MCI’s New Terminal Won’t Be A Money Maker (Terminal Financing – Part 1)
An optimistic projection of future income still shows that Kansas City International Airport (MCI) will lose tens of millions of...
‘This Is What Airports Do,’ Part 2
The chart below documents the estimated amount of tax dollars lost because of Kansas City International Airport (MCI) acting like...
KCI’s Overly Optimistic Estimates – Part 1
The determination of some Kansas City officials to construct a new $1.2 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport (MCI)...
Closed Open Meetings
The Kansas City International Airport (KCI/MCI) terminal advisory group is off to a rocky start. First, its charge of being...
Not All Airport Bonds Fly
The Branson Airport, derided by Kansas City’s City Council Transportation Committee Chairman Russ Johnson as a stealer of market share from...
Let’s Not Follow Cincinnati’s Lead On Airports
The Kansas City Business Journal recently published an article about the effort to tear down Kansas City International Airport (MCI)...
The Emperor’s New Airport
At a recent Kansas City Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Aviation Department Director Mark VanLoh walked the committee through a...
Airport Transparency
Kansas City is in the midst of a debate about whether our airport should undergo a renovation that would cost...
A Victory For Taxpayers: Kansas City May Privatize Airport Shuttle Service
Via Tony’s Kansas City, some very good news on the privatization front. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Kansas...
Both Kansas City Star and Kansas City Airport Question Aerotropolis
The Star‘s editorial board writes that the Aerotropolis tax credits, which would heavily subsidize warehouse and facility construction near the...
Opting Out of the TSA
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has once again changed its policy regarding private airport screeners — this time allowing airports...
Air Cargo Expert Hammers Aerotropolis Plan in Industry Publication
And doesn’t pull any punches in doing so. Published in Air Cargo News under the headline “St. Louis Air Cargo—An...
On Tax Credits and Economic Development, or: What SB 1234 Does Poorly
Senate Bill 1234 is currently rolling through the Senate. It expands the enterprise enhancement zone, and by identifying “mega-projects” that...
