: Birth of the Low-Fare Generation
Part Five: Transformation in Europe
Chapter 25: Low-Fare Revolution
Chapter 26: British Airways Ascendancy
Chapter 27: France Consolidates
Chapter 28: Germany Regains a Leading Role
Chapter 29: European Airline Attrition
Chapter 30: Jet Wings over the Mediterranean
Chapter 31: Farthest North with the Scandinavians
Chapter 32: Europe Unites
Part Six: Rise of Asia and the Pacific Rim
Chapter 33: The Growth of China
Chapter 34: India Awakes
Chapter 35: The Subcontinent Fragments
Chapter 36: Eastern Asia Emergent
Chapter 37: Budget Fares for Southeast Asia
Part Seven: The Commonwealth Adjusts
Chapter 38: Airlines of Australia
Chapter 39: New Zealand and the Pacific
Chapter 40: Canada Reorganizes
Part Eight: A Continent Made for Air Transport
Chapter 41: The Sleeping Giant Awakes
Chapter 42: Down Mexico Way
Chapter 43: Around the Caribbean
Chapter 44: Central America
Chapter 45: Airlines of the Andes
Chapter 46: Farthest South
Part Nine: Africa
Chapter 47: Across the Mediterranean
Chapter 48: Sub-Saharan Contradictions
Chapter 49: End of the Empire Airlines
Chapter 50: To the Cape and Beyond
Part Ten: Transitions
Chapter 51: The Third Jet Age Begins
Chapter 52: A New Competitor—High Speed Rail
Chapter 53: A New Age Beckons
Appendix 1: Selected Aircraft Specifications
Appendix 2: Notable Events and Facts
Appendix 3: Monetary Conversion From 1940 to 2010
Appendix 4: The Five Freedoms of the Air
Appendix 5: The World’s Largest Airlines
Bibliography
About the Author
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