Foreign ownership and fortress hubs
Foreign ownership of existing US-based airlines, or start-ups, should be allowed SUBJECT to approval from Homeland Security/FBI. Just like the request of Dubai Ports Worldwide, to purchase the Port of Seattle and other ports, was turned-down, national security, in addition to criteria applicabile to a domestic purchaser, must be considered before allowing acquisition by a foreign entity. The limit on service at any given airport should be based on the number of other carriers who are, and those seeking entry, at the given airport. No airline should be allowed to put gates in "mothball" status for more than 6 months. Gates which go unused, for an extended period of time, must be released. No airline should be allowed to acquire an ownership stake, or anything similiar, in any gate. The City of Denver appears to allow unrestricted mothballing of gates by United Air.
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