Low-cost aviation : society, culture and environment /

Low-Cost Aviation: Aeromobilities Culture, Politics, and Infrastructures covers critical societal issues such as labor regimes, unequal and changing flying publics, transnational dynamics of migration, tourism, business experiences, environmental challenges and shifting territorialities of LCCs at v...

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Main Author: Lin, Weiqiang (Geographer)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Fretigny, Jean-Baptiste
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022.
Series:Contemporary issues in air transport
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Low-Cost Aviation: Aeromobilities Culture, Politics, and Infrastructures covers critical societal issues such as labor regimes, unequal and changing flying publics, transnational dynamics of migration, tourism, business experiences, environmental challenges and shifting territorialities of LCCs at various scales. It situates LCCs holistically within a societal-infrastructural regime rather than solely within a transport context. The book explores the changing nature of passengers' profiles and mobile cultures, new consumption patterns and Economic Re-Configurations, as well as geopolitical and sustainability challenges. Providing a research agenda for aeromobilities, the book examines the most pressing social, cultural and political impacts of LCCs on society in different global contexts.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780128204313
0128204311