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Six council members question plan to let Uber, Lyft pick up at LAX -- Citing "significant questions" over equity and public safety, six members of the Los Angeles City Council said Wednesday that they want to reexamine the new rules that would allow Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport. Earlier this month, the Board of Airport Commissioners gave the green light to a policy creating a permitting process for app-based ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate at LAX. Laura J. Nelson/Los Angeles Times Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou/City News Service Adrian Glick Kudler/Curbed LA
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LAX congestion demands regional solutions -- For those who avoid Los Angeles International on any holiday whatsoever anyway, the notion that in the future "every day will be like Thanksgiving Day" at the big airport sends shivers down the collective spine. The largest air terminal on the West Coast is not the absolute worst one in the nation these days. It's just close to that. It's No. 2, for instance, on the Conde Nast Traveler Worst Airports in America list, beating out only New York City's La Guardia. Los Angeles Daily News Editorial Board
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Cathay Pacific departs Aleutians after Hong Kong-to-Los Angeles flight makes emergency landing -- A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles departed from a remote U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands late Wednesday morning, hours after making an emergency landing because smoke was detected on board. Flight 884 landed early Wednesday at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya Island, Alaska, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. Rachel D'Oro/AP
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Virgin Australia Boeing 777 lands at LAX after cracked windshield -- A Boeing 777 passenger jet made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport after suffering a cracked windshield, the airline said. The Virgin Australia flight had just left LAX bound for Brisbane, Australia, when it was forced to turn around after the pilots noticed the damaged window. A spokeswoman from the airline said in a statement that it landed "without incident" at 2:21 a.m. local time Wednesday. Alexander Smith/NBC News
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American Airlines launching Los Angeles-Montego Bay flights -- American Airlines is launching nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay starting Dec. 18, 2015. The new route, which reportedly comes in response to rising demand from travelers, will provide the West Coast market direct service to Jamaica on Fridays and Saturdays. Dana Niland/Caribbean Journal
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Long Beach Airport noise violations fund library and local nonprofits -- When the city of Long Beach throws the book at airlines that violate its noise limits, the hefty fines end up buying books for city libraries and funding other charitable activities. The latest airline to face a fine is Michigan-based cargo hauler Kalitta Charters. This week it agreed to pay $54,000 to settle 13 criminal noise complaints. Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert says the money will go to the Long Beach Community Foundation. Sharon McNary/KPCC
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New faces, new roles taken on at airport authority in Burbank -- To the list of changes discussed or implemented at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank in recent months - new Southwest Airlines service to San Francisco International Airport, retirement of a longtime spokesman, a possible new name, a proposed replacement terminal and sale of a 58-acre parcel - add the somewhat more routine changeover on the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. Chad Garland/Burbank Leader
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International traffic helps lift JWA -- John Wayne Airport had an 8% year-over-year hike in international travelers in June, its first monthly increase of the year. About 32,000 international fliers passed through JWA's gates last month compared with 29,600 in June 2014. The airport's year-to-year declines in international traffic ranged from drops of 5% to 35% in each of the first five months of 2015. Southwest Airlines began flying to Puerto Vallarta on June 7, which accounted for some of the 8% increase. Paul Hughes/Orange County Business Journal
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Consultant: Here's how you catch an airline in Chico -- The consulting company hired to evaluate the return of commercial air service to Chico made it clear there are steps that can be taken. AvPORTS representative Tom Reich spent more than an hour presenting information and a strategy to the Chico Airport Commission at its quarterly meeting Tuesday. There were surprises, such as AvPORTS' assertion that Redding travelers could be talked into traveling out of Chico and that most passengers who fly out of Chico end up in the Los Angeles area. Laura Urseny/Chico Enterprise-Record
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Overhauling La Guardia, an airport with a historical name but a tarnished image -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has declared that the $4 billion rebuilding planned at La Guardia Airport in Queens will amount to replacing the airport "in its entirety." So is it time, after 76 years, to replace the name, too? Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs New York City's airports, said this week that there were no plans to do so. David W. Dunlap/New York Times
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Persistent runway debris prompts upgrade at Dubai -- Dubai International Airport plans to begin using a camera-based foreign object debris (FOD) detection system early in 2016 to help the operators more quickly identify and remove debris from runway areas, eliminating a persistent safety problem. According to the General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, the airport retrieves Category A FOD from the airport's two parallel runways on average once for every 29,400 landings or takeoffs. John Croft/Aviation Week
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China-tied hackers that hit U.S. said to breach United Airlines -- The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of U.S. insurance holders and government employees in recent months breached another big target at around the same time -- United Airlines. United, the world's second-largest airline, detected an incursion into its computer systems in May or early June, said several people familiar with the probe. Michael Riley & Jordan Robertson/Bloomberg Business Dan Reed/Forbes
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Report: Wing debris same as missing Malaysia plane -- Aircraft debris found off the coast of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean appears to belong to the same type of plane as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished more than a year ago, a U.S. official told the Associated Press on Wednesday. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters at the United Nations that he sent a team to identify the wreckage. Doug Stanglin & Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Alaska Air Group maintains Seattle market share while hinting at reduced 2016 capacity growth -- Although Alaska Airlines continued to post negative passenger unit revenue growth in 2Q2015, it is narrowing the gap with the US industry average. Seattle is one of the markets where industry capacity has been growing over the past two years as Delta Air Lines has made an aggressive push from the airport. Alaska has responded by taking steps to preserve its market share in Seattle, and concludes that its position at its largest hub for YE2015 remains unchanged from YE2012. The airline has sustained its share by fortifying Seattle with additional frequencies in some markets, and new route additions. CAPA
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Delta Air Lines to buy stake in China Eastern Airlines -- Delta Air Lines is paying $450 million for a stake in China Eastern Airlines, a move the carrier hopes will help it gain access to China's burgeoning travel market. The investment will give Delta a 3.55% stake in Shanghai-based China Eastern. Each airline's board must OK the deal. No timeline was given for when that might occur. If approved, Delta says the deal will boost connecting options for both companies. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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India's SpiceJet in talks with Boeing, Airbus for $11 bln jet deal -- Indian budget airline SpiceJet Ltd is in talks with Boeing Co and Airbus Group to acquire about 100 new narrow-body jets, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday, in a deal worth about $11 billion at list prices. SpiceJet wants to buy more Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max aircraft, Kiran Koteshwar told Reuters. He said the company plans to place an order by the end of this financial year and would look to raise fresh equity or debt to pay for the planes once it had decided how many to buy. Reuters
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A major airline says there's something it values more than its customers, and there's a good reason why -- At Southwest Airlines, employees come first. Yes, you read that right: The airline puts employee happiness above customer satisfaction. The approach might seem unconventional - but it makes perfect sense and seems to be working just fine for the Dallas-based airline that employs about 47,000 people and serves more than 100 million customers annually. Emma Martin/Business Insider
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Airlines give in-flight entertainment options an update -- With more in-flight entertainment than ever, the longest flights can often seem short these days. On a recent trip to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific, for example, I could build a list of video favorites from more than 100 movies, with options ranging from new Oscar nominees like "American Sniper" and "Mr. Turner" to classics like "Casablanca." Elaine Glusac/New York Times
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House panel urges new TSA chief to fix problems with screening, workers -- TSA will retrain every airport screen by the end of the September, the agency's new chief told a House panel Wednesday. The effort comes after a report earlier this year from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general that found screeners missed mock bombs and weapons in tests 67 of 70 times. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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FedEx no longer to transport bioterror germs in wake of anthrax lab mishaps -- Shipping giant FedEx no longer is willing to transport packages containing research specimens of potential bioterror pathogens in the wake of high-profile safety mistakes by an Army lab that unknowingly shipped live anthrax for years, according to a letter the company sent to federal regulators and obtained by USA TODAY. Alison Young/USA Today
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What would a Los Angeles 2024 Olympics look like? -- Fencing at the Nokia Theatre? Taekwondo at Disney Concert Hall? These could be some of the venues for a 2024 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. L.A.'s Olympic push is being run out of Mayor Eric Garcetti's office. Before meeting with the United States Olympic Committee, Garcetti staffers are scrambling to retool plans they shelved when the committee picked Boston over L.A. in January. Ben Bergman/KPCC
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L.A. City Council reinstates ban on unpermitted park and beach vending --The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to reinstate a ban on unpermitted vending at city parks and beaches, which could impose escalating fines and eventually misdemeanor charges against people who sell their wares or services there without getting city permission. L.A. lawmakers had already voted to draft such rules in June, with backers arguing that the city needed to protect itself from being sued if someone were hurt by an unlicensed vendor. Wednesday's 12-3 vote approved the final wording of the ban. Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. mayor and police chief visit Leimert Park after flare of violence -- Amid a year of rising crime across the city and days after a series of South L.A. gang shootings left one man dead and several people wounded, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Police Chief Charlie Beck took a walk through Leimert Park on Wednesday. They handed out baseball cards to kids, popped into businesses in the village - a historic hub of African American culture in L.A. - and talked to residents about quality-of-life issues and the new officers they would see in the area. Kate Mather/Los Angeles Times
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