Interview with Alfred Kahn—A Founding Father of Airline Deregulation
Credit: BENET WILSON/AW&ST
Alfred E. Kahn, the Robert Julius Thorne Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Cornell University, remains, at 91 years old, a keen observer of the airline industry. Kahn chaired the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), where he led the movement to deregulate U.S. airlines back in 1978. He brought...
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