Why US Airports Are So Bad

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U.S. airports, for the most part, are publicly owned and operated by either a city, a county, a state or in some cases, a public authority. But, in the face of decaying infrastructure, a handful of U.S. airports have started to abandon the public model and turned to private money to fund billion dollar projects. In 2016, New York State and the Port Authority partnered with Delta Airlines and LaGuardia Gateway Partners to completely rebuild the airport. LaGuardia airport is now getting an $8 billion overhaul.

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Why US Airports Are So Bad

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  1. Start train service with good frequency. Those who want to have nice legroom can have it back. Currently, everyone is forced to fly. If the Train Service starts, Airports will be a lot less busy.

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  6. Real question is: why do u.s. public organizations always fail? Korea's incheon airport is one of the best although it's a publicly operated airport.

  8. What do I think? I think my family will keep driving when we go on vacation. We can put up to five people in the car with minimal increase in gas cost, compared to having to buy more tickets, pay for bags, pray we make our connections, be crammed into seats that are too small for 5' 2" me, forget my 6' husband . . . nope, unless we can someday afford Europe, the airlines have lost us.

  11. Every major airport should have a gym. It may sound frivolous but we sit for hours on a plane, & with delays we sit for hours and wait. This isn’t a healthy way to live. I do a lot of back & forth walking at airports while waiting, but it gets boring. A small gym with some exercise mats, a few free weights, some cardio machines would be nice, & of course a shower, and I’d pay a premium for this feature, & could even make $$$. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d use an airport gym.

  18. The whole business model appears to be centered around forcing passengers to spend more and more time at the airport. Even auxiliary concerns such as better mass transit to get you to and from the airport is not a priority when they already have you over a barrel with exorbitant parking costs. Instead of trying to add efficiencies they're doubling down and offering more alternatives for passengers who are stuck at the airport.

    I really don't care that LaGuardia was a shithole as long as my average stay there was short. But since that's apparently not a reality, now there are lounges, faux parks, movie theaters and all the rest. I don't know about you but if I want to go to a movie, I'll go to a…movie theater.

    Hopefully privatization will make a positive impact without compromising safety and security protocols. I'm all for less government intervention but not when it comes to air travel.

  19. All of the airport are government owned what else do you expect ? The most important thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different sources of income that doesn't depend on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the word. This is still a good time to invest in various stocks, Gold, silver and digital currencies.

  21. I will never travel through the US again. The airports are sh*t and the staff are entitled and rude. A huge interrogation just to get a connecting flight from the same airport – trust me Mr Customs Officer I don't want to be in your country, I just want to get through here as quickly as possible 😂

  22. CNBC failed to mention the airports in China which are some of the best and biggest in the world. Even the Chinese train stations are way better than the US airports.

  25. Am I the only one who can at least partially answer the "Why are US airports so bad compared to ( wherever )?" with the main reason – because the US was covered with airports a generation or two before (wherever) had enough people who could afford plane tickets? Come on, it's not that hard. Yes, nice and new is always better than old and dirty but ours are older because – wait for it – they were BUILT FIRST.

  27. I was at 2 airports in Canada, and it seems like even they have more money than US.
    Vancouver has a artificial waterfall, and Edmonton just installed a new Central Security gate.
    I'm sorry if any US youtubers are jealous from this.

  29. In Sweden we still have very straightforward routines at airports;
    I think the only changes that I have noticed at all since 9/11 have been stricter rules on what we can bring with us on board, locked cockpit doors and occasional swab tests every now and then, but apart from that, it is basically just "ask for ticket, walk with shoes through metal detector, done".

  30. I took an airport management class a few years ago and learned that parking is one of the biggest sources of revenue at an airport! It’s something many people don’t think about!

  33. In Mexico privatization of airports was on the Zedillo Administration with three giant airport groups is ASUR that operates airports at the south area the center and north by OMA and finally GAP at the pacific ocean and the goverment company ASA that operates tiny comercial airports and the Grupo Aeropuertuario de la Ciudad de Mexico that operates de Mexico City Airport, thats the Mexico privatization.

  41. 😩" Unfortunately, there's no easy solution because every U.S. airport and region differs in market scale and scope along with their availability of public and private resources. It's actually much easier to compare most U.S. airports to one another than with foreign mega-airports existing far lesser in quantity and close proximity. Even now, the greatest concentrations of U.S. major airport hubs (ex: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, & West) are still overwhelmingly located within or between the largest metros than not. Some airport markets even overlap into neighboring competitors. As more of the overwhelming U.S population growth and companies migrate into many regions of The South, it doesn't bode well for a disproportionate number of struggling airports elsewhere with the unlikelihood of survival much less physically transform. "

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