Description

A History of the World’s Airlines is focused upon a chronological, and regional, history of airline development. Its chapters devote themselves to individual regions – such as Europe, or North America, the two principal areas, but it also includes many others – and developments of individual airlines there throughout a decade. It includes as well towards the end of the book various chapters devoted towards general developments, such as the impact of the introduction of jets, speculation about helicopters and supersonic transports, and statistical developments.
It includes listing of aircraft found on these lines, with tables – including pull-out tables – which cover the number of aircraft, their type, their production country, and what companies used them, at various periods throughout time. The total passengers flown by airlines is not neglected either: the book is certainly not bereft of graphs and tables, dedicated to total passengers flown by airlines, relative share, the amount of airliners used by various airlines, and maps of air routes.