LA City Council to vote on whether to block plan for Uber at LAX -- The Los Angeles City Council will decide Wednesday whether to jump into the fray on the issue of allowing ride share services at LAX. Last month - after more than a year of back and forth with taxi companies and pressure from L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti - the Airport Commission announced a plan to permit companies like Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at LAX. The popular ride share services have been banned from picking passengers up from arrivals at LAX - although they can drop people off, just like anybody else. Meghan McCarty/KPCC

LAX modernization update: August construction activities expected to cause passenger impacts -- Major construction projects at Los Angeles International Airport will continue to impact travelers in August with sidewalk and vehicle lane closures and in-terminal work.  This construction, part of a multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program underway throughout LAX, will result in a modern airport that significantly improves the overall customer experience. LAWA News Release

Airports add local restaurants for fliers seeking unique fare -- Increasingly, travelers are able to grab a bite of the best fare a destination has to offer without setting foot out of the airport. From Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International to Los Angeles International, a growing number of airports are opening outposts of popular local restaurants, unique stands that serve regional cuisine, and menus crafted by prominent local chefs. Charisse Jones/USA Today

John Wayne Airport sees passenger traffic increase while flights dip -- John Wayne Airport saw a 3.5 percent increase in passenger traffic in June 2015, when compared to the same month last year. This year the airport served almost 850,000 passengers in June. "The increase is based on international traffic," said Rachel Gibson, manager of customer relations at the airport. "Our top three airlines for the month of June were United, Southwest and American. Southwest had a lot of international traffic; that's the main reason for the increase." Hannah Madans/Orange County Register

Frankfurt Airport criticized for 'sexist' pink parking spots -- There are 14,000 parking spaces at Frankfurt Airport, but if you'd like one that is "bigger, nicer and closer to the terminals," look for spots reserved for women only. The specially designed parking sections are scattered throughout the airport's parking garages, can be reserved in advance and should also be very easy to find: just look for the pink ribbon of paint on the floor marking off the wider-than-average parking spots and the pink parking garage walls that have flower graphics and signage announcing "Ladies Parking." Harriet Baskas/USA Today

New legislation requires breastfeeding rooms in Illinois airports -- A new law signed over the weekend by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner will require large airports in that state, such as Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International airports, to have lactation rooms by 2017, the Associated Press reported. Under the new legislation, which follows the approval of a similar proposal by the Chicago City Council committee vote on Friday, smaller Illinois airports will have to add the private rooms when building new terminals or renovating existing ones. Harriet Baskas/USA Today

Phoenix residents want court to review FAA flight paths -- Phoenix homeowners who say flight paths are plaguing neighborhoods with noise and don't appear to be going away want a federal appeals court to step in. A coalition of residents said Monday that they have filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. The petition was filed Friday. It wants the court to examine the Federal Aviation Administration's final decisions on implementing certain paths at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. AP

After killing of Cecil the lion, Delta joins airline ban on game trophies -- The recent killing of a popular lion named Cecil by an American dentist in Zimbabwe sparked considerable outrage on social media and elsewhere against safari hunting. The event has also brought to light the role that airlines play in transporting trophy kills as cargo, and may have contributed to changing airline policy. On Monday, Delta Air Lines became the latest carrier to change its rules about transporting hunting trophies. Adam H. Graham/New York Times

American's too-low pricing hurts the airline industry, analyst says -- The U.S. Justice Department may not want to hear it but a leading airline analyst said  American Airlines utilizes a pricing strategy that keeps fares low throughout the industry. The strategy, which offers "Advantage Fares," involves American sharply undercutting competitors' non-stop fares with deeply discounted connecting fares. "We believe AAL is mainly responsible for domestic pricing weakness in part due to its use of Advantage Fares," wrote Wolfe Research analyst Hunter Keay in a report issued Friday. Ted Reed/TheStreet

Australia's greatest airline rivals set up new tourism company -- The two great contenders in Australian airline competition in the early years of this century, Geoff Dixon and Brett Godfrey have a new tourism investment venture the Australian Walking Company. Dixon as Qantas group CEO gave his side of the contest its highest ever share price and took it for the first time to more than $1 billion ($1.4 billion to be precise) in pretax profits in a year in 2008. Ben Sandilands/Crikey

Interview: Spirit CEO on building an airline that trades comfort for low fares -- It's the question that plagues the U.S. aviation industry: How can Spirit Airlines grow, and profit, while steadfastly refusing to offer even the tiniest concession to passenger comfort free of charge? Skift also wanted to know. So we asked. The airline's CEO, Ben Baldanza, was happy to answer our questions in plain terms, without corporate speak or condescension. Marisa Garcia/Skift

Hail-dinged American Airlines Boeing 787 arrives back at D/FW on Monday -- That 3-month-old Boeing 787 that got clobbered by Chinese hailstones last week is back at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and in the hands of American Airlines mechanics. American had flown the airplane from Beijing, China, to Tokyo's Narita International Airport a few days earlier, we're told, and then flew the last leg home Monday. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News

VICA: "Alleviating traffic to L.A. might be just a few light rails away" -- Recent studies revealed those commuting in and around Los Angeles spend on average, 90 hours a year in traffic. That's right -- more than two entire weeks' worth of work are lost each year for the poor, hapless souls who brave the Interstates 405 and 5, due to the fact that there simply is no other reasonable alternative. But there's hope. Stuart Waldman/Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Long Beach to debate whether to study raising the minimum wage -- It looks like Long Beach will be the next city to consider a proposal to raise the minimum wage. Long Beach Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal's office released a statement Monday in which she and three other City Council members call for a study to examine the possible effects of a city law mandating wage increases. Lowenthal and other council members supporting the idea also want to look at how fee reductions or business incentives could be matched to a wage increase. Andrew Edwards/Long Beach Press-Telegram