Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939
1960 book by Robin Higham / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939: The Story of Britain's Overseas Airlines is a book by Robin Higham telling the history of the first twenty years of British air transport with an emphasis on the story of Imperial Airways and its predecessors. The book was first published by G. T. Foulis in 1960, with a revised version published by Fonthill in 2016.
Author | Robin Higham |
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Language | English |
Subject | History of aviation |
Publisher | G. T. Foulis |
Publication date | 1960 (revised 2016) |
ISBN | 978-1-78155-370-1 |
OCLC | 2233645 |
In the book, Higham writes about the experience in Britain of connecting the British Empire via commercial flight, during the interwar years. From 1921 to 1924 British air transport companies were able to obtain subsidies from government and from 1924 increasing amounts were given to Imperial Airways. The book contains total British subsidies to air transport companies and traces air routes to Africa, Australia, India and North America.