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Victorville girl injured in LAX crash recovering -- A 9-year-old Victorville girl is improving and talking more than one week after she suffered serious head injuries when a car crashed into the terminal she was walking in at Los Angeles International Airport. The girl's mother said on her Facebook page on Sunday night that her daughter, who originally suffered a broken skull and had bleeding on the brain, has been moved out of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and is in a regular hospital room. Victorville Daily Press
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New mom allegedly asked to use janitor's closet to pump breast milk at LAX -- An Austin woman says she ended up in a janitor's closet at LAX after she couldn't find anywhere else to pump her breast milk. There is a new law requiring airport nursing rooms by January 2016. But so far, there is only one open and ready at LAX. But new mother Haley Picchini, who shared with CBS2/KCAL9 pictures from inside the crowded, messy janitor's closet where she says she pumped breast milk before boarding a flight, says mothers shouldn't have to wait. "I was mortified," she said. CBS LA
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Redmond-to-L.A. flights may change -- American Airlines' daily nonstop flights from Redmond to Los Angeles might be changing in September, according to apparent social media messages from the airline and an email from an economic development official. In a Twitter exchange, the airline told a customer it "looks like it (the Redmond-to-Los Angeles route) will become connecting service operated by Alaska Air in September," according to the tweet from @AmericanAir. Redmond Bulletin
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Southwest Lands for the first time on Puerto Vallarta -- A Southwest Airlines aircraft touched ground in Puerto Vallarta for the first time on Sunday, June 7; arriving from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. The newly route will be a daily flight both to and from John Wayne Airport Orange County and the resort destination of Puerto Vallarta, in the state of Jalisco. Southwest has also announced plans for non-stop flights from Houston and Denver pending U.S. Government approval. Yucatan Times
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Gulfstream Long Beach hiring at least 50 new workers -- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced plans Monday to hire at least 50 new employees as the firm expands its repair and maintenance operations in Long Beach. The luxury jet manufacturer plans to add a new hangar and office space to Gulfstream Long Beach, where the company has roughly 900 employees. Gulfstream Long Beach general manager Becky Johnson said in a statement the expansion is expected to be complete some time in mid- to late-summer. Andrew Edwards/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Man pleads guilty to plotting suicide bomb attack on Kansas airport -- A man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Wichita, Kansas, airport in 2013 pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court to a charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Terry Loewen, 59, was arrested trying to enter the tarmac at the airport with what he believed was a vehicle loaded with explosives, with a plan to trigger the device next to a terminal and die in the blast, according to a criminal complaint. Alice Mannette/Reuters
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Aviation leaders watching Sept. 30 deadline for reauthorizing FAA -- Aviation industry leaders are looking anxiously but optimistically at lawmakers successfully meeting a Sept. 30 deadline for legislation for reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., expects to be one of the key figures in the effort to win congressional approval. Titus gathered experts to address aviation issues critical to Southern Nevada in the first Titus Aviation Symposium on Monday at the National Atomic Testing Museum. Richard N. Velotta/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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IATA hikes 2015 global airline profit forecast to $29 billion -- Global airlines raised their forecast for 2015 industry profits by more than 17 percent to $29.3 billion on Monday, almost doubling from last year and heralding a boom for carriers in North America that stand to reap half the worldwide total. The International Air Transport Association, announcing the upgrade during a gathering of 260 member airlines, said lower oil prices were the main factor pushing the industry further into the black. Victoria Bryan & Tim Hepher/Reuters
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Qatar Airways CEO threatens oneworld exit in dispute with American Airlines -- Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker has threatened to exit the oneworld alliance because of actions that he said were taken by fellow member American Airlines Group Inc. to block his carrier's business. "There is no point in us being in oneworld if an airline that invited us, hosted us in America to sign the entry to oneworld, is today going against us," Mr. Al Baker said in an interview on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association's annual meeting. American is "impeding our growth," he said. Robert Wall & Jon Ostrower/Wall Street Journal
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Airline executives emphasize financial discipline -- U.S. airline executives on Monday emphasized their commitment to financial discipline as investors again dumped their stocks amid concerns the carriers could add seats and cut airfares to compete for market share. Shares of most U.S. airlines fell by more than 4% on Monday. That left the top four carriers down by 20% to 30% from all-time highs reached earlier this year amid optimism about traffic growth and falling fuel costs. Jack Nicas & Robert Wall/Wall Street Journal
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Hawaiian Airlines carries 4% more passengers in May -- Hawaiian Airlines carried 892,082 passengers in May, an increase of 4.1 percent from May 2014, according to traffic statistics provided by the carrier Thursday. Through the first five months of the year, the airline, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., transported 4.23 million passengers, 4.5 percent more than last year. In May, Hawaiian's traffic - or revenue passenger miles - rose 5.3 percent, while capacity - or available seat miles - grew 3.3 percent. Jason Ubay/Pacific Business News
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United reports April 2015 operational performance --United Airlines on Monday reported April 2015 operational results. UAL's April 2015 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 0.4 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 2.7 percent versus April 2014. UAL's April 2015 consolidated load factor decreased 1.9 points compared to April 2014.
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United Airlines CFO: Airbus A380 superjumbo 'doesn't work' for us -- As Airbus continues its search for new A380 customers, one carrier that won't be joining the select club of superjumbo owners is United Airlines. In an interview with Flightglobal's Edward Russell, United Airlines CFO John Rainey said the mammoth Airbus jet "doesn't work" for the airline's network. Instead of the A380, United has concentrated its resources on cheaper and smaller wide-body jets, such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350XWB. Benjamin Zhang/Business Insider
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Why airlines are making it harder for us to buy a cheap ticket -- Online travel sites such as Expedia and Kayak have made booking and shopping for flights cheaper and easier than ever. And airlines keep finding exciting new ways to slow them down. Europe's largest airline giant, the Lufthansa Group, says all tickets starting in September will be charged a fee of 16 euros (about $18) if they're booked on third-party sites. America's biggest airlines haven't gone that far, though they've crafted their own ways to hamper passengers wanting to scrounge for deals. Drew Harwell/Washington Post
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New 'ultra low-cost carrier' lands in Winnipeg -- A new "ultra low-cost carrier" has chosen Winnipeg for its headquarters. NewLeaf Travel Company, which will begin flying this summer, promises "to bring affordability back to air and vacation travel within North America." It will offer non-stop flights from its main bases in Winnipeg, Hamilton and Kelowna to multiple domestic and international destinations, it states in a press release. "We focus our lower fares in 25 to 30 per cent below our competitors," said Jim Young, New Leaf Travel Company's CEO. "Of course we price it to the marketplace." CBC News
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TSA closing loopholes in screening aviation workers for terror links -- The Transportation Security Administration, which repeatedly screens 2 million airport workers, didn't identify 73 workers potentially associated with terrorism, according to a watchdog report Monday. The problem was that TSA checks airline and airport applicants and workers against a Department of Homeland Security watch list that isn't as comprehensive as the government's terrorist database, according to the department's inspector general. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Air travel demand projected to double in 20 years -- The demand for air travel will likely double by 2035, according to PwC's annual report on the state of the worldwide airline industry. But as the ascent of emerging economies and their burgeoning middle classes fuels the desire to travel to distant places, the airline industry will need to boost infrastructure, hire pilots and temper the ups and downs of fuel costs. Charisse Jones/USA Today
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5 myths about traveling with pets -- Travel can be stressful at any time, but for pet owners bringing their beloved dog or cat along on vacation, the stakes are even higher. Cautionary tales abound, especially about incidents on aircraft. The Department of Transportation (DOT) reports that in 2014, there were 17 pet deaths, 26 pet injuries and two pets gone missing on U.S. carriers. While one pet death, injury or loss is too many, more than two million pets and animals are flown by the nation's carriers each year. Here are five myths about traveling with pets. Everett Potter/USA Today
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Metrolink to offer fare, pass discounts to boost ridership, revenue -- Faced with declining ridership and revenue, the Metrolink commuter railroad that serves Southern California will try to attract new customers by experimenting with lower fares on the Antelope Valley line and big discounts for certain pass holders systemwide. If the reductions improve boardings and the bottom line, the results could set the stage for a major change in fare policy and lower ticket prices across the railroad's seven routes in six counties. Dan Weikel/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. County communities protest planned bullet train route -- A diverse alliance of communities - including Los Angeles County's third-largest city - is fighting California's long-planned bullet train route into the heart of the San Fernando Valley, saying it would bring irreparable harm. The coordinated protest by residents and elected officials from suburban Santa Clarita, as well as blue-collar San Fernando, Pacoima and other communities, present a potent political challenge as state officials push to speed up construction of the $68-billion system in densely populated Southern California. Ralph Vartabedian/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti courts the tech sector -- Few mayors embody the digital zeitgeist like Eric Garcetti, a self-professed math geek and amateur coder who has made the L.A. tech scene a cornerstone of his administration. "I spend a lot of time with tech CEOs, just on the phone. I reach out to them [to say], 'Hey, I'm the mayor, what can I do for you?'" Garcetti said in a recent interview with The Times to talk about the tech sector. David Pierson/Los Angeles Times
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Garcetti, like other big-city mayors, must balance agenda, police actions -- From his windows Monday, Eric Garcetti could see the same scene that greeted him Sunday: Protesters gathered outside his home demanding that the mayor fire LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and hold public hearings into the shooting death of a mentally ill man in South Los Angeles. Their numbers were very small, true, but for Garcetti they were a reminder that reality doesn't always conform to the wishes of the politically ambitious. Cathleen Decker/Los Angeles Times
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