{"product_id":"2026200013828-secondhand-australias-two-airline-policy","title":"Australia's Two-Airline Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\n\nBrogden 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160948416731,"sku":"2026200013828-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8cab6206-cb4e-4384-8136-237985889d44.png?v=1787188479","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013828-secondhand-australias-two-airline-policy","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}