After the President of the United States, Donald Trump, declared that he plans to privatize some American airports, the company responsible for managing Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy Airport also wants to be responsible for other airports in the country.
Probably the airports that are of interest to the company Royal Schiphol Group, which manages TPS 4 at JFK, are the airports in the capital Washington, Ronald Reagan and Washington Dulles, which Trump has promised to privatize soon.
The “privatization” pattern should be the same one currently adopted by the United States in some places, where private companies only control the terminal, while the government owns other areas of the airport, such as runways and free space.
Here in Brazil, the istration scheme is different, airports are entirely granted to the private sector, which can fully control the airport space. But traffic control is still carried out by the Brazilian Air Force, the airport only directs the aircraft within its site after landing or before taking off.
The Royal Schiphol Group even slightly criticized the public istration, noting that it can “add value” by managing an airport that today belongs to the government.
Despite this, the company has been marked in recent months by several problems at Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy Airport, during a heavy snowfall in New York. The airport was hampered by the conditions, but TPS 4 recorded cases of total lack of infrastructure, such as flooding, water dripping from the ceiling and several flights canceled over the course of a week, greatly affecting the operations of the airlines that operate in this terminal.
Part of this problem was aggravated due to the istration of the six terminals being carried out by different companies, unlike in Brazil. This limited communication between the terminals and also the operation of the airport, for example, flights departing from Terminal 4 could not depart from Terminal 7, even if it had space available.
The airport was still managed by another body, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This proved to be a problem not only with the Royal Schiphol Group, but with the style adopted by the US Government in managing its airports.
Via - Shift
