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A Southwest Airlines passenger jet makes its final approach to Tampa International Airport May 23, 2008, in Tampa, Fla. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
A future of friendlier skies?
Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/03/2008, 9:06 a.m.
Airport congestion remains a major problem, despite a decrease in the number of people flying. Will a modernized air traffic control system and radically redesigned airplanes help relieve the traffic at America's airports?
Guests
Clinton Oster: Aviation expert and professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University. His most recent book is "Managing the Skies: Public Policy, Organization, and Financing of Air Navigation."
Edward Faberman: Executive director of the Air Carrier Association of America.
Clive Irving: Travel writer and senior consulting editor for Conde Nast Traveler.
Audio
- A future of friendlier skies? (program audio)
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