Elite diversities in practice: The case of frequent flyers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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ZUSKÁČOVÁ Veronika SEIDENGLANZ Daniel

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Geographia Polonica
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0151
Keywords aeromobile practices; accessibility; frequent flyer; frequent flyer programmes; mobile elite; the Czech Republic; Slovakia
Description Due to deregulation of air traffic flying has become increasingly accessible to masses of travellers on the growing low-cost market. Yet, a significant group of passengers seems to remain on the other side – the kinetic elites whose hypermobile lifestyles are performed in privileged spaces. The aim of this paper is to critically address the binary of elite and non-elite passengering and to demonstrate the evidence of a much wider spectrum of individual aeromobile experiences. We use the case study of frequent flyers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to present the highly diverse practices of passengers usually labelled as elites.
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