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L.A. pushes to be U.S. candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics, projects $4-billion cost -- Los Angeles is close to reaching an agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee to be America's candidate for the 2024 Summer Games, pledging to host the event at a projected cost of approximately $4 billion and offering a guarantee that the city would cover any financial overruns, officials involved with the bid said Monday. In an interview with The Times' editorial board Monday morning, Mayor Eric Garcetti said he is pushing in his effort to secure L.A.'s slot as the U.S. bidder. Peter Jamison/Los Angeles Times Dakota Smith/Los Angeles Daily News
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United Airlines launches non-union ground operations subsidiary United Ground Express -- United Airlines said today it is launching "United Ground Express," an airport ground handling business that will be a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary of parent United Airlines. The new subsidiary will provide customer service, station operations and ramp and cargo service at select second- and third-tier airports throughout United's domestic route system. Lewis Lazare/Chicago Business Journal
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Virgin America maintains an optimistic outlook despite competitive capacity pressure -- Virgin America has maintained a reasonably solid passenger unit revenue performance in 2015 even as it is exposed to two region in the US domestic market where pricing pressure has ensued - Dallas and New York. The airline is joining the majority of its US airline peers in forecasting a unit revenue decline in 3Q2015; but Virgin America is also expressing optimism about 4Q2015 as it starts to lap the industry capacity increases in areas where it has faced heavy competitive pressure in 2015. CAPA
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American Airlines announces first class cabins for pets -- American Airlines now has a preferred seating for your furry friend. Passengers traveling First Class from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York City on the carrier's fleet of A321T planes can expect their equally-discerning pets to be seated in special compartments adjacent to the owner's seat. "[We] designed the special First Class pet cabins...to make it easier for customers to travel with their jet-setting pets," a spokesman told T+L. Melanie Lieberman/Travel & Leisure
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Delta blames Gulf airlines for Middle East flight cutbacks -- Delta Air Lines is blaming alleged Middle Eastern airline subsidies for a cutback on its flights to Dubai, Reuters reports. The company said it is eliminating daily flight service from Atlanta to Dubai, beginning on Oct. 1, and moving to a four or five times per week schedule for the fall and winter, according to the report. A Delta spokesman blamed the cutback on alleged subsidies that have been received by Middle Eastern airlines that U.S. airlines argue is giving their competitors an unfair business advantage. Keith Laing/The Hill
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Frontier Airlines eliminates toll-free customer service calls -- Anyone looking to call Frontier Airlines now needs to check their available phone minutes before dialing. The Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier last month did away with its toll-free customer service number in favor of a Salt Lake City phone number - a long-distance call for any landline user outside that part of Utah. The airline says the change saves about $160,000 per month - which equates to about $1.9 million per year - which can be passed along to customers. Laura Keeney/Denver Post
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China Southern Air falls most in 14 years on yuan decline -- China Southern Airlines Co. led a tumble by the nation's biggest carriers on concern that yuan devaluation will increase the size of their dollar-denominated debt and hurt earnings. China Southern ended down 18 percent in Hong Kong in its biggest loss since the aftermath of the September 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. Air China Ltd. sank 13 percent, while China Eastern Airlines Corp. tumbled 16 percent. Bloomberg
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European legacy airlines may experience ancillary pains -- Extra fees could give European budget airlines more legroom over their legacy rivals. As discount carriers increase capacity and cut prices to win market share, ancillary revenues are helping to protect their profitability. National legacy carriers like Deutsche Lufthansa are fighting back by aping their cheaper rivals' operating models. But it may be too little too late. Thao Hua/Wall Street Journal
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Judge hearing ONT case puts it on hold, with 'great joy' -- Attorneys for Ontario and Los Angeles were in court Monday morning. But this time, they weren't there to do legal battle over local control of L.A./Ontario International Airport. They were there to request a judge for a stay in Ontario's civil case against L.A., and Los Angeles World Airports, which has run ONT for nearly half a century. Which she did. Riverside Superior Court Judge Gloria Connor Trask agreed to vacate the Aug. 17 trial date in the ONT case. Liset Marquez/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Also: Ontario Airport isn't the only thing needing a big lift - MetroRail needs one, too!
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EDITORIAL: About time on airport return -- It is about time. Last week, the cities of Ontario and Los Angeles struck a tentative deal to transfer Ontario International Airport to local control. "I am pleased that there will no longer be concern that the airport is being held back from realizing its full potential," said San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman in a statement. "As the only airport in the Southern California region that is not legally constrained by a maximum number of passengers, Ontario Airport has tremendous potential for growth and becoming a major transportation hub." Riverside Press-Enterprise Editorial Board
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L.A. Airport Police Union takes another step forward in fight for equal pay -- As the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers' Association moves forward in its campaign for equal pay for equal work, the union that represents the sworn police officers and firefighters of the Los Angeles Airport Police Department assigned to protect and serve Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport and Van Nuys Airport, has announced they have retained the law firm Mastagni Holstedt, APC as General Counsel. LAAPOA News Release/Nixle
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Here's where the plans to upgrade New York's LaGuardia Airport fall short -- The battle over rebuilding New York's LaGuardia Airport flared up once again. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled his version of a renovation plan on Monday and it is spectacular, but not necessarily in a good way. The three separate terminal buildings in use today will be demolished and replaced with a new, consolidated terminal structure. And it is in direct competition to a plan the Port Authority of NY & NJ had previously commenced work on. Seth Miller/Airways News
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Vegas developer wants to put casino, upscale retail near Indy airport -- The owner of the Rising Sun Casino Resort has a deal for the Indiana legislature and Indianapolis city officials: Support the move of half of Rising Sun's 1,400 approved gaming tables to Marion County and it will build a $650 million upscale retail center anchored by a casino on a surplus parking lot near the old Indianapolis International Airport terminal. Jeff Swiatek/Indy Star
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PDX Carpet 'I do': After airport courtship, couple married on first piece of iconic rug (photos) -- Wes and Mary didn't have a courtship song. They had a funky carpet. When Wes learned last year that Portland International Airport was ripping up its iconic teal carpet, he was the first person to call officials and plead for a piece of it. "You don't know how important this is," he told them. Wes shared their love story - a man and woman meet at the airport, fall in love at the airport and get engaged at the airport -- over the phone. Joseph Rose/The Oregonian
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Controllers complain errors caused by tiring work schedules -- NASA researchers warned the Federal Aviation Administration nearly four years ago that air traffic controllers' schedules lead to chronic fatigue and undermine safety. The FAA has kept the NASA study secret. Voluntary reports from a confidential aviation safety database run by NASA show that controllers are still complaining that they make dangerous errors because their work schedules don't provide enough time for sleep. AP
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FAA steps into Delta-Southwest Airlines fight over Dallas Love Field gates, with warning to city of Dallas -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether the city of Dallas has improperly failed to assure that Delta Air Lines can continue operating at Dallas Love Field. At stake, the FAA said, are future grants, and perhaps more. "If FAA's investigation establishes violations of the City's sponsor obligations and related Federal law, FAA may issue a determination that the City is in noncompliance with its Federal grant obligations in its operation of DAL [Dallas Love Field]," the FAA said in its "notice of investigation." Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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FAA hearing on O'Hare does little to pacify neighbors -- Residents from Chicago's Northwest Side and the northwest suburbs questioned - and at times lashed out at - Federal Aviation Administration officials Monday at a workshop to go over expansion plans at O'Hare International Airport. The public forum in Niles, the first of four planned for this week, was arranged by the FAA to provide details on the environmental impacts of reconfiguring the airport's runways and of opening some runways on a different schedule than originally planned. Dawn Rhodes/Chicago Tribune
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Hertz revenue falls 5 pct on lower U.S. car rentals -- Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc reported a 5 percent decline in quarterly revenue, hurt by a strong dollar and lower car rental volume in the United States. Hertz, which received more than two-thirds of its car rental revenue from airport services in 2014, has been affected by the strong dollar that made travel to the United States pricier for tourists. The company also closed about 200 stores at off-airport locations in the second quarter, as part of its efforts to focus on more profitable locations and to save $300 million by March. Reuters
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Memphis airport proposes rental car maintenance compound -- Memphis International Airport is moving forward with plans to relocate its rental car maintenance compound and create future expansion space for FedEx on the north side of the airport. The airport proposes a 48-acre rental car facility on the west side of Airways between Rushmore and Victoria, an area where the government bought out single-family homes that were too close to airport noise. A planned development application for a six-building complex is pending with the Land Use Control Board. Wayne Risher/The Commercial Appeal
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Four airline crews report seeing drone near Newark airport Sunday -- The crews of four airliners each reported seeing a drone Sunday while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. None of the flights took evasive action and all landed safely with no delays. Crews from ExpressJet, Delta Air Lines and two United Airlines flights reported the sightings, which all happened just after noon, at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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No-fly list uses 'predictive assessments' instead of hard evidence, US admits -- The Obama administration's no-fly lists and broader watchlisting system is based on predicting crimes rather than relying on records of demonstrated offenses, the government has been forced to admit in court. In a little-noticed filing before an Oregon federal judge, the US Justice Department and the FBI conceded that stopping US and other citizens from travelling on airplanes is a matter of "predictive assessments about potential threats", the government asserted in May. Spencer Ackerman/The Guardian
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Start-ups' soaring valuations don't guarantee their success -- Uber is nowhere close to turning a profit, according to financial information leaked to Gawker: In 2013, Uber's fourth year in business, it lost $56 million on $104 million in revenue. Those losses nearly tripled in half the amount of time, while revenue growth only doubled: In the first half of 2014, Uber's fifth year, the company lost $160 million on $101 million in revenue. Pair that with a Bloomberg report that said Uber lost $470 million on $415 million in revenue over an undisclosed time period, and we have a clearer picture of Uber's financial health than we did before. Erin Griffith/Fortune/Los Angeles Times
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