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This title is an accounting of aeronautics collections at the Library of Congress and is organized by Library collection including: General Collections, Manuscript Collections, Rare Books and Special Collections, Prints and Photographs, Science and Technology Collections, Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound, and Broadcasting, Geography and Map Collections.

In the fast-changing theatre of air transportation, the strategic development of airlines and the operating economics of scheduled airline services have been transformed, following the profound impact of US deregulation. The lessons gleaned from the US experience, including effective ways of constraining rivals, have quickly been adopted by carriers facing the opening up to competition of their own local markets. In addition, in response to the hunt by the successful US survivors for further international traffic, carriers have been forced to emulate certain tactics adopted by these megacarriers, virtually irrespective of their own government's regulatory stance. The economics of the sector, particularly with regard to revenue generation, has resulted in increased market concentration. In the longer term, prospects for competition remain unclear, given the likely existence of only a small number of similarly endowed, globally aligned megacarriers. This book explores the impact of deregulation policies on key areas of the airline industry, analyzes the response of incumbent carriers to economic freedom and examines whether or not it is possible to devise a pro-competitive regulatory strategy for this sector. The author provides the reader with a clear explanation as to: why airline deregulation policies have produced a number of unanticipated outcomes; why low-cost new entrants have been unable to survive under deregulation; why the impact of airline deregulation has differed between the USA and Western Europe. Using this analysis as a basis, he explores the future development of the sector, indicating the likely future trends towards globalization. He also argues that a competitive marketplace is not a guaranteed outcome of full deregulation and suggests an alternative approach. The book is of special interest to those members engaged in the airline industry, regulatory authorities and government departments of transport and industry. - Description from the publisher

The author looks at the industry's organization.

There are over 6,000 entries that profile airlines including charter passenger planes, cargo airlines (major, commuter, and taxi), as well as specialized operators such as forest fire-fighting concerns, offshore helicopter services, etc. Information is also provided on accidents and incidents and terrorism and in-flight crime.

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Revised and updated in its fifth edition, this internationally renowned and respected book provides the essentials to understanding all areas of airline finance. Designed to address each of the distinct areas of financial management in an air transport industry context, it also shows how these fit together, while each chapter and topic - for example, aircraft leasing - provides a detailed resource that can also be consulted separately. Supported at each stage by practical airline examples and recent data, Airline Finance examines the financial trends and longer term prospects for the airline industry as a whole, contrasting the developments for the major regions and airlines together with critical discussion of key issues that affect the industry as a whole. Important techniques in financial analysis are applied to the airlines as well as their investors such as banks and other financial institutions. Thoroughly amended and updated throughout, and expanded with the addition of two new chapters, the fifth edition reflects the many developments that have affected the industry, such as the impacts of the banking and sovereign debt crises on the airline industry, signs of re-nationalisation of airlines that have emerged in Europe, and the substantial changes that have occurred in connection with rating agencies and LIBOR. New start-ups and bankruptcies are covered for the first time in a new chapter, joined by airline mergers and acquisitions (M&A), both playing a role in airline concentration. Reflecting their status as a permanent feature, fuel hedging and fuel surcharges now also have their own chapter. The medium- to long-term future in terms of further concentration and government intervention (or the lack of it) and a shift in aircraft financing towards capital markets are discussed in the final chapter. The book is written for employees of airlines, airports and their suppliers, and investment bank and other analysts. It is also popular for use by universities and in-house courses on air transport management, within both academia and industry. - Description from the publisher

This book would provide a picture of the industry as it was in 1965. It looks at the relations with customers, government, investors, suppliers and competitors, as well as relations within the business itself. This title is available onsite electronically via Taylor & Francis ebooks.

This is a companion to Air Transportation : Foundations for the 21st Century. It looks at elements of air transportation history, airline economics, business, finance, marketing, regulation, and management.

This is a history of the world's airline industries from the early 1960s to the Airbus A380.

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Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook is a survey of the airline industry, mostly from a managerial perspective. It integrates and applies the fundamentals of several management disciplines, particularly economics, operations, marketing and finance, in developing the overview of the industry. The focus is on tactical, rather than strategic, management that is specialized or unique to the airline industry. The primary audiences for this textbook are both senior and graduate students of airline management, but it should also be useful to entry and junior level airline managers and professionals seeking to expand their knowledge of the industry beyond their own functional area. - Description from the publisher

This title covers the period 1914 to the early 1980s and includes the big airlines as well as the smaller companies. It is presented chronologically but an extensive index includes company names.

This authoritative new collection of 40 articles, presents the most important classics and contemporary papers on air transport. It features a comprehensive range of topics, including airline costs and productivity, pricing and yield management, competitive behaviour and strategic alliances, environmental aspects, and aviation in developing nations. Congestion and investment in airports, and regulation of airports are also covered. The articles selected cover theoretical analyses of air transport, empirical findings and discussion of policy issues such as liberalisation and deregulation of airline markets. The collection highlights current policy issues and emerging trends which will be of interest to students of transport economics, industrial organisation and regulation. It will also be a useful reference tool for policy makers and regulators, airline executives and to consultants in aviation and transport. - Description from the publisher

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. It is introductory but also provides information on newer emerging management trends and technology.

This is a textbook and was also published in 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004. It covers historical information a well as regulators and associations, the structure and economics of the airlines, the managerial aspects of airline including management and organization, passenger marketing, pricing, and demand. It does also look at air cargo, airline labor relations, airline financing, and international aviation.

This companion to Airline Management: Strategies for the 21st Century is to present elements of air transportation history, airline economics, business, finance, marketing, regulation, and management.

This is based on a book Turbulent Skies by TA Heppenheimer and shown on PBS.
An archived version of the PBS page for this program is available via the Wayback Machine External

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An examination of the relationship between competition and the deregulation and liberalisation of the US and European air transport sectors reveals that the structure of the air transport sector has undergone a number of significant changes. A growing number of airlines are entering into horizontal and vertical cooperative arrangements and integration including franchising, codeshare agreements, alliances, 'virtual mergers' and in some cases, mergers with other airlines, groups of airlines or other complementary lines of business such as airports. This book considers the current legal issues affecting the air transport sector incorporating recent developments in the industry, including the end of certain exemptions from EU competition rules, the effect of the EU-US Open Skies Agreement, the accession of new EU Member States and the Lisbon Treaty. The book explores the differing European and US regulatory approaches to the changes in the industry and examines how airlines have remained economically efficient in what is perceived as a complex and confused regulatory environment. Competition and Regulation in the Airline Industry will be of particular interest to academics and students of competition law as well as EU law. - Description from the publisher

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This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands from economic to legal issues, bankruptcy and safety and security. The carefully selected papers offer a thorough and structured analysis of major current developments in the air transport industry. Fully up to date, topics covered include competitive strength, capacity utilisation and risk. The most likely future scenarios are more or less known. Only, the timeframe remains uncertain. The speed at which the various market players in the air transport chain will implement their strategies remains the key question. This depends on a whole range of exogenous and endogenous variables, as this book aspires to demonstrate. As both an overview of the current issues affecting the industry and as a cohesive set of strategic documents, therefore, this collection will prove invaluable for policy makers and researchers alike. - Description from the publisher

This 7th edition contains more than 12,000 aviation-specific terms and definitions, updating terms in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, glossaries from FAA handbooks, advisory circulars and manuals, the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) and Pilot/Controller Glossary, as well as nearly 500 illustrations, and useful tables and lists are included in appendices.

This book provides a comprehensive profile of the industry as it has evolved before and after the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978. It includes a number of charts and graphs but data is more developed from the 1970-mid 1990s.

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This is an older history of the FAA but is comprehensive until 1974.

This includes the most relevant sections of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations for pilots and aviation industry professionals.
Rules for Part 121 and 135 Operators, Career Aviators, and Fractional Ownership Programs: Parts 1, 5, 63, 65, 91 Subpart K, 110, 117, 119, 120, 121, 135, and 49 CFR Parts 175 (Hazmat) and 1544 (TSA), and a comprehensive FAR Index.

This is a textbook that begins with a survey of current airline business strategies and the larger forces that have shaped the airline industry. It also looks at the customers, specifically looking at modern segmentation and branding approaches and then on to airline activity related to product, place, promotion, and price.

This title looks at the air transport sector on a global scale and each chapter introduces topics like air law to operations, security to environmental impacts. This title is available onsite electronically via Stacks.

This is an introduction to our air transportation system and features contributors affiliated to MIT's Global Airline Industry Program. There is coverage of air transportation economics, airline planning and operations, industrial relations and human resource issues, aviation safety and security, aviation infrastructure and environmental impacts, and airline pricing and distribution.

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This title presents an overview of the changing scene in air transport covering current issues such as security, no frills airlines, 'open skies' agreements, the outcome of the recent downturn in economic activity and the emergence of transnational airlines. This is the third edition contains new chapters and tackles: security; financial instability; looking at the global nature of the business with implications of transborder mergers, open skies agreements; low-cost carriers; e-commerce; and airport capacity.

This book provides an overview of the development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It also includes regional and large aircraft, the aviation industry in Central and Eastern Europe as well as coverage of engines, airlines, airports and airline safety.

This title covers international companies up to the early 1960's.

Holdings: 1936-1929, 1955-2014
This title is organized by countries/regions (international, Africa, North and Central America, USA, South America, Asia, Australasia) and includes companies selling services and products. Products include parts of airplanes like propellers and galley equipment and services include handlers and schools. The "Who is Where" section indexes people. Includes finances and statistics for governments, airports, transporters, manufacturers, distributors. Became Jane's International ABC Aerospace Directory.

Finding Aid
In January 1893 the French journalist and balloonist Georges Besancon, in collaboration with the Union Aerophile de France, began publishing a monthly illustrated revue, L'Aerophile (published 1893-1947). L'Aerophile became one of the premier journals of the early history of aviation. The finding aid provides more specifics regarding other parts of the collection and more specific information about what it holds, but below are some things of note. Companies are listed for both airline and airplane manufacturing. Reference librarians in the Science & Business Reading Room can assist with anyone interested in the collection.
Corporations: 1920s-1949s
Box 23: Abrams, Aera, Aerocessories Simonds, Aerodesign, Air France, Airspeed, Am.Armament, Amiot, Antifuite, Argus.
Box 24: Automotive Products, Beechcraft, Bellanca, Ben Jones, Boeing.
Box 25: Bleriot, Bloch, Brequet, Brewster, Bronzavia, Burnelli, Campbell, Caudron-Renault, Cellon, Centre d'Aviation Populaire, Centre d'Information du Nickel, Centro Studi et Esperience per il Volo a Vela, Cessna, Chamoy Chantiers, Le Chimiste, Compteurs Montrouge, Concorde, Consolidated Aircraft, Consolidated Vultee, Controleur ACDFK Corben.
Box 26: Cunliffe-Owen, Curtiss-Wright, Reichsverband der Deutschen Luftafahrt Industrie, Devoitine, Dispostif Cinematique Perfetti, Douglas, Electric Auto-liter, L'Epopee Aerienne, Fairchild.
Box 27: Farman, Fleetwings, Fokker.
Box 28: Gallus, General Aircraft, General Aviation, Glenn L. Martin, Goodrich, Handley Page, De Havailand, Hawker, Hobson, Institute Aerotechnique Deutsch, Jaeger, Karman, Kellett Autogiro, KNILM, Kellner Becherau, Koolhoven.
Box 29: Koolhoven, Labinal, Latecoere, Levasseur, Lignez, Licre & Olivier.
Box 30: Lincoln Arc Welding, Lockheed, Loire Nieuport, Lorenz, Luscombe, Martin, Material Telephonique, Maubousin, Moulet & Cie.
Box 31: Max Holste, Messier, Mojneau, Morane-Saulnier, Mureaux, Nardi, Noordnyn, Normalair, North American, Northrop.
Box 32: Paul Aubert, Phillips & Pain, Phillips & Powis, Piper, Platt – LePage, Porterfield, Potez, Potterat Metalworking, Rear Vin, Rellumit.
Box 33: Renard, Richard, Ryan, Seversky, Short Brothers, Siebee, Sikorsky, SNCA.
Box 34: SNCA (Hanriot), Soc. Aerienne Bordolaise, Son. Anon. Belge, Soc. Constr d'Aviation Legere, Soc. d'Etudes Aeronautiques, Soc. Fran. d'Aviation Nouvelle, Soc. Franc. de Construct. Aeron., Soc. Gen. du Magnesium.
Box 35: Soc. Mecanique generale, Soc. Nat. de Constr. Aeron. du Centre, Soc. Provencale de Constr. Aero., Spartan, Stinson, Taylor, Tecalemit, Timm. Tipsy.
Box 36: TWA, United, VIA, Vickers, Vultee, Waco, Walter, Weick, Weir, Westland, Williamson Photographic.

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Contains the law, Senate debates and report, House bills, House report, conference reports, and House/Senate consideration.

Holdings: 2017
This title includes profiles of individual companies as well as statistics relevant to the sectors. This has moved online; see the databases page for information.

This title began in 1971 and ceased in 2012, but was picked up electronically in the MarketScope Advisor database from CFRA.
The names of the individual surveys have changed over time, but in earlier volumes have been called Aerospace and Air Transport and more currently is called Aerospace & Defense (beginning in 2013 in the database) and Airlines (beginning in 2015 in the database). It includes a written overview/analysis for the year as well a industry resources, and some company data.

This title examines the poor performance of airlines in the early 1990s. It examines the basic economics of supply in the air transport industry, market structure, and barriers to entry.

Taking Flight explores the emergence of commercial aviation between the world wars--and in the midst of the Great Depression--to show that the industry's dramatic growth resulted from a unique combination of federal policy, technological innovations, and public interest in air travel. Historian M. Houston Johnson V traces the evolution of commercial flying from the US Army's trial airmail service in the spring of 1918 to the passage of the pivotal Air Commerce Act of 1938. Johnson emphasizes the role of federal policy--particularly as guided by both Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt--to reveal the close working relationship between federal officials and industry leaders, as well as an increasing dependence on federal assistance by airline, airframe, and engine manufacturers. Taking Flight highlights the federal government's successful efforts to foster a nascent industry in the midst of an economic crisis without resorting to nationalization, a path taken by virtually all European countries during the same era. It also underscores an important point of continuity between Hoover's policies and Roosevelt's New Deal (a sharp departure from many interpretations of Depression-era business history) and shows how both governmental and corporate actors were able to harness America's ongoing fascination with flying to further a larger economic agenda and facilitate the creation of the world's largest and most efficient commercial aviation industry. This glimpse into the golden age of flight contributes not only to the history of aviation but also to the larger history of the United States during the Great Depression and the period between the world wars. - Description from the publisher

This title looks at the history of commercial aviation in the United States and was used as a basis for the documentary Chasing the Sun.