What Is Going On with the KCI Project?
No one seems to know what is going on with the KCI new single terminal project. Or if they do...
Is the Fate of Kansas City’s Airport Terminal In Its Star?
On October 8, The Kansas City Star editorial board urged readers to vote for a new airport terminal in the...
Crosby Kemper III discusses American Royal’s Move to Kansas
The Show-Me Institute’s Chairman Crosby Kemper III appeared on KCPT's Ruckus on November 3 to discuss American Royal’s move to...
MCI Is the Envy of its Peers
The effort to issue $1.25 billion in debt to tear down and rebuild Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is on...
An Informed Public: Poor Policy’s Worst Enemy
For the time being, it seems that plans to tear down Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and build a $1.2...
New Terminal Plans on the Table in Kansas City
Last week, the Kansas City Aviation Department updated the City Council on its efforts to overhaul Kansas City International Airport...
Questions for the Kansas City Public Schools Master Plan
The Kansas City Public School’s new master strategic plan has already attracted its fair share of controversy. Closing Southwest, a...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 4: All Together Now
In the first three blog posts in this series (here, here, and here), we have seen how Saint Louis City’s...
How a Cheap Airport Helps Kansas City
The Kansas City Business Journal just published some good news for Kansas City: On Tuesday, Allegiant Air announced it will start...
New Airport Terminal Coming to Kansas City, Maybe?
For the last couple years, Kansas City’s Aviation Department and some city leaders have been pushing for a new terminal...
Shocker! Airlines Want to Keep Costs Down
It was gratifying to read reports in the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Business Journal that Southwest Airlines...
Airline Revenue Guarantee Could Make Touchdown in Branson
Branson Airport (BKG) made news in 2009 when it became the nation’s only privately constructed and operated commercial airport. Unfortunately,...
VanLoh Just Wants a New Terminal
You don’t have [all the information] yet. We don’t even have it yet. I know what I want because I want a...
Five Good Reasons To Reject New KCI Terminal
Having labored an entire year, the airport advisory group that Kansas City Mayor Sly James appointed has brought forth a...
Airport Advisory Group Not Really Interested In Input
A previous post detailed the Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group’s effort to avoid open records laws in their meetings with Kansas...
Separate Facts From Straw Men In Debate About Kansas City Airport
A recent editorial published in the Kansas City Star asks the people of Kansas City to separate facts from emotion...
On The Airline Industry, Don’t Trust The Airlines, Just Listen To A Consultant
The Kansas City Star recently published an article airing the views of a consultant group, Frasca & Associates. Frasca attacked the...
MCI’s Competitiveness Harmed, Not Helped, With New Terminal Plan
Two weeks ago, Southwest Airlines gave a presentation to the Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group about the proposed $1.2...
Kansas City Star Calls For New MCI Plan, Airport Leadership
On Wednesday, the Kansas City Star called for a complete re-think of the $1.2 billion new terminal plan at Kansas...
Airlines Wary Of New Airport Terminal In Kansas City
Yesterday, representatives from Southwest Airlines, on behalf of the four major airlines operating out of Kansas City International Airport (MCI),...
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