Editorial Unimagdalena

Description in English: Air transport plays a central role in articulating international mobility. In Latin America, aviation as a transport system has been and continues to be fundamental for the territorial cohesion of the different countries and for guaranteeing the region's connections on a global scale. This book includes several works related to various countries, from Argentina and Chile, passing through Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba, which seek to explain the origins and consolidation of civil aviation throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century as a platform for the development of a technologically advanced transportation system in international relations. This edition includes substantial elements in the field of creation and evolution of the varied experiences of national airlines; the role played by States in its design and function; fleet acquisition trajectory and strategies and their implications for diplomatic relations; the impact of technological change on airlines; the articulation and consolidation of internal markets; and the close relationship between the takeoff of economic activities, such as tourism, and the expansion of commercial aviation. Decisive aspects, such as regulation of the air market from the regional perspective of Mercosur or the interests of countries outside the region, but closely linked to its historical trajectories, such as the cases of Spain and the United States, are included.