Pontiff of the skies: Sir Michael Bishop has pioneered open skies in Europe. He and his kind will not get much further without open airports too.(Column)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: June 14, 1997 | Copyright information

Sir Michael Bishop's British Midland Airways pioneered airline deregulation in the UK and Europe, beginning by challenging British Airways' route monopolies in 1980. He is now campaigning against under-utilization of Europe's airports due to preferential treatment for state-owned carriers.

NOT many airline bosses conduct business from a marquis's bedroom, or hold board meetings in a baronial hall where a 19th-century duke held cockfights as he dissipated his family's fortune. But t...

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