Originally Posted by
kanderson1965
The government of the day wished to divest themselves of the responsibility of owning/running the country's airports so therefore cannot complain when they are run on a commercial basis
They are no longer a national asset, they are an asset of the companies owning them.
What you say is true but civil aviation still highly regulated - more like a utility company, which is also a private, profit-making commercial enterprise. It doesn't mean they don't have the government all over them!