Airport

Name: Airport
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Arthur Hailey
ISBN: 9781705206546

Author: Arthur Hailey

Narrator: BJ Harrison

Unabridged: 19 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2020

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

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.

About Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became number one 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. John Donne No airport was an island either. This book was first published in 1968. Clearly much has changed in aviation management in the last 49 years and readers must take this into account......more

Goodreads review by Charles

Terror in the skies 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 an......more

Goodreads review by Tea

Sjajan komercijalni autor ranga Šeldona i sličnih, a sada potpuno zaboravljen... Samo ga se još bibliotekari sećaju i poneki čitalac koji nabasa negde na neku njegovu knjigu... A nekada se čekali u redu po bibliotekama da se dođe do njegovih knjiga... Šteta.........more

Goodreads review by Велислав

Страхотен трилър! „Летище“ успява да държи в напрежение за развръзката, но и пренася напълно в атмосферата от края на 60-те години на миналия век, както и увлекателно описва живота на хората, свързани с гражданската авиация. Артър Хейли явно е проучил подробно ежедневието и проблемите при летците и......more