Nationalism in the skies : the square peg in a round world

Bennett, Mary-Jane (author.). Frontier Centre for Public Policy, (issuing body.).

Summary: "The 1944 Chicago International Aviation Conference, known as the Chicago Conference, was convened to determine how best to deal with air transportation between countries. A multilateral or borderless trade was proposed by the United States (hereafter U.S.) but it failed to emerge as the accepted approach in Chicago. From that time on, countries have dealt with each other on a bilateral or country-to-country basis. This has hamstrung the industry since. ... The paper reviews this background as well as the strategies that have developed by airlines to work-around the constraints of the bilateral system. The first of such strategies was the 1993 grant of anti-trust immunity between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines. That de facto merger gave birth to the alliance strategy. Currently, the metal neutral joint venture is the vehicle of choice. The paper finds each strategy to be problematic"--

Record details

ISSN: 1491-7874
Physical Description: print
31 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : Frontier Centre for Public Policy, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	February 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- Statement of the problem -- How nationalism became part of international air policy -- Innovations and geo-politcal events work around the nationality-based restrictions -- The 2002 European Court of Justice decision begins the process of dismantling the bilateral system -- Immunized metal neutral joint ventures - the current work-around -- Solution: Towards a free market in the sky -- Endnotes.