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Flying the Flag

European Commercial Air Transport since 1945

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Liudger Dienel

    1. Centre for Technology and Society, Technical University, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Peter Lyth

    1. Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Lyth, Hans-Liudger Dienel
    Pages 1-17

  3. Air France: an Elephant in an Evening Suit?

    • Nicolas Neiertz
    Pages 18-49

  4. Chosen Instruments: the Evolution of British Airways

    • Peter Lyth
    Pages 50-86

  5. Lufthansa: Two German Airlines

    • Hans-Liudger Dienel
    Pages 87-125

  6. KLM: an Airline Outgrowing its Flag

    • Marc Dierikx
    Pages 126-158

  7. Alitalia and Commercial Aviation in Italy

    • Amilcare Mantegazza
    Pages 159-194

  8. LOT: Connecting East and West in Poland

    • Joanna Filipczyk
    Pages 195-222

  9. Airlines, Entrepreneurs and Bureaucrats: the American Experience

    • Roger E. Bilstein
    Pages 223-252

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 253-267
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Technology and Society, Technical University, Berlin, Germany

    Hans-Liudger Dienel

  • Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

    Peter Lyth

About the editors

ROGER BILSTEIN Professor of Aviation and Aerospace History, University of Houston MARC DIERIKX Independent scholar based in the Netherlands JOANNA FILIPZCYK Teaches economic history at the University of Cracow in Poland AMILCARE MANTEGAZZA economic historian at the University of Milan NICHOLAS NEIERTZ Professeur Agrégé at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métieers in Paris

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