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General aviation: its viability as a mode of transport in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Robert Caves
Robert Caves*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Transport Technology, University of Technology, Loughborough
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There has recently been evidence of an upsurge of activity in general aviation in the United Kingdom, particularly in small scheduled operations which are frequently referred to as ‘third level’. Much of the non-scheduled activity has been generated by North Sea exploration and the tendency for stronger ties with the European Economic Community (EEC). The recent growth in third level operations owes some of its impetus to each of these reasons, but there have also been moves to operate domestic links on routes which are not well served by the ground transport infrastructure. These include the Newquay-Gatwick and Norwich-Birmingham-Swansea-Newquay routes, the helicopter service between Fort William and Glasgow, the formation of Air Wales and Air Westward and the intention of British Caledonian to set up its own network of third level feeders for its international services at Gatwick.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 83 , Issue 826 , October 1979 , pp. 375 - 383
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1979 

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