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On Skies and Airports

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USA Today today published this letter of mine [2] advocating free trade in air-passenger service and privatization of air-traffic-control and, indeed, airports generally:

USA TODAY’s editorial “How airlines mistreat fliers and get Congress to go along [3]” correctly notes that America’s flying public can be better served, but the editorial’s proposed solution of more government regulation is unwise (Our view, Airline passenger rights debate, Monday).

What Congress should do:

* Open domestic routes to foreign carriers. The increased competition will lower prices and improve service.

* Follow the example of Canada and more than a dozen other countries that have either fully or partially privatized their air-traffic-control systems. As a result, these countries have seen impressive technological advances

State and local governments can do their part by privatizing airports, which will unleash the profit motive and supply more and better ground capacity for planes and passengers.

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