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Problems of Short-Haul Air Transport*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Peter W. Brooks
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The first part of this paper discusses some fundamentals of Air Transport and shows how these affect the organisation of airline operators. Against this background, Part II examines some of the particular problems of the short haul operator—the side of the Industry with which the author has been associated in British European Airways.

Commercial Air Transport has existed for more than thirty years. It has made important progress, but has still a long way to go to fulfil its destiny. Although progress in developing the vehicle since the first aeroplane flew in 1903 has been highly spectacular, Air Transport itself has made a slow start. This is shown by Fig. 1 which compares the increases in passenger traffic that occurred in the first thirty years of British rail and air transport.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 498 , June 1952 , pp. 441 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1952

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Footnotes

*

A Section Lecture read before the Society on 31st January 1952.

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