Editing Economy of the United States (section)

====Airline====
The [[List of airlines of the United States|civil airline industry]] is entirely privately owned and has been largely [[Airline Deregulation Act|deregulated since 1978]], while [[List of airports in the United States|most major airports]] are publicly owned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Privatization|url=http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/privatization|website=downsizinggovernment.org|publisher=Cato Institute|access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> The three largest airlines in the world by passengers carried are U.S.-based; [[American Airlines]] is number one after its 2013 acquisition by U.S. [[US Airways|Airways]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iata.org/publications/pages/wats-passenger-carried.aspx|title= Scheduled Passengers Carried|publisher= International Air Transport Association (IATA)|year= 2011|access-date= February 17, 2012|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131113175503/http://www.iata.org/publications/pages/wats-passenger-carried.aspx|archive-date= November 13, 2013 }}</ref> Of the world's thirty busiest passenger airports, twelve are in the United States, including the busiest, [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.aci.aero/News/Releases/Most-Recent/2014/03/31/Preliminary-World-Airport-Traffic-and-Rankings-2013--High-Growth-Dubai-Moves-Up-to-7th-Busiest-Airport- |title =Preliminary World Airport Traffic and Rankings 2013 – High Growth Dubai Moves Up to 7th Busiest Airport – March 31, 2014 |publisher=Airports Council International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401052319/http://www.aci.aero/News/Releases/Most-Recent/2014/03/31/Preliminary-World-Airport-Traffic-and-Rankings-2013--High-Growth-Dubai-Moves-Up-to-7th-Busiest-Airport- |archive-date=April 1, 2014 |date=March 31, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref>