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How the mighty Empire of America falls apart

by nk | May 1, 2008 at 01:40 pm | 95 views | add comment

Detroit Metro Airport can expect future growth under a combined Northwest-Delta, the top executives for the two airlines said today.

You've got your briefcase in hand, boarding pass in pocket, and your carry-on rolling behind you. You head to the airport with confidence. Except — there are no planes there.

Let's add some statistics to this picture, which says that air traffic currently answers for a magnitude more miles than any kind of transit, bus, rail etc. The picture is quite grim: while major aiports will rise more and more, the smaller airports will fall out of this network and there is nothing to replace it. I can see a very bad spiral here: as the economy gets worse, this disconnect gets worse and worse, hurting the economy more...