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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
Surface and Aviation Funding on a Three Month Fix?
September 21, 2009, 12:49pmShort term funding bills being considered in the House
FAA Gives New Orleans Go-Ahead on Airport Privatization
September 16, 2009, 9:45pmThe FAA has accepted the New Orleans Aviation Board's preliminary application to privatize the city's main airport.
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #48
Registered traveler, high-speed rail vs. air travel and airport pricing
August 31, 2009For reasons that have never been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration refused to implement Registered Traveler as the kind of risk-based aviation security program that Congress intended.
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- Increasing Airport Capacity Without Increasing Airport Size
Policy Study 368
Viggo Butler
March 4, 2008 - Congestion Pricing for the New York Airports: Reducing Delays while Promoting Growth and Competition
Policy Study 366
Benjamin Dachis and Robert Poole
December 1, 2007 - Using the Revenues from Airport Pricing
Policy Brief 68
David Z. Plavin
November 1, 2007 - Congestion Pricing at New York Airports
Policy Brief 66
Michael L. Levine
November 1, 2007 - Evidence That Airport Pricing Works
Policy Brief 67
George L. Donohue and Karla Hoffman
November 1, 2007 - Detailing Foreign Management of US Infrastructure
Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
March 1, 2006 - More Airline Competition
Yet Another Reason for Airport Privatization
Robert Poole
December 1, 1999 - Passenger-Friendly Airports
Another Reason for Airport Privatization
Sheesh Advani
March 1, 1999 - Airport Privatization Pilot Program
Robert Poole
September 1, 1996 - How to Privatize Orange County's Airports
Robert Poole
August 1, 1995 - Guidelines for Airport Privatization
Robert Poole
October 1, 1994 - Privatizing Milwaukee's Airport
Robert Poole
July 1, 1994 - Privatizing Los Angeles International Airport
Analyzing the Alternatives
Robert Poole
April 1, 1993 - Expanding Airport Capacity
Getting Privatization Off The Ground
William H. Payson and Steven A. Steckler
June 1, 1992 - The Public Benefits of Privatizing Logan Airport
Robert Poole
November 1, 1991 - Airport Privatization
What the Record Shows
Robert Poole
August 1, 1990 - Selling LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports
Robert Poole
May 1, 1990 - Privatizing Airports
Robert Poole
January 1, 1990
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