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Flights from LAX to Havana to begin -- Flying to Cuba will be getting easier for Angelenos. Less than a month after the United States resumed diplomatic relations with the island nation, American Airlines said Tuesday that it would begin offering charter flights from Los Angeles to Havana. Partnering with tour operator Cuba Travel Services, based in Cypress, the airline will offer Saturday flights on Boeing 737s out of Los Angeles International Airport beginning in December. Daina Beth Solomon/Los Angeles Times
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At L.A. City Hall, it's the visionary vs. the lawmakers -- When Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled his plans for Los Angeles in his State of the City address this spring, he welcomed technologies that have transformed the way many people get around town or snag a room for the night. He declared that companies such as Uber and Lyft, which let customers hail rides through a smartphone app, would be able to pick up passengers at the airport just like taxis. But members of the City Council have recently pushed back, differing with Garcetti about how readily to embrace what is frequently dubbed "the sharing economy." Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times
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Double landing surprises airline passengers -- Passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight received a bit of a shock late Monday morning when their plane touched down at John Wayne Airport - twice. The flight coming from Denver was scheduled to land at 11:45 a.m., but after touching the ground, the pilot pulled up, according to JWA spokeswoman Jenny Wedge. The pilot then did a "go around" before safely landing the airbus A319 during the second landing attempt, Wedge said. The reason for the maneuver was not disclosed to air traffic controllers, she said. Bradley Zint/Newport Daily Pilot
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Bargain Hunter: Alaska Airlines offers LA Galaxy fans half-off flight vouchers to Mexico -- LA Galaxy fans will get a chance to score cheap fares to Mexico. All they've got to do is be among the first 12,000 people to enter StubHub Center for Sunday's match. On that day, Alaska Airlines will be giving away 50 percent off vouchers for up to two passengers on flights from LAX to Cabo San Lucas, Sept. 8-Nov. 18 or from John Wayne Airport to either Cabo San Lucas or Puerto Vallarta, Oct. 8-Nov. 18. Trips must be booked by Aug. 26. Sandra Barrera/Los Angeles Daily News
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Jason Derulo opens up about plane drama -- Jason Derulo has vowed to travel by private jet in future after he was escorted off a flight to Los Angeles over the weekend due to a dispute between his bodyguards and airport employees. The Talk Dirty hitmaker was preparing to take a Southwest Airlines flight from Reno, Nevada on Saturday when one of his security staff was reportedly refused preferred boarding, sparking a stand-off between the singer's team and airline employees. The group was later escorted off the plane, and Derulo chartered a private jet to get back to L.A. Daily Dish/SF Gate
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New O'Hare upgrades: Easier to get charged, buzzed -- Chicago's newly appointed aviation commissioner has made it her mission to enhance the passenger experience, from the moment air travelers set out for the airport until their flights take off. On Monday, Ginger Evans took the wraps off $3 million in concession, technology and furniture upgrades at O'Hare Airport tailor-made to make passengers more comfortable. Fran Spielman/Chicago Sun-Times
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Qantas sells lease on Sydney airport terminal -- Qantas Airways Ltd. has sold the lease on its Sydney domestic terminal back to the airport operator for US$394 million as Australia's biggest airline works to free up capital. "They are working very hard at retiring debt to get their credit ratings up while proceeding to buy new aircraft to reduce the age of their fleet," said Neil Hansford, chairman of consulting firm Strategic Aviation Solutions. "So if they can turn some assets like the terminal into cash it then puts them in a much better position," he added. Rebecca Thurlow/Wall Street Journal
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The local airport, by any other name -- Judging by his r�sum� alone, Albert Gallatin would seem a fine choice to have an important local landmark in Montana, like an airport, named after him. A career statesman and Treasury secretary under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the Swiss-born Mr. Gallatin helped plan the Lewis and Clark expedition, after all. But Gallatin Field, in Bozeman, got its name more than 70 years ago, long before travelers booked their flights on the Internet. These days, Gallatin Field goes by - take a deep breath - Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport at Gallatin Field. Mike Tierney/New York Times
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Norwegian Air expands Logan presence -- Virtually unknown in Boston a few months ago, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA will soon have more international nonstop destinations than any other foreign carrier. On Tuesday, the company will announce two new flights out of Boston, one to Oslo and another to Copenhagen, scheduled to begin in May 2016. Norwegian Air had previously announced nonstops from Boston to Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean beginning in December, and to London Gatwick next year. The five routes are the most of any foreign airline flying out of Logan's international terminal. Taryn Luna/Boston Globe
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Your latest look at proposed redo of landmark Braniff building at Dallas Love Field -- We've spent a lot of virtual ink in recent years on the saga of the 57-year-old Braniff building at Dallas Love Field, which was going to be razed as recently as November 2012 and replaced with a car dealership and private-plane hangars until local and state preservationist put the kibosh on the demolition. Randall Reed's still planning on sinking millions into the overhaul, which will include an office tower with a restaurant on top and retail below, and all he's getting in return is 10 years rent free. Robert Wilonsky/Dallas Morning News
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Boost in Labor Day travel expected to make summer busiest ever for airlines-- Airlines project 14.2 million passengers will fly over the Labor Day holiday, a 3% increase from last year that could break records for summer travel. An expected 2 million daily passengers from Wednesday Sept. 2 through Tuesday Sept. 8 will mark an increase of about 59,000 passengers per day from the comparable holiday period last year, according to the industry group Airlines for America. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Capacity concerns grow in important air transport markets -- The airline industry and its suppliers have been wondering for some time now whether their growth plans are overly ambitious. The astonishing number of narrowbody aircraft on firm order-up dramatically since the launch of the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX in particular-plus anticipated long-haul growth has split the industry into two camps: one believes the orders and capacity growth are way over the top, while the other argues it is all going to be just fine. Jens Flottau/Aviation Week & Space Technology
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Indian Airline makes huge order for 250 Airbus jets -- Indian budget airline IndiGo finalized an exceptionally large order for 250 single-aisle Airbus A320neo jets on Monday to keep up with rapid growth in the country's air travel. IndiGo, India's largest domestic airline, had signed a preliminary order last year and firmed it up Monday, Airbus said in a statement. The manufacturer based in Toulouse, France, called it the biggest order by number of jets that it had ever received. At list prices, the jets would cost $26 billion, though customers usually negotiate discounts. AP
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Southwest Airlines hit with $325,000 FAA fine over aircraft repair -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is proposing a $325,000 fine against Southwest Airlines for flying an airplane too long after it had received temporary repairs. Monday's penalty brings to $12,653,550 the total in proposed penalties that the FAA has levied against the Dallas airport over the past 20� months, including a $12 million fine from 2014 that Southwest contested. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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Allegiant Air's model not easily duplicated. Does that guarantee a (bigger) niche in the US market? -- Although Allegiant Air has encountered its share of challenges in 2015 - labour unrest and some operational issues - its business model arguably is emerging as one of the most watertight, reflected in its 1H2015 earnings growth of 76% to USD119 million and is trading at a P/E ratio of over 33. Allegiant is facing similar unit revenue degradation that much of the US industry is battling, but for entirely different reasons than domestic competitive capacity increases. CAPA
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Trigana plane crash: How safe are Indonesian airlines? -- The crash of a Trigana Air flight on Sunday has raised old questions about the safety of Indonesian airlines, a sector that's growing rapidly but plagued by notoriously poor safety standards. It is the third crash of an Indonesian plane in the past eight months, and the incident epitomizes much of what's wrong with the swiftly-growing industry. A small carrier which sells flights for as little as $60, Trigana flies short-haul routes between the many islands in the archipelago nation. Tiffany Ap/CNN Related: Black box recovered from 'totally destroyed' Indonesian plane, official says
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Republic Airways labor woes leave its stock in a tailspin -- Republic Airways Holdings is in a tailspin. The company and its management need to find a way to make peace with its pilots and stabilize its operations if it is ever to soar on its own again. Indianapolis-based Republic through subsidiaries flies small jets for partners Delta Air Lines, United Continental Holdings and American Air. The company, like its rivals, has been squeezed in recent years as consolidation has cut the number of airline partners in need of regional feeds and has allowed those partners to pit companies like Republic against each other. Lou Whiteman/The Street
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As US Airways goes away, American plans a commemorative last day -- The last US Airways flight will have the flight number 1939, commemorating the year the airline was founded, and the designated aircraft will make a final tour on Oct. 16. US Airways predecessor All American Aviation operated its first official flight on May 12, 1939, with a cutting-edge concept that involved airborne planes picking up mailbags suspended from cables in isolated sites in the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania. The airline went through a series of name changes first to Allegheny, then to USAir and then to US Airways. Ted Reed/The Street
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Analysis: American Airlines rebanks Dallas DFW and Chicago O'Hare -- American Airlines faces a number of key hurdles in completing its integration with US Airways. The new airline plans to phase out the US Airways brand by the end of this year, operating as one unified entity: the "new American," as the company refers to itself. At the end of March, American initiated a major change along the road to complete integration: the "rebanking" of its Dallas-Ft. Worth and Chicago O'Hare hubs. American previously operated "rolling" hubs, in which it more evenly spread departures and arrivals throughout the day. Alex McIntyre/Airways News
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Memory issue disrupts FAA air traffic control system -- A memory problem in the traffic management system of the Federal Aviation Administration resulted in the disruption of flights on the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, according to the agency. The FAA said Monday that data was not removed from the flight control system even after air traffic controllers deleted it, until the storage limit was filled, putting demands on the processing power required for the smooth functioning of the overall En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system. John Ribeiro/IDG News Service
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Federal officials probe American jet that touched down short of Charlotte runway -- Federal air-safety officials are looking into an American Airlines jet that damaged the underside of its tail while trying to land at the Charlotte, N.C., international airport over the weekend, in a highly unusual incident the pilots attributed to wind shear. The Airbus A321 en route from Atlanta with 159 people aboard smashed into several approach and runway lights Saturday night, climbed away from the strip and then landed safely on a second attempt, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Andy Pasztor/Wall Street Journal
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ANA to launch two more Star Wars themed planes -- Two more ANA planes will be decorated with Star Wars characters as part of an agreement with The Walt Disney Company. BB-8, a brand new character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is scheduled for theatrical release in December 2015, will be displayed on the livery of the BB-8 ANA Jet, a Boeing 777-300ER. ANA also announced the Star Wars ANA Jet, which will showcase both BB-8 and R2-D2 on the outside of a Boeing 767-300. Breaking Travel News
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Overcharged DWP customers would get tens of millions back under settlement -- It was hailed as a modern makeover of an aging, inefficient way to bill customers. Instead, the new system at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power became a nightmare, spewing out thousands of faulty bills, some wildly inflated. When upset customers called the utility for help, many languished on hold for a half-hour or more. Nearly two years later, the utility announced Monday that it would credit or refund tens of millions of dollars to customers who were overbilled during the botched rollout, under a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement between the utility and aggrieved customers. Emily Alpert Reyes/Los Angeles Times
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Impound firm accused of predatory towing in Northridge -- Los Angeles city prosecutors have filed criminal charges against four people tied to a towing operation accused of using "predatory practices" to target drivers who left cars at a Northridge parking lot. From September 2014 to January 2015, drivers for Valley Impound Garage towed 10 vehicles from a lot abutting a small row of stores on Reseda Boulevard to another lot across the street, then demanded that drivers pay to get their cars back, according to Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer. Laura J. Nelson/Los Angeles Times
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