March 23, 1903 - Wright brothers obtained airplane patent.

May 22, 1908 - Wright brothers registered their flying machine for a US patent.

April 6, 1925 - First film shown on British Air flight.

January 6, 1926 - Deutsche Aero Lloyd (DAL), Junkers Luftverkehr merged, formed "Deutsche Luft Hansa Aktiengesellschaft"; 1933 - renamed "Lufthansa" (name derives from Luft (the German word for "air") and Hansa (the Hanseatic trade organization that was active in Northern Europe during medieval times; new airline inherits crane logo from DAl, designed by "Deutsche Luft-Reederei" in 1919, the blue-and-yellow house colors from Junkers; April 6, 1926 - commences scheduled flights.

October 23, 1929 - First transcontinental air service began from New York City to Los Angeles.

1930 - Transcontinental Air Transport, Western Air Express merged, formed TWA; 1939 - Howard Hughes became principal shareholder.

August 18, 1930 - Eastern Airlines began passenger service.

October 15, 1932 - Tata Aviation Service, forerunner to Tata Airlines and Air India, began service (1953 - government of Jawaharlal Nehru nationalized Air India).

July 15, 1934 - Walter T. Varney, Louis Mueller founded Varney Speed Lines; 1937 - Robert F. Six changed name to Continental.

January 19, 1937 - Millionaire Howard Hughes set  transcontinental air record, flew monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

May 20, 1939 - Pan American Airways inaugurated transatlantic air service; Yankee Clipper took off from  Washington, N.Y., bound for Europe. 

January 6, 1942 - The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrived in New York after making first round-the-world trip by  commercial airplane.

April 23, 1959 - First heliport in Britain opened in London.

October 10, 1959 - Pan American World Airways announced first global airline service.

October 21, 1970 - Caledonian Airways took over British United Airways; renamed British Caledonian; formed to compete on international routes against state monopoly carriers BEA, BOAC; July 1987 - merged with British Airways.

February 5, 1972 - U.S. airlines began mandatory inspection of passengers, baggage.

April 26, 1976 - Pan Am began non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo.

May 24, 1976 - Britain and France started transatlantic Concorde service to Washington.

November 22, 1977 - Regular passenger service between New York, Europe on supersonic Concorde began on trial basis.

October 24, 1978 - Congress passed Airline Deregulation Act (or ADA) into law; phased out Civil Aeronautics Board 's economic regulation of airlines (CAB ceased to exist at end of 1984); phased out federal government's control over airfares and services, relied on competitive market forces to determine price, quantity, quality of domestic air service. Act's main purposes were to remove government control from commercial aviation and expose the passenger airline industry to market forces: the maintenance of safety as the highest priority in air commerce; placing maximum reliance on competition in providing air transportation services; the encouragement of air service at major urban areas through secondary or satellite airports; the avoidance of unreasonable industry concentration which would tend to allow one or more air carriers to unreasonably increase prices, reduce services, or exclude competition; and the encouragement of entry into air transportation markets by new air carriers, the encouragement of entry into additional markets by existing air carriers, and the continued strengthening of small air carriers.

May 1, 1981 - American Airlines introduced incentive program for passengers , called AAdvantage; birth of frequent flier miles programs; created by Tom Plaskett, head of marketing (modeled on S&H Green Stamp program).

February 5, 1982 - Laker Airways collapsed, owed 270 million pounds ($351million).

May 13, 1982 - Braniff Airlines filed for bankruptcy.

February 24, 1986 - Texas Air acquired Eastern Airlines for $676 million.

January 9, 1990 - Air Transport Association reported that the nation's air carriers had piled up $2 billion in losses during the previous twelve months, marking the industry's worst annual performance since deregulation in 1978; skyrocketing jet fuel costs, downturn in the U.S. economy, Iraq's offensive against Kuwait offered as primary reasons.

April 12, 1992 - Trump Shuttle became U.S. Air Shuttle.

January 10, 2001 - American Airlines agreed to buy Trans World Airlines, revealed plans to acquire 20% of US Airways.

September 21, 2001 - Congress approved $15 billion to help airline industry reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

August 11, 2002 - US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

December 9, 2002 - United Airlines filed biggest bankruptcy in aviation history, lost $4 billion in previous two years.

October 24, 2003 - Era of supersonic jet travel ended (rising operating costs, reduced ticket sales) as three British Airways Concordes landed at London's Heathrow Airport; developed jointly by the British and French governments, began commercial service in January 1976.

May 5, 2004 - Air France merged with KLM.

May 10, 2005 - Federal bankruptcy judge approved United Airlines' plan to terminate its employees' pension plans.

September 14, 2005 - Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

2007 - OAG Worldwide Limited reported that world's airlines scheduled record 29.6 million flights in 2007, increase of 4.7 million from 2006; average of 81,000 takeoffs per day; low-cost carriers scheduled 4.6 million flights, increase of 20% over 2006.

April 11, 2008 - Frontier Airlines (Denver, CO) became 5th low-fare carrier (Aloha Air, ATA, Maxjet Airways, Skybus) to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in growing shake-up of global aviation, as carriers struggle to cope with record oil prices and weakening economic growth = cutting domestic capacity, grounding older aircraft.

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(British Airways), Mark Ashworth and Peter Forsyth (1984). Civil Aviation Policy and the Privatisation of British Airways. (London, UK: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 168 p.). British Airways -- Valuation; Aeronautics, Commercial -- Great Britain; Corporations, Government -- Great Britain; Privatization -- Great Britain -- Valuation.

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(Continental), Gordon Bethune with Scott Huler (1998). From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback. (New York, NY: Wiley, 294 p.). Continental Airlines--History; Airlines--United States--Management--Case studies; Corporate turnarounds--United States--Case studies.

(Delta), W. David Lewis and Wesley Phillips Newton (1979). Delta: The History of an Airline. (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 503 p.). Delta Air Lines--History.

(Delta), Sidney F. Davis (1988). Delta Air Lines: Debunking the Myth. (Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 191 p.). Delta Air Lines; Airlines--United States.

(Delta), Geoff Jones (2003). Delta Air Lines: 75 Years of Airline Excellence. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, Freelance Aviation Journalist and Photographer). 127 p. Delta Air Lines--History; Transport planes--United States--History--Pictorial works. 

(Eastern), Robert J. Serling (1980). From the Captain to the Colonel: An Informal History of Eastern Airlines. (New York, NY: Dial Press, 535 p.). Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973; Borman, Frank, 1928- ; Eastern Air Lines, inc.--History.

(Eastern), Joan Lacey Mazauskas (1990). Mayday! Mayday!: Eastern Airlines in a Tailspin! (Ashland, OH: BookMasters, 314 p.). Eastern Air Lines, inc.; Eastern Air Lines, inc.--Reorganization.

(Eastern), Aaron Bernstein (1990). Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 256 p.). Lorenzo, Frank; Eastern Air Lines, inc.; Strikes and lockouts--Airlines--United States; Eastern Air Lines, inc., Strike, 1989-1991.

(Eastern), Martha Dunagin Saunders (1992). Eastern's Armageddon: Labor Conflict and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 164 p.). Lorenzo, Frank; Eastern Air Lines, inc.--Reorganization; Eastern Air Lines, inc.--Personnel management; Eastern Air Lines, inc., Strike, 1989-1991; Strikes and lockouts--Airlines--United States.

(Eastern), Jack E. Robinson (1992). Freefall: The Needless Destruction of Eastern Air Lines and the Valiant Struggle To Save It. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 270 p.). Eastern Air Lines, inc.; Bankruptcy--United States.

(easyJet), Lois Jones (2005). EasyJet: The Story of Britain’s Biggest Low-Cost Airline. (London, UK: Aurum, 232 p.). Haji-Ioannou, Stelios, 1967- ; easyJet--History; Airlines--Great Britain--Management--History. Story of easyJet's business success, flamboyant stunts to beat competitors, wider social changes its cheap flights have brought about.

(Go Fly Ltd.), Barbara Cassani with Kenny Kemp (2003). Go: An Airline Adventure. (London, UK: Time Warner, 312 p.). CEO of Go Fly, Ltd. Airlines; Businesswomen; Entrepreneurship. 

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(Heathrow), Alan Gallop (2006). Time Flies: Heathrow at 60. (Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing, 256 p.). Heathrow Airport; Transportation; Aviation. how a small agricultural community on the outskirts of London became the site of the world’s leading international airport.

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(Imperial Airways), Alexander Frater (1987). Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways. (New York, NY: Scribner, 430 p.). Imperial Airways--History; Air travel--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Passenger traffic--History.

(JetBlue Airways), Barbara S. Peterson (2004). Blue Streak: Inside JetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Contributing Editor, Condé Nast Traveler. JetBlue Airways--History; Airlines--United States--History. 

(JetBlue Airways), James Wynbrandt (2004). Flying High: JetBlue Founder and CEO David Neeleman Beats the Competition --- Even in the World's Most Turbulent Industry. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 298 p.). Aviation, Business Reporter. Neeleman, David, 1959- ; JettBlue Airways--History; Airlines--United States--History. 

(Kenmore Air), Marin C. Faure (2004). Success on the Step: Flying with Kenmore Air. (Seattle, WA: Elton-Wolf Publishing, 448 p.). Kenmore Air; Seaplanes--United States--History.

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(Midway Airport), Christopher Lynch (2003). Chicago’s Midway Airport: The First Seventy-Five Years. (Chicago, IL: Lake Claremont Press, 199 p.). Public Affairs Bureau for the City of Chicago, Department of Buildings. Midway Airport--History; Airports--Illinois--Chicago--History; Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

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(Pacific Western), John Condit with a foreword by Pierre Berton (1984). Wings over the West: Russ Baker & the Rise of Pacific Western Airlines. (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Pub., 235 p.). Baker, Russ, 1910-1958; Pacific Western Airlines--History; Airlines--Canada--History; Air pilots--British Columbia--Biography.

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(Pan American), Wesley Phillips Newton (1978). The Perilous Sky: U.S. Aviation Diplomacy and Latin America, 1919-1931. (Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 457 p.). Pan American Airways Corporation; Aeronautics, Commercial -- Latin America -- History; United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America; Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.

(Pan American), Robert Daley (1980). An American Saga: Juan Trippe and His Pan Am Empire. (New York, NY: Random House, 529 p.). Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899- ; Pan American World Airways, inc.; Aeronautics--United States--Biography.

(Pan American), Marylin Bender and Selig Altschul (1982). The Chosen Instrument: Pan Am, Juan Trippe, The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepreneur. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 605 p.). Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899- ; Pan American World Airways, inc.--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

(Pan American), Horace Brock (1983). Flying the Oceans: A Pilot's Story of Pan Am, 1935-1955. (New York, NY: J. Aronson, 323 p. [3rd ed.]). Pan American World Airways, inc.--History.

(Pan American), Jack E. Robinson (1994). American Icarus: The Majestic Rise and Tragic Fall of Pan Am. (Baltimore, MD: Noble House, 231 p.). Pan American World Airways, inc.--History; Seaplanes--United States--History.

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(Pan American), S.B. Kauffman; edited by George Hopkins (1995). Pan Am Pioneer: A Manager's Memoir from Seaplane Clippers to Jumbo Jets. (Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 242 p.). Kauffman, S. B. (Sanford B.), 1907-1993; Pan American World Airways, inc.--History; Businesspeople--United States-Biography.

(Pan American), M. Emmett Ratts (1996). Those Were the Days, My Friend. (Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Pub. Co., 285 p.). Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899- ; Ratts, M. Emmett; Pan American World Airways, inc.--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Pan American), Barnaby Conrad III; design by Tom Morgan (1999). Pan Am: An Aviation Legend. (Emeryville, CA: Woodford Press, 208 p.). Pan American World Airways, inc.--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--History; Airlines--United States--History.

(Pan American), Larry Weirather (2006). The China Clipper, Pan American Airways and Popular Culture. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 351 p.). Pan American Airways Corporation--History; China Clipper (Airplane)--History; Popular culture--United States. Strategies used to represent clipper as paragon of U.S. interests, values, beliefs; variety of ways iconographic status manifested itself through toys, movies, pulp fiction, comic books, music. 

(Qantas Airways), Hudson Fysh (1966). Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. (London, UK: Angus and Robertson, 296 p.). Founder, Q.A.N.T.A.S. Qantas Empire Airways, ltd.

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(Qantas Airways), Timothy Hall (1979). Flying High: The Story of Hudson Fysh, Qantas, and the Trail-Blazing Days of Aviation. (Sydney, AU: Methuen of Australia, 265 p.). Fysh, Wilmot Hudson, Sir; Qantas Airways--History; Air pilots--Australia--Biography; Businesspeople--Australia--Biography.

(Qantas Airways), John Gunn (1985). The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939. (St. Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 400 p.). Qantas Airways--History.

--- (1987). Challenging Horizons: Qantas 1939-1954. (St. Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 434 p.). Qantas Airways--History; Airlines--Australia--History.

--- (1988). High Corridors: Qantas, 1954-1970. (St. Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 468 p.). Qantas Airways--History; Airlines--Australia--History.

(Qantas Airways), John Stackhouse (1995). --From the Dawn of Aviation: The Qantas Story, 1920-1995. (Double Bay, NSW: Focus Pub., 224 p.). Qantas Airways--History.

(Queen Charlotte Airlines), Howard White, Jim Spilsbury (1988). The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA. (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Pub., 246 p.). Queen Charlotte Airlines -- History.; Airlines -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History.

(Reeve Aleutian Airways), Stan Cohen (1988). Flying Beats Work: The Story of Reeve Aleutian Airways. (Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., 116 p.). Reeve, Robert Campbell, 1902- ; Reeve Aleutian Airways.

(Ryanair), Siobhan Creaton (2004). Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe. (London, UK: Aurun Press, 263 p.). Ryanair History; Airlines Ireland History; Business planning Ireland. 

(Ryanair), Alan Ruddock (2006). Michael O'Leary: A Life in Full Flight. (New York, NY: Penguin, 448 p.). O'Leary, Michael; Ryanair History. Ryanair's evolution from small local airline to European giant in just 10 years; fresh insight into the personality of flamboyant chief executive.

(Sabena Belgian World Airlines), Steven Decraene, Peter Denruyter, Geert Sciot (2002). De Crash van Sabena: De Geschiedenis, de Intriges, de Getuigen. (Leuven, Belgium: Van Halewyck, 324 p.). Sabena Belgian World Airlines; Business failures--Netherlands.

(Sabena Belgian World Airlines), Guy Vanthemsche (2002). La Sabena: L’Aviation Commerciale Belge 1923-2001: Des Origines au Crash. (Bruxelles, bELGIUM: De Boeck, 341 P.). Sabena Belgian World Airlines--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Belgium--History.

(Sabena Belgian World Airlines), Jacques Naveau (2004). La de´Colonisation Aeronautique du Congo: Essai sur L’experience Sabena-Air Congo dans la Perspective des Relations Europe-Afrique. (Bruxelles, Belgium: Bruylant, 166 p.). Sabena Belgian World Airlines--History; Air Congo--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.

(SAS), Anders Buraas (1979). The SAS Saga: A History of Scandinavian Airlines System. (Oslo, Norway: SAS, 166 p.). Scandinavian Airlines System--History.

(SAS), Jan Carlzon (1987). Moments of Truth. (Cambridge,. MA: Ballinger Pub. Co., 135 p.). Scandinavian Airlines System--Management; Aeronautics, Commercial--Sweden--Management; Airlines--Sweden--Management.

(Singapore Airlines), Loizos Heracleous, Jochen Wirtz, Nitin Pangarkar (2005). Flying High in a Competitive Industry: Cost-Effective Service Excellence at Singapore Airlines. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 217 p.). Fellow in Strategy and Organization (Templeton College, Oxford University); Associate Professor of Marketing (National University of Singapore); Associate Professor (National University of Singapore). Singapore Airlines; Airlines--Singapore--History; Airlines-Strategy. How Singapore Airlines has outperformed other flag-carriers for decades.

(Singapore Airlines), Katherine Penaloza (2007). Singapore Airlines (Great Asian Brands). (London, UK: Cyan Books, 192 p.). Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Singapore. Singapore Airlines. Second largest carrier in world by market value; brand built on enduring image of Singapore Girl, extraordinary service standards, introduction of service-related innovations.

(Southwest), Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg ; foreword by Tom Peters (1998). Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success. (New York, NY: Broadway Books, 363 p. [orig. pub. 1996]). Southwest Airlines Co.; Airlines--United States--Management.

(Southwest), Lamar Muse (2002). Southwest Passage: The Inside Story of Southwest Airlines' Formative Years. (Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 245 p.). Founder Muse Air. Muse, Lamar, 1920- ; Southwest Airlines Co.--Management; Airlines--United States--Management.; Chief executive officers--United States--Biography.  

(Trans Australia Airlines), John Gunn (1999). Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines, 1946-1992. (St. Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 550 p.). Trans Australia Airlines--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Australia--History; Airlines--Australia--History.

(Trans-Canada Airlines), Peter Pigott (2001). National Treasure: The History of Trans Canada Airlines. (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Pub., 476 p.). Trans-Canada Airlines--History.; Airlines--Canada--History.

(Transocean), Richard Thruelsen (1953). Transocean: The Story of an Unusual Airline. (New York, NY: Holt, 241 p.). Nelson, Orvis Marcus, 1907- ; Transocean Air Lines.

(Transportes Aereos Centroamericanos), Erik Benson (2006). Aviator of Fortune: Lowell Yerex and the Anglo-American Commercial Rivalry, 1931-1946. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 264 p.). Assistant Professor (Cornerstone University). Yerex, Lowell, 1895-1968.; Transportes Aereos Centroamericanos--History--20th century; Airlines--Central America--History--20th century; Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy--United States--History--20th century; Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy--Great Britain--History--20th century; Competition, International--Case studies. Entrepreneur’s background enabled him to empathize with Great Britain and United States, to foster working relationships with these rivals. 

(TWA), David B. Tinnin (1973). Just About Everybody vs. Howard Hughes. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 462 p.). Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Trans World Airlines, inc.

(TWA), Robert Serling (1983). Howard Hughes' Airline: An Informal History of TWA. (New York, NY: St. Martin's, 338 p.). Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Trans World Airlines--History.

(TWA), Robert W. Rummel (1991). Howard Hughes and TWA. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 431 p.). Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Trans World Airlines--History; 

(TWA), Charles Higham (1993). Howard Hughes: The Secret Life. (New York, NY: Putnam, 368 p.). Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography.

(United), Frank J. Taylor (1955). High Horizons; Daredevil Flying Postmen to Modern Magic Carpet, the United Air Lines Story. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 208 p. United Air Lines, Inc.

(United), Frank J. Taylor (1962). High Horizons; Daredevil Flying Postmen to Modern Magic Carpet, the United Air Lines Story. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 266 p. [rev. ed.]). United Air Lines, Inc.

(United), Frank J. Taylor (1967). "Pat" Patterson. (Menlo Park, CA: Lane Magazine & Book Co., 160 p.). Patterson, William Allen, 1899-.

(United), Robert E. Johnson (1974). Airway One: A Narrative of United Airlines and Its Leaders. (Chicago, IL: United Airlines, 208 p.). United Air Lines, inc.

(United), Edward E. Carlson (1989). Recollections of a Lucky Fellow. (Seattle, WA: E.E. Carlson, 461 p.). Chairman Emeritus (United Air Lines). Carlson, Edward E. (Edward Elmer), 1911- ; Businesspeople--United States--Biography. 

(United), Howard D. Putnam with Gene Busnar (1991).The Winds of Turbulence: A CEO's Reflections on Surviving and Thriving on the Cutting Edge of Corporate Crisis. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 227 p.). Putnam, Howard D., 1937- ; United Air Lines, inc.--Management; Braniff Airways--Management; Southwest Airlines Co.--Management; Airlines--United States--Management; Chief executive officers--United States.

(Virgin Atlantic), Tim Jackson (1996). Richard Branson, Virgin King: Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire. (Rocklin, CA: Prima Pub., 440 p. [orig. pub. 1994]). Branson, Richard; Virgin Group--Great Britain--History; Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography; Balloonists--Great Britain--Biography; Aeronautics, Commercial--Great Britain--History.

(Virgin Atlantic), Richard Branson (1998). Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography. (London, UK: Virgin Pub., 488 p.). Founder, Virgin Atlantic Airways. Branson, Richard; Virgin Group; Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography; Airlines; Music trade.

(Virgin Atlantic), Tom Bower (2000). Branson (London, UK: Fourth Estate, 320 p.). Branson, Richard; Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.

(Wardair Canada Inc.), Max Ward (1991). The Max Ward Story: A Bush Pilot in the Bureaucratic Jungle. (Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 342 p.). Ward, Max, 1921- ; Wardair Canada Inc.; Bussinessmen--Canada--Biography; Bush pilots--Canada--Biography.

(Washington Dulles International Airport), Margaret C. Peck (2005). Washington Dulles International Airport. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 128 p.). Washington Dulles International Airport; Airports--Washington (D.C.)--History. 

(Western), Jack and Peggy Hereford (1946). The Flying Years, A History of America's Pioneer Airline. (Los Angeles, CA: The Company, 114 p.). Western Air Lines, inc.

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(WestJet), Paul Grescoe (2004). Flight Path: How WestJet Is Flying High in Canada's Most Turbulent Industry. (Etobicoke, ON: Wiley Canada, 278 p.). WestJet; Airlines--discount. Success story of Canada's leading low-fare airline.

Kathleen M. Barry (2007). Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 304 p.). Flight attendants--United States--History; Flight attendants--Labor unions--United States; Feminism--United States. History of women’s work and working women’s activism;  evolution of glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists.

E. Andrew Boyd (2007). The Future of Pricing: How Airline Ticket Pricing Has Inspired a Revolution. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 280 p.). Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Science and Research at PROS (Pricing and Revenue Optimization Solutions). Airlines--Rates; Airlines--Prices; Transportation--Tickets; Pricing. Growth of scientific pricing - how airlines price tickets, how industry practices are revolutionizing world of pricing; how leading companies have dealt with obstacles.

William E. Fruhan (1972). The Fight for Competitive Advantage: A Study of the United States Domestic Trunk Air Carriers. (Boston, MA: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 200 p.). Professor (Harvard Business School). Aeronautics, Commercial--United States; Airlines--United States.

Susan Goldenberg (1994). Troubled Skies: Crisis, Competition & Control in Canada's Airline Industry. (Whitby, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 169 p.). Air Canada; PWA Corporation; Airlines -- Canada -- Finance -- History; Airlines -- Canada -- History.

James P. Hanlon (1999). Global Airlines: Competition in a Transnational Industry. (Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann, 295 p. [2nd ed.]). Aeronautics, Commercial; Competition, International.

Barbara Sturken Peterson and James Glab (1994). Rapid Descent: Deregulation and the Shakeout in the Airlines. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 352 p.). Aeronautics, Commercial--Deregulation--United States; Airlines--Deregulation--United States; Competition.

Thomas Petzinger, Jr. (1996). Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits that Plunged the Airlines into Chaos. (New York, NY: Times Books, 594 p.). Airlines--United States--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--History; Aeronautics, Commercial--Deregulation--United States--History.

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Business History Links

American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum http://www.crsmithmuseum.org/                                                       One of the few museums in the world dedicated solely to commercial aviation. The museum opened in July 1993 and is dedicated to past and present American Airlines employees and C.R. Smith, longtime American Airlines president and aviator. It has lots of exhibits for people of all ages. We have a restored DC-3 airplane and a theater. We have interactive displays, films and a flight simulator that might give the visitors the impression that they have left the ground.

British Airways Archive and Museum http://www.bamuseum.com/museumhistory.html                    The British Airways Archive and Museum Collection has existed since the formation of British Airways. It was formed to preserve the records and artefacts of British Airways predecessor companies BOAC, BEA, BSAA and the pre-war Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd.

Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum http://www.deltamuseum.org/                                                 Museum preserves materials, interprets histories, discovers meanings, and explores the impacts of air transportation on technology, economic development, global events, and the personal lives of those touched by aviation.

International Air Transport Association (IATA): Industry Economics & Facts http://www.iata.org/pressroom/industry_facts/                          Fact sheets, statistics, and other material about the international air travel industry. Provides data on airlines (such as number of passengers and miles flown), a monthly newsletter on industry trends, list of acronyms, and fact sheets on topics such as fuel prices, emissions, avian flu, and safety.

PanAmAir.org [Windows Media Player] http://www.panamair.org/                                                            On January 16, 1928, seven passengers riding aboard a Fokker-7 inaugurated Pan American World Airlines passenger services as they flew from Key West to Havana. Over the next six decades, PanAm would grow and prosper, as it created an extensive system of routes that took early jet-setters all around the world. While the airline did experience a rebirth in the mid-1990s, its demise was hastened after the tragedy onboard Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.Created by Beth Cozzi-Stewart, this site provides interested parties with access to a great deal of colorful material on the history of the company. Some of the offerings include a detailed history spanning PanAm’s years, a chronology of the aircraft they utilized, and information about the various accidents that befell the company. Perhaps the most enjoyable part of the site is the "Multimedia" section, which includes the PanAm jingles "Just Say Hello to PanAm" and "We Fly the Way the World Wants to Fly".