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Privatization of first major US airport attracts foreign interest


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Can you say, ...USA for sale???

 

Good luck complaining that the airport, now run bt France or some other country, is providing poor service!

 

CHICAGO (AFP) - Foreign investors are lining up to bid to operate Chicago's Midway International Airport, the first major US airport to be privatized under a federal initiative launched more than a decade ago.

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City officials say six consortiums, which include firms from France, Australia, Germany, Canada and Spain, are vying to run Chicago's secondary airport.

 

While many European airports were privatized years ago, all commercial airports in the United States are currently operated and owned by local or state governments...

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080402/ts_alt_afp/usairtransportprivatization

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