Australia's Two-Airline Policy
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the crossroads of government regulation and commercial aviation, Stanley Brogden's Australia's Two-Airline Policy presents a meticulous account of one of the most distinctive and consequential decisions in Australian transport history — the deliberate structuring of domestic air travel around two competing carriers. The work chronicles the origins, mechanics, and political motivations behind a policy that shaped the skies of a continent for decades, detailing how the Australian government engineered a carefully balanced duopoly between Trans-Australia Airlines and Ansett Airlines to serve both public interest and economic stability. Brogden writes with the authority of a seasoned aviation journalist and historian, illustrating the intricate interplay between federal politics, commercial enterprise, and national infrastructure in mid-twentieth-century Australia. The narrative uncovers the tensions inherent in maintaining artificial competition — a system simultaneously praised for its reliability and criticised for its inefficiency — raising questions about the very nature of regulated markets that remain startlingly relevant today. For readers with an interest in Australian policy-making, aviation history, or the economics of government intervention, this volume stands as an indispensable and illuminating primary record.
Author: Stanley Brogden
Format: Paperback
Published: 1968, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of government regulation and commercial aviation, Stanley Brogden's Australia's Two-Airline Policy presents a meticulous account of one of the most distinctive and consequential decisions in Australian transport history — the deliberate structuring of domestic air travel around two competing carriers. The work chronicles the origins, mechanics, and political motivations behind a policy that shaped the skies of a continent for decades, detailing how the Australian government engineered a carefully balanced duopoly between Trans-Australia Airlines and Ansett Airlines to serve both public interest and economic stability. Brogden writes with the authority of a seasoned aviation journalist and historian, illustrating the intricate interplay between federal politics, commercial enterprise, and national infrastructure in mid-twentieth-century Australia. The narrative uncovers the tensions inherent in maintaining artificial competition — a system simultaneously praised for its reliability and criticised for its inefficiency — raising questions about the very nature of regulated markets that remain startlingly relevant today. For readers with an interest in Australian policy-making, aviation history, or the economics of government intervention, this volume stands as an indispensable and illuminating primary record.