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The Major Development Trends in Air Transport and European Co-operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

H. Ziegler
H. Ziegler*
Affiliation:
SNIAS
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An important growth of air traffic is recorded, as compared with other forms of traffic. Fig. 1 is an example of the domestic-intercity passenger travel market in the USA and is characteristic; showing (millions of passenger miles)

      stagnation for waterways;
      stagnation for autocars—buses;
      decreasing for railroads;
      expansion for airlines: annual growth rate of 10% over the past fifteen years, and acceleration since 1962: mean annual growth rate 18%.
      It is also important to mention the expansion in freight, which is about 20% a year, i.e. doubled every four years.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 75 , Issue 725 , May 1971 , pp. 309 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1971 

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References

Lecture given to the Cranwell Branch of the Society on 9th April 1970, brought up to date February 1971

* The prototype Aerospatiale Corvette crashed on 23rd March 1971. A second prototype is nearing completion