Leasing, or even selling ABIA, is a brilliant idea. The city should have done this a long time ago!
It would be a huge advantage to have our airport run by a free market corporation who has experience in running medium-to-large airports. By allowing ABIA to enter the free market economy, those who run it should be more inclined to listen to their “customers” and make necessary changes to please said customers – a lot quicker that the City of Austin would!!!!
Expansion of facilities and routes would occur in a much shorter timeframe that the City of Austin can accomplish. Having ABIA run by an outside corporation will free-up many more avenues to funding project than are open to a municipality-run facility.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the City wakes up and realizes this potential boon. However, we’re talking about the City of Austin here…
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AUSTIN (City): 974,447 +1.30% - '20-'22 | AUSTIN MSA (5 counties): 2,473,275 +8.32% - '20-'23
SAN ANTONIO (City): 1,472,909 +2.69% - '20-'22 | SAN ANTONIO MSA (8 counties): 2,703,999 +5.70% - '20-'23
AUS-SAT REGION (MSAs/13 counties): 5,177,274 +6.94% - '20-'23 | *SRC: US Census*
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