The Ghost Of Airport Terminals Yet To Come
When the Kansas City International (MCI) Airport Advisory group begins it public meetings in Johnson County, Kan., early next year,...
Who Is Alicia Stephens And Why Should Kansas City Care?
Alicia Stephens is the executive director of the Platte County Economic Development Council (EDC), described on its website as “a nonprofit organization [founded]...
Discussion Of New Kansas City Airport Terminal More Manipulation Than Debate
Anyone who participated in debates in high school or college knows that controlling the framework of the argument is the...
New Terminal Already Costing Kansas City Taxpayers
On March 30, the Kansas City Star reported that according to Aviation Department Administrator Mark VanLoh, Building a new terminal would...
Kansas City Aviation Department Director Contradicts Own Planning Document
After Southwest Airline Executive Vice President Ron Ricks criticized Kansas City Airport’s new $1.2 billion terminal plan as overly expensive, many...
Southwest Says MCI Terminal Plan is Too Expensive
Over the last few months, the Show-Me Institute has stated time and again that the Kansas City Aviation Department’s single...
Federal Funding By Any Other Name
Previously, we discussed Kansas City Aviation Department Director Mark Van Loh’s objection to local voters interfering with his $1.2 billion...
You Can’t Take The Public Out Of Public Airports
In an Oct. 14 Kansas City Star article, Kansas City Aviation Department Director Mark Van Loh railed against government policy and...
Is The Aviation Department Inflating Repair Estimates For KCI?
Our previous post dealt with how the Aviation Department has scant information on how it will save money on its...
The Airport’s Self-Dealing
Imagine you have applied to the city for a building permit. The project is complicated and the city wants outside advice before giving...
Lower Costs Or Just Lowball Estimates For A New Terminal?
Recent public disclosures for Kansas City’s new airline terminal proposal have become more confusing and contradictory. The Kansas City Aviation Department...
MCI’s Cost Per Enplanement (Terminal Financing – Part 4)
During the Sept. 10 Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group meeting, panelists discussed airport financing. In a slide show presentation, Aviation...
KCI’s Overly Optimistic Estimates – Part 2
At the Sept. 10 Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group meeting, airport Chief Financial Officer John Green presented a financial analysis...
About Those Aviation Department Funds…
We’re told time and again that aviation funds cannot be used for a city’s own financial needs. Federal law is...
Uncertainty In Airport Funding
A quick look at the Kansas City Aviation Department’s (KCAD) financial statement shows that without money from the Airport Improvement...
The Price Of Air Travel
Steve Sexton at the Freakanomics blog has an informative post about the cost of air travel. But the costs he...
The Mystery $600 Million
In their push to construct a new $1.2 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), officials with the Kansas...
For $1.5 Billion, What Do You Get?
Merle Travis wrote “Sixteen Tons” in 1946 about the seeming futility of life as a coal miner, but there is something...
Terminal Financing – Part 3
In the Kansas City Star’s response to the Show-Me Institute’s latest post about the future of Kansas City International Airport...
For A Few Dollars More (Terminal Financing – Part 2)
According to the Kansas City Star, adding $14 to every ticket will have little repercussion on Kansas City International Airport’s...
