The Airline Encyclopedia 1909-2000

by Smith, Myron J., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780810837904
• ISBN10: 0810837900
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-28
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

The Airline Encyclopedia is the first guide written to specifically provide detailed historical and in-depth, year-by-year operational and statistical profiles of all the commercial air transport concerns extant worldwide during the past 90 years. The 6,556 entries have been arranged alphabetically from A-Z and are as easy to read as a dictionary. This encyclopedia profiles all 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, and even pioneering airship operators like DELAG. Each profile receives individual chronological coverage, and every effort has been made to provide currency and postscripts listing name changes, mergers, and failures from late 2000 into December 2001.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Company Profiles A--C	1	(1047)
Company Profiles D--P	1048	(1143)
Company Profiles Q--Z	2191	(750)
Postscript	2941	(2)
Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations	2943	(2)
Appendix B: Research Sources	2945	(56)
Regional Indexes of Carriers
Africa/Middle East	2951	(5)
Asia/Pacific	2956	(6)
Europe	2962	(14)
Latin America	2976	(6)
Canada/United States	2982	(19)
Name and Subject Index	3001	(306)
About the Author	3307