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An Analysis of the Proposed Privatization of Chicago's Midway Airport

Casey Andrew Burton

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A THOUGH IT IS now a given that the government will have substantial influence over many of our daily activities, the ownership and control of an airport do not necessarily have to be almost entirely dominated by government.However, nearly every commercial service airport in the United States is owned and controlled by either the government or a governmental agency.'The American method of ownership is not the only viable option, as experiences in many other parts of the world have shown that private ownership or operation of airports can lead to very successful results. 2 Attempting to get the United States on board with this worldwide phenomenon, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his Department of Aviation have applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), seeking to participate in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program, a trial privatization program.Chicago filed its preliminary application 4 and its application was ac-

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A THOUGH IT IS now a given that the government will have substantial influence over many of our daily activities, the ownership and control of an airport do not necessarily have to be almost entirely dominated by government.However, nearly every commercial service airport in the United States is owned and controlled by either the government or a governmental agency.'The American method of ownership is not the only viable option, as experiences in many other parts of the world have shown that private ownership or operation of airports can lead to very successful results. 2 Attempting to get the United States on board with this worldwide phenomenon, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his Department of Aviation have applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), seeking to participate in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program, a trial privatization program.Chicago filed its preliminary application 4 and its application was ac-

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A THOUGH IT IS now a given that the government will have substantial influence over many of our daily activities, the ownership and control of an airport do not necessarily have to be almost entirely dominated by government.However, nearly every commercial service airport in the United States is owned and controlled by either the government or a governmental agency.'The American method of ownership is not the only viable option, as experiences in many other parts of the world have shown that private ownership or operation of airports can lead to very successful results. 2 Attempting to get the United States on board with this worldwide phenomenon, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his Department of Aviation have applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), seeking to participate in the Airport Privatization Pilot Program, a trial privatization program.Chicago filed its preliminary application 4 and its application was ac-

Key concepts: Aeronautics, Transport engineering, Environmental science, Engineering

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