From: "Kenton A. Hoover" <shibumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:47 PM > Oh, I know. However, perhaps a straight swap: lift the Wright Amendment > in exchange for WN _purchasing_ Love Field. Even if the cost could only > be nominal, it would be an interesting experiment in the free market... <snip> A commercial airport is not only land with runways and lights and buildings but also airspace around it. It is in most respects a public facility. I'm not sure that having an airline own its own airport would be that good an idea. Does such an arrangement exist anywhere in the U.S.? Do airlines even own the terminals that are currently used exclusively by them, or do they just lease them? Most commercial airports I am familiar with have federal money in them. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html