The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
July 2008
Vol. 11, No. 12
Bringing together analysis on the Conservatives, energy policy, constitutional renewal and the civil… More…
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The history of the airline industry is littered with inter-line mergers and acquisitions. What is remarkable is that virtually all of these mergers have been between airlines from the same country: the country in which both airlines were registered. US deregulation in 1978 led to a flurry of merger activity amongst US-based airlines; sometimes inducing mergers between airlines based at the same airport, as was the case with Northwest/Republic at Minneapolis and TWA/Ozark at St. Louis.
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