The (de)regulation of passenger air transport in post-war Germany and its impact on airlines, routes and airfares, 1945 to 2019

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780766
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.78076

Spoerer, Mark

; Vinga Martins, Jana

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Abstract

Air transport has historically been subject to significant regulation for safety and initially military reasons. As a result of the Second World War, West Germany was subject to two further restrictions: the Allied flight ban until 1955 and the specific regulations governing air transport to West Berlin until 1990. The successful deregulation of civil air transport in the USA from 1978 put Europe ...