United Airlines to stop flights to JFK in October -- United Airlines will stop flying to John F. Kennedy International Airport in October and shift premium cross-country flights there to its nearby hub in Newark, New Jersey. The move will strengthen United's position in Newark, where it is already the dominant airline, while withdrawing from an airport where it lags far behind Delta, JetBlue and American in passengers. The problem for United at JFK: It didn't offer any connecting flights for passengers who arrived from Los Angeles and San Francisco. If those people wanted to travel on to Europe, they needed to catch a ride to Newark or switch at JFK to another airline. David Koenig/AP Lewis Lazare/Chicago Business JournalReutersBloomberg Related: The airlines' shooting war for New York is winding down. The Cold War cometh

Council to vote on digital signs at LAX -- Los Angeles International Airport officials hope to raise money for future construction projects by lining the inner traffic loop's parking structures and terminal buildings with digital billboards. A new LAX sign district proposal before the City Council, if approved Wednesday, is likely to add millions of dollars to fund improvements, but LAX officials have not yet estimated how much the airport might earn in ad sales. Ads inside terminals already bring in about $25 million per year. Sharon McNary/KPCC

Burbank Airport puts adjacent land up for sale -- The Burbank Bob Hope Airport officially put on the market Tuesday a 59-acre parcel of adjacent land for commercial and office development. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority is working with real estate broker CBRE Group Inc. to find a buyer for the property. The new owner will have to work with Burbank on planning uses for the land. The airport authority acquired the land in 1999 as part of a 108-acre parcel previously owned by Lockheed Corp. Mark Madler/San Fernando Valley Business Journal

California's regional airlines at SFO Museum -- There's yet another great exhibit at San Francisco International Airport,courtesy of the SFO Museum. This one is all about the California regional airlines that flew between the 1950s and the 1980s. According to museum notes, although numerous regional airlines existed during the late 1920s, they mostly went bankrupt or merged into larger, trunk-carrier airlines by the time of the Great Depression. Harriet Baskas/Stuck at the Airport

SJ Airport offers direct flights to China -- Mineta San Jose International Airport is rolling out its first-ever direct flights connecting the San Jose, Silicon Valley region to China, airport officials said. The new service is being provided by Hainan Airlines which launched its inaugural non-stop route from San Jose to Beijing on Monday. The move is expected to create 52 jobs in San Jose. The flight's overall economic impact for the region is estimated at $105 million annually, according to airport officials. Sharon Song/KRON

Skytrax names Qatar Airways best airline of 2015 -- Qatar Airways has been voted the world's best airline at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. The awards -- decided by 18.9 million passengers in 110 countries across the globe -- judge airlines on everything from the quality of their food and the comfort of their seats to the friendliness of their cabin crew. Qatar has won the top prize twice before, in 2011 and 2012, and twice been voted runner-up; the airline also took home prizes for best airline in the Middle East an best business class seat. Bryony Jones/CNN

JetBlue Airways eyes long-range Airbus for growth overseas -- JetBlue Airways Corp is eying a long-range plane from Airbus that could carry its customers to distant places abroad for the first time in its history, potentially growing its network in South America. The largely U.S. domestic carrier sees a potential fit for the long-range version of Airbus Group SE's A321neo aircraft, JetBlue's Executive Vice President for Commercial and Planning Marty St. George said in an interview Monday. Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters

U.S. DOT allows Delta to keep Seattle-Tokyo route -- Delta Air Lines Inc. will keep its route from Seattle and Tokyo's Haneda Airport, provided it continues a daily service in the Seattle market year-round. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Delta "virtually abandoned" the Seattle-Haneda route last winter by operating service only one week every 90 days between October 2014 and late-March 2015. Dallas Business Journal

United Airlines mum on 'maintenance issue' that caused Flight 958's Goose Bay diversion -- United Airlines got millions of dollars worth of publicity this past weekend. Just not the kind it likes - especially when it's trying to counter the fallout f rom lousy customer satisfaction surveys. TV network newscasts lit up Sunday evening with reports from yet more unhappy United customers recounting their ordeal on United Flight 958 that was to fly Friday nonstop from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to London's Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. Lewis Lazare/Chicago Business Journal

Obama's TSA pick clears Senate panel -- President Obama's nominee to take over the Transportation Security Administration was approved by a Senate committee vote Monday evening, setting up a vote of full Senate on his nomination. The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved president's nomination of Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger to lead the nation's airport security agency on a voice vote. Keith Laing/The Hill

Inspector General says TSA vetting is treated 'as if they were a Wal-Mart' -- A report from Homeland Security Department Inspector General John Roth that revealed gaps in the Transportation Security Administration's security procedures has the House Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation security uneasy. "Terrorists only have to be right once. To defend ourselves, we have to be right 100 percent of the time. Millions of travelers pass through our nation's airports every year, and we need to know the systems in place will protect them," said Republican Rep. Michael McCaul during a hearing Tuesday. Priscilla Alvarez/National Journal

First bullet-train bridge set to rise in Central California -- Crews in Central California have started construction on the first visible piece of the state's $68-billion bullet-train system from Los Angeles to San Francisco, officials said Monday. A viaduct in Madera County that spans the Fresno River is part of the first slate of construction projects for the state's long-planned bullet train, which has faced years of political, legal and funding challenges. Laura J. Nelson/Los Angeles Times Also: Lawmakers moves to ease reporting requirements on high-speed rail 

City leaders want LAFD to tackle overdue fire-safety inspections -- Los Angeles city officials Tuesday called on the Fire Department to immediately begin eliminating a backlog of thousands of overdue safety inspections of big apartment buildings, schools, churches, hotels and other structures occupied by large numbers of people, even if the effort means hiring outside help. Paul Pringle & Ben Welsh/Los Angeles Times

Garcetti faces questions over DC fundraising trip, timing on 'Ask The Mayor' -- Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday defended his decision to attend a Washington, D.C. fundraiser for his 2017 re-election campaign on the eve of the Police Commission's ruling on the fatal officer-involved shooting of Ezell Ford. According to the Los Angeles Times, Garcetti had two 30-minute meetings with Obama administration officials, but also attended a reception for his re-election effort hosted by Harold Ickes, a prominent fundraiser for the Democratic Party. CBS LA Also: Steve Lopez: Every Garcetti evasion triggers more questions LA Times Editorial: What's behind Garcetti's travel story?

L.A. lawmakers vote to reinstate ban on park and beach vending -- People who hawk ice cream or hot dogs, teach yoga or shill other goods and services in Los Angeles parks or on beaches could face escalating fines and possibly be charged with a misdemeanor under soon-to-be-reinstated rules that L.A. lawmakers voted to draft Tuesday. The debate over the proposed ban pitted those who see mobile vending as an economic lifeline vital to a thriving metropolis against others worried about the legal risks of dangerous, unlicensed enterprises and the commercialization of green space. Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times

L.A. vote makes it easier to break up homeless camps -- The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to two ordinances designed to make it easier to break up homeless encampments, which have mushroomed across Southern California and raised an outcry from some businesses and residents. Councilman Gil Cedillo cast the lone opposition vote, saying that the measures would perpetuate a failed strategy of criminalizing a homeless population that, despite past enforcement, grew 12% in the last two years. Gale Holland/Los Angeles Times

Obama, Clinton coming to town for separate West LA-area fundraisers -- Commuters, plan accordingly - President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in town this week for several fundraisers. The president is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, just in time for the evening rush hour. Obama is expected to attend a pair of Democratic National Committee fundraisers - a roundtable discussion hosted by producer/director Chuck Lorre in Pacific Palisades and a reception/dinner at the Beverly Hills home of filmmaker Tyler Perry. CBS LA