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The airports in the Nordic region remain competitive with the opening ofnew players and increased traffic by low-cost carriers. A new airport Oslo Gardermoen opened in 1999, but has suffered early problems from aircraft grounding, delays, baggage handling and its rail links to the Oslo City centre. Airports in Stockholm, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark, remain in battle for passenger traffic. Meanwhile, small regional airports continue to benefit from increased traffic resulting from the introduction of new service by low-fare airlines from these destinations.
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More airports are turning to professional concession developers to manage their concession management programmes. Airports are faced with the question of whether or not to establish a partnership with developers or to manage the concessions themselves. An executive of a developer opined that well-managed airports want to partner with them since they provide the needed expertise which complement the airport's goals. Poorly managed airports consider developers are competitors and manage concessions by themselves.
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US airports receiving federal funding are required to submit a revised Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program by the end of Aug 1999 to the Federal Aviation Administration. The changes to the DBE program are designed to ensure that truly qualified, minority-owned businesses are awarded contracts under the program. One new requirement is for minority- owned business applying for the program to demonstrate a personal net worth cap of $750,000.
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