DELTA AIR LINES
December 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
DELTA Air Lines might snuff out plans to privatise Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Privatisation advocates want airport revenue to help pay for US$3.2 billion (GBPounds 1.83 billion) in local water and sewer upgrades. But Delta has a veto to stop the project and announced it will exercise that right, saying anything earned at Hartsfield-Jackson must be invested back into the airport. Atlanta could be a test case, as five US airports could soon be leased to private bodies.
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DELTA Air Lines might snuff out plans to privatise Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Privatisation advocates want airport revenue to help pay for US$3.2 billion (GBPounds 1.83 billion) in local water and sewer upgrades. But Delta has a veto to stop the project and announced it will exercise that right, saying anything earned at Hartsfield-Jackson must be invested back into the airport. Atlanta could be a test case, as five US airports could soon be leased to private bodies.
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