A Victory For Taxpayers: Kansas City May Privatize Airport Shuttle Service
Via Tony's Kansas City, some very good news on the privatization front. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Kansas City International Airport (KCI) may contract out its shuttle service to Standard Parking, which apparently already operates many of the airport's parking lots.
Not only would privatizing shuttle service save the airport money, but it would also bring KCI in line with many other airports that have already privatized the service. The five-year contract would be worth $3.6 million a year, which Mark VanLoh, director of the aviation department, said would save the airport about $7 million during the length of the agreement. . . . VanLoh said KCI (Code: MCI) is one of the only U.S. airports still running its own shuttles, and the costs and insurance headaches have gotten to be too much. For example, the shuttles have been involved in about 50 accidents during the past two and a half years.
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