The thought of abolishing all government regulation of the aviation sector and handing this task over to the free market is, to most people, as unthinkable and alien an idea as that of privatizing all police and courts. The general perception is that air travel requires central and international control and regulation by governments in order to prevent total anarchy in the skies (in the derogatory sense). But are governments really needed to accomplish this task, asks Marcus Bergstrom, or can it and should it be handled entirely by the free market? FULL ARTICLE