In this issue:
Global airport privatization resumes take-off
Is ATC reform making a comeback?
FAA and remote towers: What’s really going on?
Another remote tower company hits FAA’s brick wall
How FAA views the future of control towers
Further thoughts on preventing runway incursions
News Notes
Quotable Quotes
Global Airport Privatization Resumes Take-offBy Marc Scribner
Having survived the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the global trend of private investment in airports—via outright purchase, long-term lease, or public-private partnership projects at airports—continued its recovery in 2022. These activities are documented in Reason Foundation’s 2023 Annual Privatization Report: Aviation, which is available now to readers of this newsletter ahead of its publication tomorrow.
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