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Council confirms Deborah Ale Flint as new head of Los Angeles World Airports -- The Los Angeles City Council confirmed Oakland airport executive Deborah Ale Flint Tuedsay to lead the city agency that oversees Los Angeles International, LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys airports. Ale Flint has been director of aviation in Oakland since 2010, overseeing the operation of Oakland International Airport. She will replace Gina Marie Lindsey as executive director of Los Angeles World Airports. City News Service KPCC
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Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing at LAX -- A cargo plane made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport early Wednesday. The Boeing 767 aircraft, which suffered a right engine failure, touched down safely at around 3:40 a.m, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said. The pilot reported it was in trouble at around 3 a.m. There were two people on board and no one was injured. It still had two hours worth of fuel on board when it landed. NBC4
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Kanye West set to complete community service over photographer assault -- Kanye West has nearly completed the community service hours imposed on the rapper after he pleaded no contest to charges that he assaulted a photographer outside Los Angeles International Airport, his attorney told a court on Tuesday. West did not appear at the progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, but his attorney Blair Berk said at the hearing that her client has completed 228 out of 250 hours of community service and will likely finish the rest by a Sept. 15 court date, allowing him to fulfill the terms of his probation. Reuters
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Airlines vs. Airports: A dogfight over fees imposed on fliers -- You'd think everyone in the aviation industry would be on the same page about improving air travel. Surely they all want more modern aircraft and upgraded airports, right? They do. But airlines and airports are in a political dogfight this summer over who should be getting more of your money for improvements. Airports say they need higher airport fees to upgrade runways and terminals, many of which date back to the 1950s and 1960s. Marilyn Geewax/NPR
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Airport's new water source is the air -- Literally wringing a new water supply out of thin air, San Diego International Airport is demonstrating that drought-induced ingenuity can tap an unlikely place. The water comes from air conditioners on passenger bridges at eight gates at the airport's Terminal 1. The air conditioners reduce burning fuel the planes would otherwise use while on the ground. That reduces pollution. Bradley J. Fikes/San Diego Union-Tribune
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FAA meets with residents on proposal to change air traffic at San Diego airports -- A new plan that may change the way airplanes and other air traffic arrives at local airports got its first public airing Monday night. As part of a proposal to improve the flow of air traffic into Southern Californian airports, the Federal Aviation Administration is looking to change air traffic procedures to a satellite-based system. Samantha Tatro/NBC San Diego
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Hartsfield-Jackson terminal to get new look -- Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is planning a $430 million modernization of its domestic passenger terminal and concourses. The modernization project is aimed at giving the airport domestic terminal a "new, fresh, modern look," bringing more light into aging concourses with windows and revamping them using some of the same design elements featured in the airport's newer international terminal. Kelly Yamanouchi/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Delta asks court to stop eviction by Southwest Airlines at Dallas Love Field --U.S. District Judge Kinkeade has set a hearing for 10 a.m. Monday, June 29, to hear all the pending motions for temporary restraining orders. Earlier, Delta Air Lines asked the U.S. District Court in Dallas on Tuesday to stop Southwest Airlines from kicking Delta out of Southwest's gates at Dallas Love Field. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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Leave O'Hare Airport alone -- You know that Twitter hashtag #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion? Here's mine: I sort of like Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. What's O'Hare got going for it? A nice public transit connection to downtown Chicago. Cool architecture. The PA announcements sound like Chicago instead of a generic newscaster. The signage is good. It's pretty clean. There's Tortas Frontera! There's just one big problem. O'Hare Airport is a nightmare for delays. Nate Silver/FiveThirtyEight
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| Layover breakthrough: TripAdvisor launches comprehensive airport pages -- Ever been in an airport waiting for a flight and opted for the first stale sandwich you could find, fearing it'd be the last you'd see? Only to discover an amazing seafood bar right next to your gate? TripAdvisor's staff must have felt that pain, too. Something like that, anyway, must have inspired those indefatigable travel archivists to launch dedicated pages highlighting the attractions and amenities in 200 major airports worldwide. Maggie Hiufu Wong/CNN |
Uber stops pickups at Lauderdale airport, port -- Uber drivers no longer will pick up passengers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades, a withdrawal the company hopes will keep Broward County from heading to court. In an email sent by Uber on Monday evening, drivers were told that the company is "temporarily suspending pickups'' at both locations "until further notice.'' However, Uber will continue dropping passengers off at both sites. Brittany Wallman/Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Airlines, consumer groups bicker over ticket-change fees -- Consumer groups are urging the Transportation Department to rein in change fees for airline tickets, which are setting records after growing significantly during the last decade. But airline representatives on Tuesday told the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections, which makes recommendations to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, that fees have become part of vigorous pricing competition between carriers. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Airlines to thwart air ticket sales through OTAs: The possible ramifications -- Airlines are seldom happy to sell inventories through third-party online travel agencies (OTAs). The reasons are twofold. Firstly, airlines need to pay a fee to advertise their products on the OTA platform, and secondly, airlines can charge extra or sell features such as seats with extra legroom, frequent flier miles, etc. through their own websites, which is not possible elsewhere. Trefis Team/Forbes
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Delta CEO: Persian Gulf countries unfairly aid airlines -- The leader of Delta Airlines on Tuesday said airlines in two Persian Gulf countries are being unfairly subsidized by their governments and threatening U.S. jobs. In a lunchtime speech to the Detroit Economic Club, Delta CEO Richard Anderson called on President Obama to curtail the flights in and out of the U.S. by three foreign airlines until Qatar and the United Arab Emirates comply with the Open Skies agreement to ensure fair competition for the U.S. Leonard N. Fleming/Detroit News
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Taiwan-based EVA Air voted the world's cleanest airline, with the rest of the top 10 also Asian-owned -- For those who value a clean cabin above all else, you may want to consider flying on an Asian airline. Skytrax's annual World Airline Awards recently ranked the world's cleanest aircraft and it was Taiwan-based EVA Air that took top honours. Rounding out the top three were Singapore Airlines in second place and ANA All Nippon Airways in third. Skytrax did not, however, test for bacteria on tray tables or inside the toilets. Katie Amey/Daily Mail
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Nuts on a plane: Snacks dispute could cost $553,000 -- An argument on a transatlantic United Airlines flight over a bag of nuts could run up a bill of $553,000 for the airline, according to a report on U.K. news site The Telegraph. A United Airlines Rome-Chicago flight on Saturday had to be diverted to Belfast, Northern Ireland, because an unruly passenger repeatedly demanded bags of nuts. The passenger, Jeremiah Mathis Thede, from California, allegedly got out of his seat 15 minutes into the flight from Rome and demanded "nuts or crackers" and refused to sit down again until he got a snack. Holly Ellyatt/CNBC
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Chinese airlines overtake US carriers across the Pacific. The big dilemma: US-China open skies? -- There were two prominent themes at CAPA's Americas Aviation Summit in Las Vegas on 27/28 Apr-2015. First was the intensity with which some US airlines fear competing with Gulf carriers, which operate under open skies regimes to the US. Second - and of more lasting importance - was how important North America, and especially the United States, will be to international growth from Chinese airlines. CAPA Centre for Aviation
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United Airlines to add two used Boeing planes to fleet in June -- United Continental Holdings Inc said on Monday it expects to take delivery of two used Boeing Co 737-700 aircraft this month, which were formerly operated by Copa Holdings SA's Copa Airlines. United has received two other 737-700s from Copa. The single-aisle planes, widely used in the global airline industry, will help United reduce its dependence on smaller 50-seat jets, it said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters
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Southwest Airlines deals with fake video of a drone not hitting a Southwest Airline jet -- The problem with some interesting stuff on the Internet is that it's fake. The latest example is a video that purports to show a drone taking off the winglet on a Southwest Airlines jet taking off from New York LaGuardia Airport. It's fake, although eye-catching. "We wanted to bring a fake drone strike video to your attention, as it is gaining momentum across the social web and sparking interest from traditional news media," an internal Southwest message Tuesday afternoon said. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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Challenges new TSA administrator faces on day one -- The Senate voted 81 to 1 on Monday to make Peter Neffenger new director of the beleaguered Transportation Safety Administration. But Neffenger likely won't have much time to ease into the new gig. Here are the top issues he faces on Day One, in case you (or he!) had forgotten: Agents not able to detect bombs - TSA agents failed 67 out of 70 tests -- that's 95 percent of them -- during a recent undercover Homeland Security Inspector General test. Ali Weinberg/ABC News
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Flight attendants sue Boeing over 'toxic fumes' on Alaska Airlines jet -- Four flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against Boeing Co. because of "devastating health effects" from what they contend were toxic fumes that leaked into a 2013 flight. Three of the four flight attendants said they lost consciousness during the Alaska Airlines flight July 12, 2013, from Boston to San Diego, and all three were rushed to a hospital after the plane made an emergency landing in Chicago. Boeing manufactured the airplane. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Boeing replaces CEO McNerney with Muilenburg -- Boeing announced Tuesday it would replace CEO Jim McNerney with current president and COO Dennis Muilenburg. McNerney, who the company said has held the CEO post for the past 10 years, will remain the chairman of the board. Muilenburg will assume his new role on July 1, and McNerney will continue as an employee until February "to ensure a smooth transition," according to a Boeing statement. "It's a little bit of a generational shift," McNerney told CNBC Tuesday. Everett Rosenfeld/CNBC
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L.A. City Council OKs crackdowns on homeless encampments -- The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Tuesday to an aggressive crackdown on street encampments, setting the stage for the first major homeless sweeps in the city in decades. Mayor Eric Garcetti said he would sign the two ordinances, which authorize seizure and in some cases destruction of makeshift shelters and other property of homeless people. Gale Holland/Los Angeles Times
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Funding and travel-time concerns impede proposed L.A. streetcar line -- Two and a half years ago, downtown Los Angeles residents overwhelmingly approved a new property tax to build a streetcar line through the heart of their reemerging neighborhood. Officials said the local rail loop would attract business and new development to dormant blocks and help revitalize the city's historic core. Laura J. Nelson/Los Angeles Times
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City controller: L.A. paid Wells Fargo for 'nonexistent' check printing -- Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin says the city paid more than $500,000 to Wells Fargo Bank for "nonexistent services" -- charges for printing checks that the city was actually printing itself. Galperin and his aides are demanding that the money be returned. In a letter sent last week to the city treasurer and obtained by The Times, Galperin urged that the overpaid money be recovered "as swiftly as possible." Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times
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Business concerns stall minimum wage vote by L.A. County board -- Amid concerns voiced by small businesses, Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday delayed a vote to increase the minimum wage in county unincorporated areas from $9 to $15 over the next five years. Many observers expected the proposal by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, which mirrored an increase recently approved by the city of Los Angeles, to be adopted Tuesday. Abby Sewell/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. City Hall panel backs minimum wage exemption for disadvantaged workers -- In the first major carve-out to Los Angeles' minimum wage law, a city panel backed a plan Tuesday to exempt non-profits that hire disadvantaged workers from paying the new wage. Under the proposal approved by the city's Economic Development Committee, "transitional workers" such as homeless persons or at risk-youth can be paid less than the minimum wage for the first 18 months of job training. Dakota Smith/Los Angeles Daily News
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L.A. Councilman Tom LaBonge ends nearly 40 years of public service -- Mayor Eric Garcetti joined the City Council Tuesday in saluting Tom LaBonge's 39.6 years of public service during a public send-off for the termed-out councilman known to many as "Mr. Los Angeles." Garcetti and LaBonge's council colleagues came ready with jokes about his outsized personality, reflected in his deep knowledge of high school football teams, penchant for big hugs and love of classic Los Angeles institutions such as Pink's Hot Dogs. But they also expressed admiration for his hands-on approach to serving constituents in his 4th District, which stretches from Sherman Oaks to Hollywood. City News Service
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