Detroit Emerges from Bankruptcy, but Recovery will take Years By David DeVoss For close to a century the Forest Arms apartments was one of the most prestigious addresses on Detroit’s near Westside. But by the start of this decade Detroit’s declining population, municipal mismanagement and foundering economy had left the building reminiscent post-war Berlin The…
Dawn of the Aerotropolis By David DeVoss By David DeVoss Just outside Korea’s Incheon airport there are two roads leading to downtown. One heads east to the Korean capital of Seoul more than an hour’s drive away. The other angles south over a short causeway to New Songdo, a decade-old airport city that is known…
The Brave New World of Disruptor Airlines for Business Travelers By Peter Greenberg There’s a lot to be said about incumbency, especially when it is successful, entrenched and has little competition. After years of merger, consolidation and a fair amount of failure, the big four U.S. airlines now have their strongest balance sheets in history. But history also…
The Golden Age of Airports By David DeVoss Right now – at the very moment you’re reading this page – a million people are in the air. They are among the six billion travelers the Airports Council International estimates will board commercial aircraft for flights both here and abroad this year. Economies may stumble and…