Passenger traffic in the 1930s on British imperial air routes: Refinement and revision

Journal of Transport History

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-83

  Pirie, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African air transport; Air travel; British Empire air routes; Imperial Airways; Passenger traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; IMPERIALISM; TRANSPORTATION HISTORY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042699910     PISSN: 00225266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/TJTH.25.1.4     Document Type: Article

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