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Local ONT control expected to boost regional transportation goals -- The transfer of L.A./Ontario International Airport ownership bodes well for efforts to regionalize Southern California aviation, say officials and supporters of local control of ONT. Regionalization efforts got underway nearly a decade ago after a 2006 court settlement called for air passenger traffic at LAX to be more evenly distributed to other airports in the region. Neil Nisperos/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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Ontario airport's transition is chance to think big -- A truly creative approach would be to persuade Gov. Jerry Brown, who yearns to build a bullet train, to dump, or at least delay, the half-baked project he's now pushing and substitute a bullet train along the I-15 corridor linking Ontario with San Diego. It would benefit the air-travel needs of both regions and serve commuter and other surface-travel demands of inland Southern California, which is one of the state's fastest-growing regions. There's a win-win deal to be made here, if everyone involved is willing to make it. Dan Walters/Sacramento Bee
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ONT's new owners face daunting challenge in turning airport around -- Three years ago, the formation of a local consortium to run L.A./Ontario International Airport seemed pretty pretentious, especially considering the airport's owners were staunchly opposed to parting with it. In the intervening years, efforts by Inland Empire officials to wrest the airport away from Los Angeles World Airports, which has run ONT for nearly half a century, often seemed futile. Liset Marquez/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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Fitting end to struggle for local control of Ontario airport -- At long last, a jewel of the Inland Empire will return to the control of local authorities. The city of Los Angeles will turn over the keys to L.A./Ontario International Airport a little more than a year from now. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti is to be congratulated for recognizing that the airport will do better under local management than it has as part of Los Angeles World Airports, an L.A. city agency. Pasadena Star-News Editorial Board
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CASSIE MacDUFF: Unsung hero of Ontario airport battle -- For weeks - months - things were at an impasse between the cities of Ontario and Los Angeles over a return of local control for Ontario International Airport. Even though L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti had said repeatedly and publicly since July 2014 that he favored returning the airport to Inland hands, negotiations went nowhere. Even court-ordered settlement conferences under the supervision of a judge yielded no results. Cassie MacDuff/Riverside Press-Enterprise
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Ontario, Calif., gets its airport back -- Los Angeles has agreed to return control of LA/Ontario International Airport to an Ontario, Calif.-based local authority. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Ontario Mayor pro Tem Alan Wapner announced the deal during an Aug. 6 press conference in Ontario. "I have supported the transfer of ONT to local control since my first day in office and I am thrilled that we can stop litigation and focus on a partnership that expands Southern California's commitment to superior air travel," Garcetti said in a prepared statement. Keeley Webster/Bond Buyer
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Saudia launched nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Riyadh -- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) launched the very first nonstop flight from the US West Coast city of Los Angeles to the Saudi capital city of Riyadh. The first Saudia flight SV 44 took off on August 7 from Los Angeles International Airport on a journey to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While the nonstop LAX-RUH flights will only be limited to the month of August to accommodate market demand during the airline's peak period, the service is expected to be restored in the future to fulfil the needs of Saudi students, the diplomatic community as well as business travelers who prefer to fly nonstop to the Saudi capital. FTN News
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Cancelled United Los Angeles flight from London Heathrow 'dumps fuel' over Manchester -- Twitter has been flooded with pictures purporting to show a United Airlines aircraft dumping fuel over Greater Manchester. United Airlines flight UA935 from London Heathrow to Los Angeles International Airport was carrying 265 passengers and a crew of 14 when it suffered a possible electrical issue with a seat, shortly after take off. On its return to Heathrow this afternoon, it reportedly dumped fuel over Manchester. Charlotte Cox/Manchester Evening News
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New U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility at Van Nuys Airport celebrates opening with tours -- Van Nuys Airport and Signature Flight Support on Thursday will celebrate the return of international clearance services with the opening of the new 1,528 square-foot U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility. VNY Media Advisory
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Cross-border airport bridge to open in December -- The great majority of cross-border travelers who use Tijuana's A.L. Rodr�guez International Airport are Mexicans - and U.S. Latinos with ties to Mexico. Now, developers of a new privately operated cross-border bridge connecting directly to the Mexican terminal hope the project will broaden U.S. interest in flying out of Tijuana to destinations across Mexico. The vision is that Americans with concerns about driving into Tijuana, or wary of long northbound border waits on their return to the United States, will book flights at Rodriguez airport. Sandra Dibble/San Diego Union-Tribune
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Oakland gives Port Columbus 30 nonstops -- see how that compares with Ohio's other airports -- Passengers on Monday's flight from Port Columbus International Airport to Oakland International Airport will quickly realize they're among the first to travel the route, as the airport marks the occasion with music from the Jazz Arts Group, a water cannon salute, cake and life-size postcards for photos. The long-awaited service from Southwest Airlines Co., which actually began Sunday, will be Columbus' first nonstop service to the Bay Area since the defunct Skybus Airlines flew the route briefly in 2008. Evan Weese/Columbus Business First
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Family of girl run over after Asiana crash drops suit against S.F. -- The parents of a 16-year-old girl run over by San Francisco Fire Department rigs after she was ejected during the 2013 Asiana Airlines crash dismissed their wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Ye Meng Yuan was thrown from the Boeing 777 as it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013. She wound up on the ground, where she was sprayed with flame-retardant foam and then run over by two Fire Department rigs - one of which had earlier been directed around her when she was still visible. Henry K. Lee/San Francisco Chronicle
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FAA meetings on O'Hare noise start Monday -- Four days of meetings start Monday when the public will be able to testify about jet noise and air pollution related to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting the meetings to hear from the public about a draft report that re-evaluates the environmental impact statement that the FAA approved in 2005 for Chicago's program to reconfigure O'Hare with six parallel east-west runways and two diagonal runways. Jon Hilkevitch/Chicago Tribune
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Smoke-free advocates decry plans to build smoking rooms in new Salt Lake airport -- Pointing to public health issues, Utah smoke-free advocates are protesting the decision to include smoking rooms in design plans for the new Salt Lake City International Airport. Scott Barton, a medical director at Molina Healthcare of Utah and chairman of the Utah Tobacco Free Alliance, says airport smoking rooms present health risks to the public and are becoming less common in large U.S. airports. Katie McKellar/Salt Lake City Deseret News
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Need a taxi to the airport? Options expanding beyond Uber -- Hailing a taxi nowadays can feel downright old-fashioned. New ride-sharing alternatives - such as Via, Bandwagon, Tripda and RideWith - are springing up in major cities and at airports. At the same time, established car services like Uber and Lyft are continuing to expand to more corners of the world while adding bells and whistles like Starbucks rewards points, free beach bags and on-demand water taxis. Stephanie Rosenbloom/New York Times
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Virgin America Airlines at eight years: 'A poster child for airline competition' -- Not to say that our country does not benefit enormously from finally having a profitable airline industry, but an unfortunate characteristic of the model is a nearly impenetrable resistance to start-ups, of the sort that keep other industries vibrant. That is what makes this a time to look back longingly on a moment on Aug. 8, 2008, eight years ago, when two inaugural flights departed from LAX and JFK and landed simultaneously on parallel runways at SFO, and Virgin America was born. Ted Reed/Forbes
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Airlines under siege from hackers -- The airline industry is under siege from cyberattackers, and lawmakers are struggling to help. In recent months, hackers have infiltrated the U.S. air traffic control system, forced airlines to ground planes and potentially stolen detailed travel records on millions of people. Yet the industry lacks strict requirements to report these cyber incidents, or even adhere to specific cybersecurity standards. Cory Bennett/The Hill
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Southwest Airlines achieves 50 daily nonstop destinations from Dallas Love Field -- Southwest Airlines on Sunday began operating the carrier's most robust schedule ever offered at Dallas Love Field, with 180 daily departures to 50 nonstop destinations across the United States. New flights now bring customers nonstop service options between Dallas Love Field and Boston (Logan); Detroit; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Charlotte; Charleston, S.C.; Raleigh-Durham; Omaha; and Salt Lake City. Southwest News Release
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Jennifer Aniston lands $5M deal with Emirates Airline -- Jennifer Aniston scored a very lucrative gift to herself ahead of her secret wedding to Justin Theroux. The actress has just landed a deal with airline Emirates worth around $5 million, sources exclusively tell Page Six. We're told that Aniston, 46, has shot a campaign for Emirates, which is based in Dubai and is the world's biggest international carrier. Emily Smith/New York Post
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Senate report calls for crackdown on airline fees -- Eric Rose knew that he would take a financial hit when he needed to reschedule a flight home with his wife, Marci, after dropping off their son at college in Tucson. After all, he had bought two $160 nonrefundable tickets. But Rose, a partner in a Los Angeles government relations and communications firm, was caught off guard by the fine print on his American Airlines tickets that said he had to pay $400 in change fees to rebook. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Delta moves to cash in on Chinese middle-class travelers -- Delta Air Lines, the second-busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, has adopted an aggressive West Coast strategy to cash in on the growing number of Chinese middle-class travelers. That could bode well for Southern Nevada tourism as local airline development planners watch to see how the Delta strategy plays out. Richard N. Velotta/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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So long, LAN and TAM; Airlines will soon fly under LATAM brand -- The clock is ticking for LAN Airlines of Chile and Brazil's TAM. Those two iconic South American airline brands will soon disappear. That will come as the merging carriers rebrand all of their combined operations under a singular LATAM Airlines logo and identity. The new brand will extend to all of the airlines' affiliates, including LAN's subsidiaries that operate in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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Cabin pressure issues force emergency landing -- A United Express flight from Charlotte to Chicago made an emergency landing in Indianapolis on Sunday after a problem with cabin pressure that caused the pilot to descend to 10,000 feet, an ExpressJet spokesman said. The emergency landing of the Embraer 145 was the second by a U.S. commercial jet in less than two days. John Bacon/USA Today
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Shipping woes grow at Chicago's O'Hare Airport -- A combination of soaring shipment volumes and logistical problems are creating a mess for shippers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, one of the biggest U.S. hubs for air freight. The problems have been fueled partly by a surge in air shipments through Chicago that began amid the labor strife at West Coast ports earlier this year and has continued to feed higher volumes recently even though the port problems were resolved five months ago. Michelle Hackman/Wall Street Journal
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Boeing's cost-cutting success is 'beyond belief,' as 737, 787, 777 drive revenue gains -- Seven years from now, Boeing will be delivering finished aircraft at the prices it negotiated today. So in order for the company to make more money, it needs to keep improving productivity. This was the central mantra of Boeing's 2015 investor's conference Tuesday, and much of the focus was on three primarily Washington-state built planes: the 737, 787 and 777. "It is not just about building more airplanes, but building them more efficiently," said Boeing CEO Jim McNerney at the beginning of the three-hour conference. Steve Wilhelm/Puget Sound Business Journal
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Recent airplane-banner crash makes 25 in two decades -- Accidents involving "banner towing" are tracked by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. Records show that there have been 25 aircraft accidents involving such planes in California in the last two decades, and more than 62% resulted in injury or death. Four accidents occurred in San Diego County and eight in Los Angeles County. On Sunday, the pilot of a banner plane was killed during a crash at Compton/Woodley Airport. Lauryn Schroeder/Los Angeles Times
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L.A. maps out sweeping transportation overhaul -- Los Angeles City Council members are on the verge of approving a sweeping new transportation policy, one that calls for hundreds of miles of new bus-only lanes, bicycle lanes and "traffic calming" measures over the next 20 years. The initiative, dubbed Mobility Plan 2035, has sparked a debate over the ramifications of redesigning major corridors such as Van Nuys Boulevard, Sherman Way and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. David Zahniser/Los Angeles Times
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Garcetti to USA: Try L.A.'s 'common-sense' ban on big ammo clips -- Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Friday a ban on the possession of large-capacity gun magazines with more than 10 rounds and called on national leaders to follow the Los Angeles example in adopting similar gun laws. Such measures are "common sense and they should be nationwide," Garcetti said during a City Hall signing event today. "Sadly, in the face of overwhelming evidence, swelling public support and the endless tragic deaths ... Washington refuses to act," the mayor said. "But we have power right here." City News Service
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Grading City Hall: Mayor Eric Garcetti - Grade C -- Midway through his first term, Eric Garcetti remains as appealing and articulate as ever, but his inclination to avoid tough or controversial decisions is undermining his ability to address the very serious problems facing the city. Garcetti has presented a vision of Los Angeles as a more livable, transit-oriented, environmentally and technologically friendly city, served by a more efficient, customer-oriented government. This is a good vision, and he is an eloquent spokesman for it. But what has he done to achieve it? So far, not much. Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
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