An examination of the politics of international aviation. Topics covered include international conflicts and the safety of air travel, ICAO in the United Nations context, and the problems related to terrorism in the sky, such as setting security standards in airports.

Inhalt

The Chicago conference revisited - the record and legacy; from the DC-3 to hypersonic flight - the changing environment; ICAO in the United Nations context - a case history in functionalism; decision making in ICAO - who governs in the governing body?; international aviation and the Third World - the politics of equal opportunity; civil and military aviation - sharing the same sky; international conflicts and the safety of air travel; flying targets - armed attacks against civil aviation; terrorism in the sky - setting security standards; terrorism in the sky - the elusive grasp of the law; deregulation dilemmas - air transport and European integration; deregulation dilemmas - flying the flag in the global market. Appendices: The freedoms of the air; convention of international civil aviation (extracts); ICAO conventions dealing with unlawful interference with civil aviation; ICAO assembly sessions.