American Airlines wins the fight for Tokyo Haneda route as Delta concedes --American Airlines will launch daily service from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Los Angeles International Airport in the fourth quarter. Just months after Delta Air Lines fought to keep the route, the airline announced it will discontinue service on Sept. 30. Routes into Haneda are rare because U.S.-Japan trade agreements only allow four flights per day. Many business travelers prefer Haneda because of its proximity to downtown Tokyo. Nicholas Sakelaris/Dallas Business Journal Michael Sasso/Bloomberg News Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News

Singapore Air wants to bring back nonstop flight to U.S. -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. is impatient to restore nonstop flights to the U.S. The airline is in talks with Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co. on developing a plane with new technology that would allow it to fly nonstop to the U.S. profitably, Singapore Air Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong said. Reviving nonstop flights to the U.S. will help the carrier fill a gap in its network that's benefiting Asia-Pacific rivals Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and Qantas Airways Ltd. The all-business-class daily flights from Singapore to Los Angeles and Newark, New Jersey, ended as the routes were not profitable with aircraft that flew with four engines, analysts said. Kyunghee Park/Bloomberg

JetBlue quickly steps into United Airlines' void at JFK with a few extra flights -- JetBlue Airways announced it was boosting its service at New York's Kennedy International Airport on Oct. 25, the same day that United Airlines is exiting the transcontinental market out of JFK. It said it will offer up to six "Mint" flights daily between New York and San Francisco and up to 10 by February to Los Angeles. Mint is its product name for enhanced premium-class service. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News Bart Jansen/USA Today

Airlines argue over rules restricting access to NYC airports -- As United and Delta plan to swap slots with access to JFK and Newark airports, rival airlines are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to make more New York-area slots available to competitors. Allegiant Air made an unsuccessful bid on LaGuardia slots that opened up from the merger of American and US Airways in 2013. Keith Hansen, Allegiant's government-affairs director says that the current rules, even with changes that the FAA is considering, create an insurmountable hurdle for low-cost airlines to gain access. Bart Jansen/USA Today

Spirit Airlines cancels multiple flights; passengers stranded at LAX -- Passengers are outraged after they showed up to the airport, only to find out Spirit Airlines canceled their flights without any explanation. Several passengers spent the night at the airport. The airline has canceled multiple flights out of LAX since Monday, blaming it on bad weather. Leo Stallworth/ABC7 

Bay Area couple says airline lost dog on journey to SFO, endured hours without food or water -- American Airlines has apologized to a North Bay couple after they said the airline lost their dog on a journey to the Bay Area and had to endure more than 12 hours without food or water. Two-year-old rescue Winston was hardly treated like precious cargo on American, according to his owners, Alexis and Matt Lakin. Betty Yu/CBS San Francisco

United Airlines flight attendants may soon wish you 'happy birthday' -- What's the line between cool and creepy? United Airlines frequent fliers might be about to find out. United is giving all of its flight attendants iPhone 6 Plus phones this summer, and they'll be loaded with a new customer service app. By the end of August, all flight attendants will have access to basic data on customers, and United is asking crew members to use that information to improve how they interact with passengers. Brian Sumers/BrianSumers.com 

Equal pay for equal work should extend to L.A.'s police officers -- Now that the ink has dried on the measure raising minimum wage in the City of Los Angeles to $15 by 2020, it's time for Mayor Eric Garcetti to guarantee equal pay for equal work for Airport Police Officers.  We are a minority majority police department. So it's hard to believe that in a city that champions and in fact paves the way for equality for all on all matters that in 2015, Airport Police officers are still treated like second-class citizens when it comes to pay. Julius Levy/LAAPOA/Nixle

Dallas sues US as fight over local airport escalates -- The city of Dallas has asked a federal court to settle a long-running fight over which airlines can operate at its airport. Under a federal law that stood for more than 30 years, airlines at Love Field could only fly to other places in Texas or a few nearby states unless they used very small planes. Those limits expired in October, setting off a land rush by airlines wanting more gates for new flights. Southwest Airlines Co. controls 18 of 20 gates at the city-owned airport. David Koenig/AP

Emanuel launches 2nd term agenda with airport changes, borrowing -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel sought to jump-start his second-term agenda Wednesday, pitching a plan to allow drivers to reserve airport parking spaces for an extra $10 a day, hitting up off-site airport parking companies for 10 percent of their take and winning approval of a plan to borrow $1.1 billion to shore up the city's shaky finances.The airport proposal unveiled at the City Council meeting is a way for Emanuel to provide higher-end services to travelers and also protect paid parking at O'Hare International Airport from being undercut by lower-cost garages in nearby suburbs. John Byrne, Hal Dardick & Jon Hilkevitch/Chicago Tribune

Airline memorabilia collectors sell wares at show near Atlanta airport -- For Bob Grove, it all started on a trip to Europe when he graduated from college in 1967. He picked up maps at train stations, and found that the airsickness bags from airline seat-back pockets were perfect for corralling the maps. "When I got home, I had this little collection of barf bags," said Grove, a 69-year-old retired attorney also known as Barf Bag Bob. "I put them on my bathroom wall, sort of satirizing collecting." Kelly Yamanouchi/Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Surf's up - soon - at Munich Airport -- If you're traveling to or through Munich Airport this summer, be sure to pack a swimsuit. The airport is setting up a giant pool in the courtyard connecting Terminals 1 and 2 (the MAC Forum) and offering free surfing from July 31 through Aug. 23 on the world's biggest artificial standing wave. No need to bring your own gear: Complimentary loaner boards, helmets and wetsuits will be provided and surf instructors will be on duty offering encouragement and tips. Harriet Baskas/USA Today

How Singapore's airport is making its economy fly -- It already contains a butterfly garden, swimming pool and cinema, but for Changi airport in Singapore the sky appears to be the limit -- with new terminals and complexes in construction and planning for the next decade. The airport has long set the precedent for others worldwide -- ranking at number one in the World Airport Awards for three consecutive years. With a current capacity of 66 million passengers a year, the opening of terminal four in 2017 will see this number rise to 82 million. David Molko & Meera Senthilingam/CNN

UN agency warns Thailand over aviation standards -- The United Nations' air safety agency publicly elevated its concern over Thailand's aviation standards Thursday, in a rare censure of the country. The International Civil Aviation Organization in March warned Thailand that it wasn't providing sufficient safety oversight of its airlines to meet the watchdog's standards. Under ICAO rules, a state then has 90 days to address the safety concern before the agency makes its warning public via a red flag on its safety audit website, as happened to Thailand on Thursday. Nopparat Chaichalearmmongkol & James Hookway/Wall Street Journal 

Study: Connecticut leads in Twitter TSA complaints -- Connecticut is the leading state for tweets complaining about the Transportation Security Administration, according to a study conducted by the website Travelmath.com.  The study, which analyzed tweets mentioning the TSA from January to April, revealed that the biggest number of negative tweets about the agency were sent from locations in Connecticut, Nevada, Utah, Pennsylvania and Missouri.  By contrast, the report said Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Virginia and Alabama lead in positive tweets about the TSA. Keith Laing/The Hill