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The Airline Industry of the United States, 1940-1946

by Sam Jones Little




Institution: North Texas State Teachers College
Department:
Year: 1948
Keywords: airline industry; air commerce; Airlines  – United States  – History.
Record ID: 1487565
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83370/


Abstract

The writer purposes in this study to make a survey of the airline industry in the United States from 1940 through 1946. Various phases of the development and present status of air commerce are to be dealt with, including historical growth of the airline industry, the present significance of air transportation in the nation, the federal regulation of airplanes, problems and services involved in commercial air transportation, the operation of airlines, and the future of air transportation.