Congestion at airports and airline travel delays have become a major concern for the traveling public and attracted the attention of policymakers in a number of countries, including America's president and Congress. This study assesses how airports and air traffic control in regions around the world are addressing the problem and concludes that the United States, in particular, could learn a great deal from other countries' experiments to reduce government ownership and regulation of their aviation infrastructure.

Contributors: Robert Andriulaitis (InterVISTAS Consulting Inc., Vancouver), Kenneth Button (George Mason University), Peter Forsyth (Monash University), David Gillen (University of British Columbia), Anne Graham (University of Westminster), Steven A. Morrison (Northeastern University), Hans-Martin Niemeier (Bremen University of Applied Sciences), Michael W. Tretheway (InterVISTAS Consulting Inc. and University of British Columbia), Andrew Yuen (University of British Columbia), Anming Zhang (University of British Columbia)