Airports 
Recent Research and Commentary
Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease?
November 11, 2009, 3:17pmMidway Airport's strong economic performance of late is rekindling interest in a long-term lease.
Bob Poole (Quoted by Steve Forbes) Has It Right: Airline Deregulation is not to Blame
November 11, 2009, 11:00amSteve Forbes quotes Bob Poole Jr. about aviation
Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
November 9, 2009, 10:46amAviation security methods
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
November 5, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50
Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays
October 31, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #49
Where airport grants really go, privatizing New Orleans Airport, and airport security and suicide bombers
September 30, 2009In this issue:
Where AIP Grants Actually Go
Body Cavities and Suicide Bombers
New Orleans Revives Privatization Program
TSA's Belly-Cargo Screening Rule
Airports: Competition vs. Monopoly
News Notes
Quotable Quotes
View Resources by Type
StudiesBlog PostsOp-EdsReason.comReason.tv
- Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease?
Leonard Gilroy
November 11, 2009, 3:17pm - Bob Poole (Quoted by Steve Forbes) Has It Right: Airline Deregulation is not to Blame
Shirley Ybarra
November 11, 2009, 11:00am - Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
Shirley Ybarra
November 9, 2009, 10:46am - Surface and Aviation Funding on a Three Month Fix?
Shirley Ybarra
September 21, 2009, 12:49pm - FAA Gives New Orleans Go-Ahead on Airport Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
September 16, 2009, 9:45pm - Airport Projects Funded by Stimulus Package Questioned
Shirley Ybarra
August 12, 2009, 1:20pm - Reason on Airport Privatization, Post-Midway
Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009, 5:29pm - Good News for Taxpayers: Lower Than Expected Bids Continue for Stimulus Projects
Shirley Ybarra
July 22, 2009, 11:29am - Airport Congestion Costs New York Billions
Robert Poole
June 18, 2009, 2:01pm - Looking Into Airport Parking Privatization in Pittsburgh
Robert Poole
June 18, 2009, 1:50pm - LaHood: Government Better at Managing Air Congestion?
Samuel Staley
May 16, 2009, 9:30am - Chicago Exploring Alternative Privatization Models for Midway Airport
Leonard Gilroy
May 8, 2009, 7:37pm - Chicago Keeps $126 Million from Canceled Midway Airport Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2009, 7:08am - Chicago's Midway Airport Privatization Deal Collapses
Robert Poole
April 21, 2009, 11:20am - Government Intervention And The Archaic Rules Of Airline Ownership
Robert Poole
April 15, 2009, 12:20am - Midway Airport Lease Deal Is Too Important to Fall Through
Robert Poole
April 8, 2009, 3:11pm - FedEx May Cancel Order of 15 Boeing 777Fs If Congress Passes Unions Bill
Robert Poole
March 26, 2009, 1:46am - Airport Privatization Being Proposed In A Soft Market
Robert Poole
March 19, 2009, 5:15pm - Midway Airport Lease Could Inspire Austin, Milwaukee and New Orleans
Robert Poole
November 11, 2008, 12:32pm - Is There A Problem With FAA's Safety Culture?
Robert Poole
October 8, 2008, 7:54am - Not Even Close: Chicago City Council Unanimously Approves $2.5 Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
October 7, 2008, 11:54am - Chicago City Council Committee Approves Midway Deal
Leonard Gilroy
October 6, 2008, 12:36pm - Implementing Next Generation Air Traffic Control System
Robert Poole
October 6, 2008, 8:53am - So Far, So Good on Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
October 4, 2008, 11:20pm - Midway Airport Lease Deal
Robert Poole
September 29, 2008, 2:51pm - Mayor Daley Announces Winning $2.5B Bid for 99-Year Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2008, 2:13pm - Want the Latest on Airport Privatization and Air Traffic Control Reform?
Leonard Gilroy
August 27, 2008, 5:33pm - Air Traffic Computer Woes and Long Travel Delays
Robert Poole
August 26, 2008, 11:41am - Air Traffic Controllers - Too Many or Too Few?
Robert Poole
August 21, 2008, 8:22am - Sen. Schumer Wants to Protect Airlines From Competition
Robert Poole
August 17, 2008, 1:32pm - Air Transport Association Sues Over Newark Auction
Robert Poole
August 10, 2008, 12:59pm - Newark Runway Slot Auction a Step in the Right Direction
Robert Poole
August 6, 2008, 9:11am - Leasing Chicago's Midway Airport
Robert Poole
May 8, 2008, 9:55am - Planes Barely Avoid Mid-Air Collision
Robert Poole
March 6, 2008, 7:53am - New Reason Study: How to Reduce Air Travel Delays
Chris Mitchell
March 5, 2008, 12:59pm - WSJ: Gridlock in the Air
Geoffrey Segal
July 20, 2007, 7:16am - Time to Rethink Airport Security
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2006, 10:39am - The Smoky Skies
Ted Balaker
July 11, 2006, 10:27am - Private Space Flight Keeps on Moving and Shaking
Ted Balaker
May 31, 2006, 1:49pm - Private Space Travel Possible if only Government Would Get Out of the Way
Adam Summers
May 8, 2006, 9:08pm - "It's like an upside-down bungee jump"
Ted Balaker
March 18, 2006, 7:58pm - Airport Privatization Proceeds in India
Leonard Gilroy
February 6, 2006, 5:24am - Space X Launch Today @ 11am PST
Ted Balaker
December 18, 2005, 9:46am - Let airports take over
Ted Balaker
October 18, 2005, 5:25pm - Space tourist returns to earth
Ted Balaker
October 10, 2005, 5:45pm - View all aircraft over major airports--live!
Adrian Moore
October 3, 2005, 12:15pm - Sure weíve been screwing up for decades, but how about another $104 billion?
Ted Balaker
October 3, 2005, 10:42am - 14 Lives and $250 Billion Later
Ted Balaker
September 27, 2005, 12:31pm - Space tourism spreads to Japan
Ted Balaker
August 18, 2005, 9:52am - Space tourists already getting more choices
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2005, 2:37pm - Discovery lands safely. What now?
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2005, 10:19am - Entrepreneurs or Bureaucracies?
Ted Balaker
August 4, 2005, 10:07am - The Spaceship Company
Ted Balaker
July 26, 2005, 5:42pm - Planet Regulation
Ted Balaker
June 21, 2005, 4:33pm - Make way for private space flight
Ted Balaker
May 23, 2005, 9:17am - Tougher to break through: the earthís atmosphere or fed bureaucracy?
Ted Balaker
May 19, 2005, 1:20pm - "If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense, you don't have a breakthrough."
Ted Balaker
April 26, 2005, 1:22pm - Rutan: FAA ìjust about ruined my program"
Ted Balaker
April 20, 2005, 12:19pm - TSA Doesn't Work...Are You Surprised?
Geoffrey Segal
April 19, 2005, 5:44am - TSA Shakeup in the Works
Leonard Gilroy
April 7, 2005, 7:49am - California Conquered Space?
Ted Balaker
April 4, 2005, 9:36am - Low fares, high quality
Ted Balaker
April 3, 2005, 1:11pm - The Father of Private Space Flight
Ted Balaker
March 30, 2005, 9:35am - Space entrepreneur could get 80 years
Ted Balaker
March 1, 2005, 4:50pm - Free the skies
Ted Balaker
January 27, 2005, 10:45am - FAA Poised to Announce Competition Results
Geoffrey Segal
January 4, 2005, 5:39am - What are you doing with your life?
Ted Balaker
January 3, 2005, 9:52am - SpaceShipOneís not the only one
Ted Balaker
December 21, 2004, 4:19pm - Reforming the skies
Ted Balaker
December 16, 2004, 10:25am - Black Sky: The Race for Space
Ted Balaker
December 1, 2004, 9:54am - More on private airport security
Ted Balaker
November 17, 2004, 8:28am - The cost of fat fliers
Ted Balaker
November 11, 2004, 7:34am - Mr. President, Sen. Kerry, do you have a moment for space policy?
Ted Balaker
October 28, 2004, 10:38am - Burt Rutanís vision
Ted Balaker
October 25, 2004, 11:32am - Privatize the space station?
Ted Balaker
October 17, 2004, 5:32pm - More X Prizes
Ted Balaker
October 5, 2004, 3:36pm - X Prize (probably) claimed
Ted Balaker
October 3, 2004, 9:53am - Communications breakdown
Ted Balaker
September 15, 2004, 10:01am - Three years later, are we safer?
Ted Balaker
September 12, 2004, 12:00pm - ìWithin the next two to three years there will be tickets available for sub-orbital flightsî
Ted Balaker
August 24, 2004, 10:00am - Bombs or Pot?
Ted Balaker
July 7, 2004, 2:56pm - Airports Can Go Private Soon
Geoffrey Segal
June 24, 2004, 9:08am - FAA Needs Controllers
Geoffrey Segal
June 23, 2004, 6:57am - Makiní history
Ted Balaker
June 21, 2004, 5:24pm - "Professional demeanor, attire and attitude gain respect"
Ted Balaker
May 31, 2004, 2:01pm - Private astronaut enters space
Ted Balaker
May 13, 2004, 1:22pm - ìSure kid, an astronautî
Ted Balaker
April 27, 2004, 3:21pm - Pricing in the sky
Ted Balaker
April 4, 2004, 1:28pm - ATC Privatization Fight...Again
Geoffrey Segal
February 4, 2004, 8:17pm - Bringing Performance to the FAA
Geoffrey Segal
December 10, 2003, 12:46pm - Bush still backs ATC outsourcing
Ted Balaker
November 16, 2003, 11:13am - Italian Airline Privatization Taking Off
Adrian Moore
November 13, 2003, 3:02am - Tourists in space?
Ted Balaker
October 27, 2003, 11:25pm
Out of Control Policy Blog - Transportation
- National Journal Forum Spotlights Transportation Policy Reform (11/18)
- National Journal Holds Transportation Forum on Tuesday, November 17th. (11/16)
- Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease? (11/11)
- Bob Poole (Quoted by Steve Forbes) Has It Right: Airline Deregulation is not to Blame (11/11)
- Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods? (11/9)
Related Topics
Poole's Newsletter
- Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #67
Radar, the FAA and airlines, user fees
October 23, 2009
Robert Poole - Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
November 5, 2009
Robert Poole - More
Experts: Airports
RSS Feeds: Airports
Media Contact
Chris MitchellDirector of Communications
Email
(310) 367-6109
Support Reason
Your tax-deductible gift can help us promote individual liberty, choice, and free minds and free markets.




