Alan Dobson, honorary Professor at Swansea University, has written extensively on Anglo-American relations and civil aviation. He has held fellowships at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, at St Bonaventure University (Lenna) and at Baylor University (Fulbright) He is editor of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and of the International History Review.

"The primary documents, along with the author’s years of experience make this work a valuable contribution to somewhat a diffuse body of knowledge: the book succeeds in packing many important aspects of the debates surrounding the liberalization of commercial aviation." -Guillaume de Syon, Albright College, USA

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction: From Civil Aviation’s Origins to the Paris Convention 1919Chapter 2. The inter-war predatory bilateral system 1919-1939Chapter 3. Wartime Planning and The Chicago Conference 1939-44Chapter 4. The Chicago-Bermuda Regime – its operation and the challenge of deregulation 1945-1992Chapter 5. Creating the Single European Aviation MarketChapter 6. Open Skies and a fully globalised world market – challenge and reality 1992-2016Chapter 7. Conclusion: Unfinished Business?Bibliography Index

Alan Dobson, honorary Professor at Swansea University, has written extensively on Anglo-American relations and civil aviation. He has held fellowships at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, at St Bonaventure University (Lenna) and at Baylor University (Fulbright) He is editor of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and of the International History Review.

"The primary documents, along with the author’s years of experience make this work a valuable contribution to somewhat a diffuse body of knowledge: the book succeeds in packing many important aspects of the debates surrounding the liberalization of commercial aviation." -Guillaume de Syon, Albright College, USA

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction: From Civil Aviation’s Origins to the Paris Convention 1919Chapter 2. The inter-war predatory bilateral system 1919-1939Chapter 3. Wartime Planning and The Chicago Conference 1939-44Chapter 4. The Chicago-Bermuda Regime – its operation and the challenge of deregulation 1945-1992Chapter 5. Creating the Single European Aviation MarketChapter 6. Open Skies and a fully globalised world market – challenge and reality 1992-2016Chapter 7. Conclusion: Unfinished Business?Bibliography Index

Alan Dobson, honorary Professor at Swansea University, has written extensively on Anglo-American relations and civil aviation. He has held fellowships at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, at St Bonaventure University (Lenna) and at Baylor University (Fulbright) He is editor of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and of the International History Review.

"The primary documents, along with the author’s years of experience make this work a valuable contribution to somewhat a diffuse body of knowledge: the book succeeds in packing many important aspects of the debates surrounding the liberalization of commercial aviation." -Guillaume de Syon, Albright College, USA

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction: From Civil Aviation’s Origins to the Paris Convention 1919Chapter 2. The inter-war predatory bilateral system 1919-1939Chapter 3. Wartime Planning and The Chicago Conference 1939-44Chapter 4. The Chicago-Bermuda Regime – its operation and the challenge of deregulation 1945-1992Chapter 5. Creating the Single European Aviation MarketChapter 6. Open Skies and a fully globalised world market – challenge and reality 1992-2016Chapter 7. Conclusion: Unfinished Business?Bibliography Index