Will Dulles Airport be America’s first major airport public-private partnership?

Will Dulles Airport be America’s first major airport public-private partnership?

Several months ago, I received an email from an airport consultant in the United Kingdom. He was preparing a global report on the prospects for whole-airport long-term public-private partnerships and wanted my outlook for the United States. I wrote back that no such projects were on the horizon in the United States and had explained why in my recent policy paper: primarily, the lack of any airport owners who are open to this approach. Thus, when…