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Book SynopsisThis definitive book offers the first full study of the development of the European Union's air-transport policy. Crucial to both globalization and regional integration, commercial aviation, along with other transport industries, provides the logistics for business activities, political life, and contact between cultures. Paradoxically, however, the airline industry was one of the last to be liberalized in the process of European integration, and the creation of a single market in air transport was attended by sharp political disputes, unreconstructed nationalism, and persistent foot-dragging. Exploring the long struggle to create a Europe of the air through both regulatory change and airline strategizing, Martin Staniland examines the political bargains that have shaped a highly fragmented industry and its regulation. He argues that, rather than focusing on directives and regulations issuing from Brussels, students of integration should examine the ways in which the contentious inte
Trade ReviewStaniland has written a crisp and insightful account of the metamorphosis of the complex European aviation regulatory landscape. Few areas of the world have embraced global governance as vigorously as has the European Union, and the new competitive environment creates formidable challenges and opportunities for EU carriers—and carriers competing with them. This is a highly readable contribution to the literature. -- Paul Stephen Dempsey, McGill University
A masterful analysis. Staniland's ability to synthesize a vast array of primary and secondary materials into a coherent whole will be a boon to any serious scholar of international aviation. But those interested in the larger political and economic challenges of integrating Europe's economies will also find in this work a fascinating case study of the competing and often contradictory national and supranational interests that influence the regulatory profile of a large, complicated, and highly politicized industry. -- Brian Havel, DePaul University
Staniland should be commended for this admirable piece of work, which sheds light and helps to understand the whole process. . . . A very significant contribution [that] provides an intelligent perspective on the key features of European integration in the air from a new angle by focusing in particular on the relationship between the airline industry and its regulators. -- Daniel Calleja, from the foreword, Air Transport Directorate for the EC
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The E.U. Market Order Chapter 1: Regulating the Airlines Chapter 2: Chicago and the Growth of Europeanism Chapter 3: The Commission and the Member States Chapter 4: Negotiating the Three Packages Chapter 5: The Dilemmas and Strategies of the Airlines Part II: Managing the Market Chapter 6: Third-Country Agreements and Air Traffic Management Chapter 7: Airport Access Chapter 8: The State Aid Problem Chapter 9: Mergers and Acquisitions Chapter 10: Alliances and Globalization Conclusion
