Provides an insight into the economics & marketing of international airlines. This guide takes into account the various changes which have affected airlines. It

Includes:: material on many key topics such as airline costs, 'open skies', air cargo economics, charters & different trends in airline pricing.

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The Isle of Sheppey in north Kent was the birthplace of aviation in the UK & early pioneers, including the Wright Bros & Charles Rolls, gathered on its low, flat ground to undertake experimental flights. This book reminds the island's great contribution to the story of flight in the UK. ...

Follows Chris & Neil, Ben, Thomas & Jase through the years, into their teenage golden age & out the other side. This book tells a tale of those who are alienated & those who belong, their childhoods lost & adulthoods found, & the fine line they walk between belief & madness. It defines a generation & its music & mindset. ...

* 11, 000 copies sold in hardback in 6 printings * Flying Scotsman currently under restoration by National Railway Museum * stunning ...

Drama based on a remarkable true story. When British cyclist Chris Boardman won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the world was caught off guard. No one had ever suspected that Britain was capable of producing world-class cyclists. Perhaps no one was more shocked by Boardman's success than unemployed Scot Graeme Obree (Jonny Lee Miller), an old riding partner of Boardman's who on more than a few occasions had crossed the finish line before his medal-winning counterpart. With his debts piling up & his family in desperate need of some good luck, Obree is determined to take one last shot at the world of cycling with a little encouragement from his longtime friend Malky Mc Govern (Billy Boyd) & his loving wife, Anne (Laura Fraser). Now, with no official sponsor, no financial backing, no funding to speak of, & a decided lack of experience needed to design the kind of bike he would need for his ambitious endeavor, the 27-year-old cyclist decides to build his own revolutionary bike from the ground up & begin the arduous journey to becoming the fastest cyclist in the history of the sport. ...