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The Civil Aeronautics Board and the All-Cargo Airlines: The Early Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Philip B. Schary
Philip B. Schary
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Oregon State University
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Abstract

Following World War II, the American Civil Aeronautics Board was able to develop the highly uncertain air-cargo market at little risk to itself or to the Federal government. Professor Schary suggests this was because it delayed its regulatory action until after the pattern of competition in the industry had been naturally established.

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Business History Review , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1967 , pp. 272 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1967

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