On USPC, I retired from MAG three years ago but was working on MAN-TP right up to the end. Including USPC was examined in some detail, working with the US authorities and looking at the set up in DUB. At the time we had a lot more US traffic than today. The issues were a) space in the extended/refurbished Terminal 2 and how this impacted on movement of passengers and their dwell time in retail; plus inevitably b) capital and operating cost. The US was willing to cover at least some of the operating costs but there were substantial capital costs which would not be covered by the US or UK authorities and had not been built into the base construction budget. Outline costed proposals for inclusion of USPC were put to the joint airport/airline infrastructure consultative committee and rejected on the basis of value for money, considering the likely improvements in immigration and customs technology and the potential loss of revenues from retail/catering etc. By contrast in Dublin the legacy cost was covered by the Irish Government and I believe the operation is still thus covered or subsidised to the present day.
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