Who owns american airports?
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Usually, the large airports with commercial air carrier service are publically owned, meaning that they are owned by the city, county, state or federal government.\n\nSmaller airports may be owned by private companies or individuals, but it would depend on which airport you are talking about.  I know of no companies that own multiple airports.\n\nFixed base operators usually lease space from the airport owner to sell gas, operate maintenance shops or rent aircraft.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer\n\nIt took a hundred years, but this week, Congress got it right - Ohio, not North Carolina, is the birthplace of aviation.\n\nThe U.S. House voted 378-3 for a resolution naming Dayton, Ohio - home of Wilbur and Orville Wright - as the place where aviation was born. The measure passed the Senate late Thursday on a voice vote.\n\nDaytonians have known that for nearly a century, but North Carolinians have been making the claim that powered flight was born on an Outer Banks hill called Kitty Hawk, where the Wright brothers experimented and made their first flight on Dec. 17, 1903.\n\nNaturally, the three votes against the House resolution were cast by North Carolina congressmen.\n\nOhio - where the phrase "Birthplace of Aviation" is etched on license plates - was where flight was born, Buckeyes claim, because the Wright brothers made their plans and constructed their aircraft in their bicycle shop on Dayton's West Side.\n\nOhio is also the state that has produced the most astronauts, 24 in all, including John Glenn and Neil Armstrong.
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It would have to be Zionists and Jews capitalists who run Ur country (US). Ignore these stupid comments! Microsoft is not the biggest corporation in the world. The others such as Toyota, Davine, GM etc. are. The Switzerland banks are more power full. Who runs our world? capitalists! not "Bill gates" as a principle answer. of course  doesn't have any thing to do with the world!\n\nHaliberton, Dick Cheny, etc do these make sense?!
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The entity with the most land is the US Government.  As for individuals, here's a very dated (1997) list:\n\nhttp://www.endgame.org/landlords-100.html
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Ok..here it is broken down. THose east coast ports were being managed via contract through an English company. That company was bought out by a larger company in the United Arab Emerates. A lot of people feel that our national security is at risk if the UAE company assumes the port operations contract previously honored by the now bought out English port company. White House tried to pull a fast one and didn't tell Congress about it initially until it was almost a done deal. There you go.
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Air-America is insightful, intelligent, inclusive, and most of all accurate. Depressing?, of course, look what's happened to our great land since the criminal Bush administration moved into D.C.
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The leader in airport and aircraft services in the mid-2000s was Swissport International. Swissport, which developed its operations during the late 1990s and early 2000s with multiple acquisitions, including DynCorp's DynAir segment in 1999, delivered services to over 160 airlines in 36 countries and processes more than 70 million passengers annually. The company's North American operations provide total ground support services to both domestic and international carriers at more than 50 airports in the United States. Swissport offered a complete range of aviation-related technical services to the operations of commercial aircraft, including periodic checks, nonroutine maintenance, structural inspections, repair and overhaul, and stripping and painting. Other specialized services included the repair, modification, and installation of transport aircraft avionics and navigation systems, including wind shear alerts, weather radar and radio altimeter systems, complete cargo handling, and fueling services for commercial and general aviation customers. In 2004 Swissport purchased Groundstar, a U.K.-based airport services firm. Swissport is privately owned, and London-based equity firm Candover purchased a majority share in February 2002.\n\nGlobeGround North America LLC is part of the worldwide operations of Servisair/GroundGlobe, which has airport support operations in 145 locations in 31 countries. Servisair/GroundGlobe handles about 100 million passengers annually. GlobeGround North America, headquartered in New York, provides services to over 35 major U.S. airports. Servisair/GroundGlobe is wholly owned by the French firm, Penauille Polyservices.\n\nAnother U.K. firm, Menzies Aviation Group, purchased Ogden Aviation Services, which extended its presence in the United States. In 2005, Menzies provided supports services at nine major U.S. airports.\n\nGate Gourmet, Inc. has been one of the world's largest airline caterers, providing in-flight food service for domestic and international airlines. In 2005 Gate Gourmet operated 115 flight kitchen in 30 countries. Average production was 534,000 meal each day, or 195 million meals each year. The company operated in about 30 major U.S. airports. Customers included American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and United Airlines.\n\nOne of the premier suppliers of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services has been Goodrich's Aviation Technical Services, formerly known as Tramco Inc. The BF Goodrich Aerospace subsidiary has performed maintenance for the fleets of Federal Express, Southwest Airlines, and United Parcel Service (UPS). Company headquarters are in Everett, Washington. In 2004 the company's Airframe Systems division, which includes aviation technical services, posted revenues of $1.63 billion, about one-third of the company's total revenues of $4.72 billion.\n\nCreated in 1981 as a subsidiary of AMR Corp., Worldwide Flight Services (formerly known as AMR Services Corp.) has provided flight operations services, including passenger services, cargo handling and warehousing, cabin services and facility cleaning, fuel services, and aircraft handling services. The company also has operated flight service centers, marketed used aircraft, provided ground transportation services, and offered security services. Castle Harlan Inc., which had acquired Worldwide Flight in 1999, agreed to sell the ground services provider to Vinci SA for $295 million in 2001. In 2005 Worldwide Flight was handling cargo at 100 airports throughout the world and provided services at over 50 major U.S. airports. Employees totaled 9,300.
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Air Canada, Korean Air, Air Tran, Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines, Mesa, America West, Midwest, American, Northwest, Spirit, ATA, Sun Country, British Airways, TACA, Continental, United, US AIrways and Frontier. There's no way I am typing the routes every single one of those airlines flies.
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I feel America does not want to control territory as such.It only wants to maintain its supremacy and balance of world power.Controlling new territories is not good for the USA instead it is troublesome for them to hold on to foreign countries.
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The one about them overtaking the plane that landed in the Pennsylvania field is Flight 93. At least I'm pretty sure. They shouldn't make a United 93 and a Flight 93. It's really confusing.
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Every airport has it's own collection/stories.  I've seen the rubble of a P-51, the bent up undercarriage of a wheels up Mooney, a couple of bent up homebuilts, a couple of scorch marks, etc.
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Some states hold the property.
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Part ownership in the corporation that owns the park.  The residents and others are stockholders
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Who have his own business.
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Sounds like they are talking about ATA Airlines (American Trans Air) \n\nATA Airlines website is at: www.ATA.com
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The Transportation Security Administration was specifically created because of 9/11 to protect the nation's transportation but the only aspect of it right now is the screening of passengers and cargo at airports.\nhttp://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=7\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration has been around almost since commercial flights.  It's primary job now is the safety of  the planes, how they are flown and taking care of air traffic.\nhttp://www.faa.gov/about/mission/activities/\n\nBasically, it looks like TSA deals with the passengers; FAA deals with the planes, pilots and airlines.  They both work for the security of the flights.
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An IL-76 four engined jet - ran straight off the rear ramp with about 100 other folks over the North Pole.  The clincher for me was the name of the company who owned it ... Afghan Veteran Airlines out of Russia - awesome in so many ways.\n\nBTW agree on the Otter - nice big door ... also liked the Porter with the huge nose - bit of Air America nostalgia.\n\nBlue skies \n\n=8-)