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Editorial: Uber and Lyft should be able to operate at LAX - but it isn't that simple -- Uber, Lyft and the others should be allowed to operate at the airport. LAX offers few convenient public transit options, forcing thousands of arriving passengers each day to pay for pricey rides in taxis, limos and shuttles. Customers deserve abundant transportation choices, which should include these smartphone-based ride-hailing services. But the City Council should not allow the pick-up plan to take effect until the Board of Airport Commissioners has addressed all the complicated issues involved. Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
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California priest gets prison in sexual abuse during flight to LAX -- A California-based Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to six months in prison followed by six months of home confinement for groping a sleeping woman seated next to him on an airliner. Marcelo de Jesumaria, 46, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles. A jury found him guilty in May of abusive sexual contact. Jesumaria touched a sleeping woman's buttocks, breast and groin during a nighttime flight last August from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, according to prosecutors. Amanda Lee Myers/AP
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John Wayne Airport posts July 2015 statistics -- Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in July 2015 when compared to July 2014. In July 2015, the Airport served 927,934 passengers, an increase of 10.8% when compared with the July 2014 passenger traffic count of 837,702. Commercial aircraft operations increased 5.9%, while commuter aircraft operations decreased 6.6% when compared to July 2014 levels. Total aircraft operations decreased in July 2015 compared with the same month in 2014. JWA News Release
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John Wayne Airport's control towers criticized -- Air traffic control operations at John Wayne Airport rate among the financially least efficient in the nation, according to a federal watchdog report released Monday. The Transportation Department's inspector general found that nationwide, inefficient air traffic control towers operated by the Federal Aviation Administration have wasted $853 million in labor and equipment costs over six years. Nicole Knight Shine/Orange County Register National Story: Bart Jansen/USA Today
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San Jose Airport to get nearly $3.5 million to beef up security -- The Mineta San Jose International Airport is about to get millions of dollars to beef up perimeter security. The Federal Aviation Administration is giving the airport nearly $3.5 million to make it harder for people to sneak onto airport property. In five incidents over the past year, people have managed to get into supposedly secured areas of the airport. In the most famous incident, a teenager managed to get onto the tarmac, hide in the wheel well of a jumbo jet and survive a flight from San Jose to Hawaii. ABC7
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Audits find airport leases amiss -- When two small airplanes collided in the clear skies over Otay Mesa last Sunday, killing five people, it put one of San Diego's lesser known facilities back into the public spotlight. Brown Field Municipal Airport, about 1.5 miles north of the international border, has long been home for pilots of private, corporate and charter aviation. Along with the larger Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa, it's one of two city-owned airports managed by the Real Estate Assets Division that have been the subject of four separate reports within the past decade criticizing how the airports are managed. Greg Moran/San Diego Union-Tribune
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Friendly skies? One airport is testing 'happy meals' with mood-enhancing hormones --Was your flight delayed? Wondering when you'll be reunited with your lost luggage? Maybe you've missed the connecting flight, or just wonder when you'll ever get to the front of the TSA line. If one airport has its way, you'll still be in a good mood. According to a recent report from CNN, London's Gatwick Airport is introducing "happy meals," working with a nutritionist to test foods rich in mood-enhancing hormones. Noelle Carter/Los Angeles Times
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The story behind Berlin's $6 billion airport embarrassment -- The inspectors could hardly believe what they were seeing. Summoned from their headquarters near Munich, the team of logistics, safety, and aviation experts had arrived at newly constructed Berlin Brandenburg International Willy Brandt Airport in the fall of 2011 to begin a lengthy series of checks and approvals for the €600 million ($656 million) terminal on the outskirts of the German capital. Expected to open the following June, the airport, billed as Europe's "most modern," was intended to handle 27 million passengers a year and crown Berlin as the continent's 21st century crossroads. Joshua Hammer/Bloomberg
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A new (cheaper) Frontier Airlines, with more fees and less legroom -- Executives behind the rise of ultradiscounter Spirit Airlines Inc. are now transforming Denver's hometown carrier-Frontier Airlines Inc.-into a Spirit copycat, part of the rapid expansion of a business model that is introducing millions of U.S. fliers to lower fares, more fees and less legroom. Since the investment firm of Bill Franke, Spirit's former owner and chairman, bought troubled Frontier in late 2013, the new owners have ousted Frontier's chief executive, outsourced more than a quarter of its workforce, packed more seats onto planes, removed seat-back TVs, and started charging for carry-on bags, seat reservations and soft drinks. Jack Nicas/Wall Street Journal
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The world's fastest growing airline reinvents the flying experience -- Etihad Aviation Group is the fastest growing airline company on earth. Etihad Airways has grown into a multi-billion dollar behemoth, and the Aviation Group has grown tremendously through its equity investments into the likes of Alitalia, Jet Airways, Air Berlin, Air Serbia, and a host of other airlines. Robert Webb is the Chief Information Technology Officer of Etihad Aviation Group, and many of the synergies that are believed to be at the heart of making the equity partnerships work will happen through better use of shared systems, technology vendors, and the like. Peter High/Forbes
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North Korean airline Air Koryo named worst in the world for fourth time in a row (despite Kim Jong-un's best efforts) -- North Korean airline Air Koryo has been named the world's worst for the fourth consecutive year in a row. In a list compiled by UK-based aviation consultancy Skytrax, 600 carriers were rated on a number of factors, including aircraft efficiency, customer service and the quality of their in-flight meals. Air Koryo not only came bottom of the overall rankings, but also suffered the ignominy of being the only airline to be awarded one star out of a possible five. Mark Critchley/The Independent
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Frontier Airlines mocks joke 2016 candidate 'Deez Nuts' -- Frontier Airlines is seeking to capitalize on internet buzz about a joke 2016 presidential named "Deez Nuts." "Deez Fares Are Nuts," the company said in an online advertisement. "Get 50 percent Off with Promo Code: DEEZNUTS." The ad is referencing paperwork that has been filed with the Federal Election Commission by a 15-year-old Iowa resident for a candidate named "Deez Nuts." Keith Laing/The Hill
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Hail and farewell: American Airlines returns repaired Boeing 787 to skies -- American Airlines has returned to service N805AN, a Boeing 787 pounded four weeks ago by a Chinese hailstorm. The airplane left the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport around 8:50 a.m. Monday and took off around 9:15 a.m. for Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as AA Flight 2332 . On Monday afternoon, N805AN is scheduled to fly from Chicago to Tokyo's Narita International Airport. The airplane, delivered to American three months earlier, was about 20 minutes out of Beijing, China, on a July 27 flight to Dallas/Fort Worth when the airplane was caught in a vicious hailstorm. Terry Maxon/Dallas Morning News
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Nine new airline routes for Aussie travellers -- Australia may feel like a faraway land when it comes to overseas trips, but these brand new flights from Australia and the rest of the world are bringing those foreign bright lights that little bit closer. Travel search engine, Skyscanner, has found nine new airline routes that are great news for Aussie travellers. 2. Sydney to San Francisco and Los Angeles to Sydney: Qantas has teamed up with its alliance partner, American Airlines, to see the US-based airline fly from Los Angeles to Sydney for the first time. While Qantas will resume direct flights from Sydney to San Francisco. News.com.au
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True or false? Deciphering airline distortions -- The busiest summer for air travel is almost over. But for many passengers, this flying season was the lyin' season. Week after week, readers crammed my inbox with accusations that a flight attendant or customer service agent misrepresented the truth when they traveled. A conversation with passengers and airlines suggests that while some claims are obviously false, others are just half-truths meant to persuade you to book a ticket, feel better about your purchase or avoid a confrontation. And others are actually not lies at all. Christopher Elliott/USA Today
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How United intends to improve on-time performance -- United Airlines departures must no longer sit at or near the gate while pilots wait for final weight-and-balance data, the carrier said recently. This probably sounds like inside baseball to you. And in most respects it is. But this new policy should help United improve its on-time performance. Most airlines allow pilots to push back and taxi to the runway before they receive final data on the plane's weight. Almost always, there's plenty of time during taxi for airline employees to crunch the numbers and get them to the cockpit. BrianSumers.com
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FAA administrator says Sacramento facility is model for efficiency -- Efficiency improvements at the Northern California Air Traffic Control Center near Mather Field will be used as model for other federal facilities, said Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Upgrades completed two years ago at the federal facility have been monitored, and the savings are impressive. So far it has saved 6 million gallons of water and $8 million worth of electricity. The work was done in a private-public partnership, so the $8 million in upgrades were done at no up-front cost to the agency. Mark Anderson/Sacramento Business Journal
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FAA fails airline pilot training database mandate, IG says -- U.S. aviation regulators haven't created a database to track poor-performing airline pilots five years after Congress mandated it, according to a government report. The system to log pilot training, required in 2010 after the last fatal crash on a U.S. carrier identified flight-crew deficiencies, won't be completed until at least 2020, the Transportation Department's Inspector General said in a report issued Monday. Alan Levin/Bloomberg
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Your flight plan to L.A.'s great air museums -- In 1939, President Roosevelt honored the birthday of Orville Wright with a new holiday that celebrates flying machines. Los Angeles has been at the forefront of aviation history and innovation for more than century. Amelia Earhart lived in North Hollywood much of her life, and has a school, library, and giant statue dedicated to her there. Elon Musk is making rockets in Hawthorne, Boeing needs 1,000 airplane engineers in Long Beach, and JPL's Voyager has traveled from La Ca�ada Flintridge to the edge of the Solar System. Chris Nichols/Los Angeles Magazine
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