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FINAL ANALYSIS 34 airportbusiness May 2014 FINAL ANALYSIS $25 MILLION THE AMOUNT OF A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BY THE WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN OF A SECURITY SCREENER KILLED IN AN ATTACK AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MARIO RODRIGUEZ Director Indianapolis Airport Authority PATRICK "PAT" MCGUINESS Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Landmark Aviation 1.45 Billion The number of international air travel passengers coming to the United States by 2016. — International Air Transport Association BART'S COST OF A TICKET TO RIDE BART's new ride to Oakland International Airport could cost passengers an extra $6 a trip and the transit agency nearly $8 million a year. The 3.2-mile Oakland Airport Connector will link the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART Station. With construction on the $484 million project nearing completion, BART officials are examining what it will cost to operate the driverless, cable-pulled connection—and how much airport-bound passengers should pay for a ride. Financial analysts put the cost of running the system at $11 million. Revenue from fares are expected to range from $3.1 million to $4.2 million in the first, partial year, and from $6.5 million to $7.9 million the following year. "The addition of 2,000 new CBP officers is welcome news for U.S. Airports and the millions of international passengers they welcome each year. We applaud CBP for putting into action ACI-NA's longstanding recommendations for addressing the critical staffing shortage." KEVIN BURKE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ACI-NA "I don't think San Jose is different than 80 percent of the airports around the country in how secure its perimeter is." RAFI RON, FORMER HEAD OF SECURITY AT THE CLOSELY GUARDED AIRPORT IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL $ 50 The amount people are willing to pay to get through airport security faster. — Harris Poll "If a teen carrying nothing but a comb can do it, who else could breach airport security and hop aboard the bottom of a plane." CNN ARTICLE EXAMINING HOW A 15-YEAR-OLD STOWAWAY BYPASSED AIRFIELD SECURITY airb_34_FinalAnalysis.indd 34 5/2/14 9:54 AM