Air Transport and the European Union examines the emergence of the EU as a major actor in aviation. It investigates how the EU was able to develop a common policy despite the existence of an established sectoral regime and against the opposition of most European states and their 'flag carriers'.

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HUSSEIN KASSIM is Professor of Politics and Political Science Mentor at the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia, UK.

HANDLEY STEVENS, formerly Director of International Aviation at the Department of Transport, was from 19942007 Visiting Research Associate at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

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Introduction PART I: AIR TRANSPORT UNDER THE TRADITIONAL REGIME From the Chicago Conference to the New US Aviation Policy National Aviation in Europe PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON AIR TRANSPORT POLICY From the Sidelines to the Margins The Liberal Breakthrough Completing the Single Market in Air Services Extending the Scope of the Common Air Transport Policy Beyond the Borders of the Single Market PART III: THE IMPACT OF EU ACTION Regulating the Single Market The EU and the Transformation of European Aviation Conclusion: Revolution in the Air