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by Arthur Hailey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The #1 New York Times–bestselling thriller about an airport thrust into chaos by a whiteout blizzard: “A spellbinder” (The Denver Post).

As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster.

Featuring a diverse cast of vibrant characters, Airport is both a realistic depiction of the airline industry and a novel of nail-biting suspense.

This ebook includes a foreword by the author.

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548 pages
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English
Publisher

Open Road Media
Publication date

May 13, 2014
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“A real zinger of a suspense story . . . Once in a very long time a book comes along that is such a spellbinder.” —The Denver Post

“Great entertainment!” —The Plain Dealer

“Supercharged.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“The author of Airport and Hotel has the natural storyteller’s gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages.” —The New York Times Book Review

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About the Author

Arthur Hailey (1920–2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became #1 New York Times bestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, The Final Diagnosis, and picked up velocity with Hotel and then Airport, which spent thirty weeks in the number-one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and became a blockbuster film. Hailey’s novels, many of which have been made into films, television series, and miniseries, have been translated into forty languages. They are notable for their suspenseful storylines and authentic depictions of various industries and commercial settings, which Hailey aggressively and meticulously researched.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JVCHC36
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (May 13, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2728 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 548 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #104,959 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- #1,424 in Suspense Action Fiction
- #2,493 in Action Thriller Fiction

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Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became #1 New York Times bestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, The Final Diagnosis, and picked up velocity with Hotel and then Airport, which spent thirty weeks in the number-one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and became a blockbuster film.

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Barry Melius

Written over half a century ago is Airport still a good read?

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019

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Airport came out in 1968 when the U.S. was taking such a beating in Vietnam that President Johnson decided not to run for re-election, while the Beatles released the White Album and Hair came out on Broadway. Hailey had emigrated to Canada after fighting for England in WW II, then moved to California after the runaway success of his third novel, Hotel, where he wrote Airport. By then Hailey had a formula of taking a popular area or field and filling it with well drawn characters, adding drama and a bang-up ending. He typically spent three years on each novel, a year of research, six months organizing his notes, and 18 months actually writing the thing. Critics tended to deride his work as door stops but he sold a lot of books with Airport spending 30 weeks as number one on the New York Times best sellers list, making so much money for Hailey that he moved to the Bahamas to lower his tax bill. I personally feel the critics tended to jump him because his work paid no homage literary pretensions at all, Hailey tried to tell good stories, not impress anybody. Think of everything that could go wrong at an airport-then imagine it all happening on the same day, Airport depicts the hectic activity of an airport struggling to keep operating during a heavy snowfall following the airport's manager, a pilot and a host of those well drawn characters through myriad mishaps with that traditional bang-up ending. Likable characters and excellent pacing drew me in, but I'll be honest, during the day I read heavier stuff but after supper I want to wind down and the more innocent and relaxed era Hailey writes of combined with his craft as a story teller makes this a good choice for a pre-bed cozy. I can't put my finger on just why I find Hailey's work so satisfying, but its a guilty pleasure I cherish as I slowly work my way through his body of work.
$7.99/book price divided by Amazon typical read time of 10 hours, 26 minutes=$.76/average hourly reading cost

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Liz

Boring

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019

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I found the book quite boring. Having read other reviews I skimmed through the first half of the book and did not lose anything to prove that the author loses himself in a plethora of unnecessary details. The only reason I didn't quit reading it is because other reviewers stated the second part of the book is the best. So I sort of jumped to it and yes was more interesting but not enough to really make me "not wanting to put the book down". So I'm summary I did not enjoy this book. I would not recommend to a friend.

7 people found this helpful

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Terror in the skies

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2019

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Review of Kindle edition
Publication date: May 13, 2014
Publisher: Open Road Media
Language: English
ASIN: B00JVCHC36
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 7263
548 pages

One of the progenitors of the disaster novels and movies genre, it is also one of the best. Like many of his novels such as HOTEL and WHEELS, Hailey writes about how things work. So in addition to character development and the diaster/adventure element, there is a plethora of information about airports and aviation. If you have no interest in airports or aviation, this may not be for you.

I've never read a bad Arthur Hailey book.

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DeirdreTop Contributor: Pets

You think air travel can be hazardous now...

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2021

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One of my favorite 1970s disaster movies is AIRPORT (1970). I've watched it several times on TV until I eventually purchased a DVD copy of the movie. Before I fall asleep I need to listen to a detailed lengthy book without a lot of excitement. AIRPORT fit the bill, the 1968 novel was published on Kindle in 2014 and is 548 pages long. Several reviews said the book was "boring", "it dragged", "it was too much like a soap opera", "lost interest", "it was very dated", "disappointed", "too long", "verbose", "movie was better", and "it was too much like a soap opera".

Well I for one loved the heck out of this book, all the details were great. It goes into more depth than the movie. Boring - I say not! It was calm and soothing as I drifted off. I was only disappointed when it ended. It didn't drag, it was thorough with several storylines that fleshed out the characters. Of course it was dated it was published 50 years ago. Airports and airlines have changed a lot since 9/11 but they used to be very relaxed in terms of security.

Drama Drama Drama! So yes it could be compared to a soap opera which doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable. TV dramas/ soap operas keep you coming back for more and often keep you on the edge of your seat from the tension. There were humorous moments peppered throughout along with hopelessness, adultery, and misery. It was very informative in detailing how airports operated and the importance of control towers. How bad weather can impact so much.

When the excitement started I couldn't listen to it at night anymore. I had to read to the end and I wished it had more pages. I highly recommend this book to people who enjoy disaster stories and a long satisfying story.

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Character development can be a virtue or an evil, spiraling descent into boredom

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2019

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If you enjoy a slow, slow burn, this is a soap opera novel for you.

Not only does one learn each and every thought that each and every character has for the entire novel, one gets to see dozens of perspectives of each and every thought that each and every character has for the entire novel.

The key to the slow burn is that after reading 80% of this soap opera, something happens! At that point, I gave up.

The conveyance of the technicalities of air travel were actually great.

The rest was not just boring, misogynistic, pedantic... it was lame.

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A superb story by the master story teller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2021

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Arthur Hailey is without doubt the finest storyteller of the 2nd half of the twentieth century. Airport was about how a airport worked and stories and plots about the people who worked there and used the airport. This novel had up to 4 stories going on at once but all join up at the end. Which ever Arthur Hailey book you read they are impossible to put down. Whatever the subject be it Newspaper publishing running a hotel or power distribution he does massive research on the subject. I really enjoyed this book and the Characters in it.
This is definitely a VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED novel

gordon

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2020

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Having read the book deval times I knew what to expect from the digital version -a and I was not didappointed. Fast moving, accurate text, I road I in just a few hours and thoroughly enjoyed it - once again.

Red Echan

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2019

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Not only an exciting drama, but full of fascinating information about the running of an airport and it also highlights the differences between then and the present day regarding security.

Pat & Mike

A must read for aviation buffs:)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2016

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Hard to put it down once started, the names of the main players are mostly the same as in the film. Being an Aviation fan already, its interesting to notice the changes to Airport management from those days, to today's A380s and high tech airport design. A great read for any enthusiast of the 70s aviation era or of the film itself.