After eight

Title

After eight

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Speech

TX Date

27 Oct 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:50:32

Description

A documentary on de-regulation and competition in the airline business, presented by Hugh Williams. Looks at the de-regulation and increased competition that has happened in the US and is planned for Europe, at the newly de-regulated London-Hong Kong route and asks whether price cutting is good for the airlines in the long run? Speaks to Trade Secretary John Nott; Gerry Draper, British Airways manager; Alastair Pugh, managing director of British Caledonian Airways; Sir Peter Masefield; John Allson(?) of Cathay Pacific; Freddie Laker of Laker Airways and Lord Bethell MEP (Nicholas Bethell).

Contributors

Nicholas Bethell; Hugh Williams; John Nott; Gerry Draper; Peter Masefield; John Allson(?); Freddie Laker; Alastair Pugh

Keywords

USA; Civil aviation; Economic competition; Prices; BA; Airlines; Europe; Lakers Airways; Regulation; Travel abroad; Deregulation

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