• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It was mostly paid for by airlines and airports directly, and being decentralized it’s tough to tell, but estimates put it in the hundreds of millions range. Adjusted for inflation, it probably didn’t crack a single billion; so a 1-digit percentage of what it costs travelers and taxpayers today.