Articles for tag: Airline Industry, Airplane Travel

History of the Airline Industry

The beginning of aviation began in 1903 with the Wright brothers’ first successful flight in Kitty Hawk. During this time period of the early 1900’s, many people did not see airplane travel as an option due to the lack of safety appeal. World War I assisted in the initial development of the industry; however the ...

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Transportation of the 1920s

No period in human history contributed more to how the average person moved from one place to another than the 1920s. Americans conquered the roads, rail lines, oceans, and soared to new heights. Some concepts would stumble upon failure, while others would reach for the sky, establishing the very foundation of the transportation systems we ...

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History of Commercial Passenger Flights

Although the first commercial passenger flights occurred as early as 1911, early airplane flights were not very comfortable. Airplanes were unstable, relatively small, and could not achieve very high altitudes. It was also difficult to operate passenger service at a profit. In the United States, the commercial aviation industry did not take off until the ...

Deregulation: Wage Inequality in the Airline Industry

Soaring fuel cost may give the airline industry its much needed justification for excuses concerning wage inequality. Factors of production directly influence an industry’s ability to hire and pay workers. However, Card (1996) and Jones (1998) show that wage inequality has existed ever since the deregulation of the airline industries in the late 1970s. The ...