Originally Posted by
NWSRG
Yes SD...but the USA is not Spain. While the USA is seen as the capitalist capital of the world, they still recognise that public ownership of infrastructure can work very well. The State of Rhode Island owns PVD and clearly they've put a lot of money into making it a great airport. It's an example of what can be done with a facility the size of Aldergrove, if the wider support is there for it.
I have no idea how we make that work in the model we currently have (never mind the lack of an assembly), but Aldergrove needs investment badly.
Well of course, that is the point I am making. The state owns the airport and the money they invest doesn't have to come from the profit made by the airport. BFS is a business and has to make money. The kind of investment that people on here seem to think should be spent without thought is well outside the margins. You will find that private companies and their shareholders are not so keen on long term investment sums. That is before we even consider the lack of infrastructure around the airport that the non government fails to update....