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Honolulu-bound plane makes emergency landing at LAX -- A flight from Dallas and bound for Honolulu Friday reported mechanical problems, but landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport and none of the 216 passengers on board were injured, authorities said. Firefighters and paramedics were called to LAX when the plane reported trouble. There was some concern that American Airlines Flight 123, which took off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport at 8:58 a.m. Central Time, according to the airline's website, would be coming in overweighted with fuel, a Los Angeles fire chief said. CBS LA
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Man critical after woman jumps from Westchester hotel, lands on him -- A man remained hospitalized Friday, critically injured when a woman jumped from a Los Angeles-area hotel and landed on him. The man was walking outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in the 5900 block of West Century Boulevard, near Los Angeles International Airport, at about 8:20 a.m. when the woman landed on him, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to the scene and found the man and woman just outside the front entrance to the hotel. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Carlos Granda/ABC7
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Burbank councilman raises questions about airport consultant -- In the midst of tense ongoing negotiations between the city of Burbank and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, Councilman David Gordon has raised questions about the authority's hiring of a former airport commissioner. Gordon last week suggested the negotiations should be frozen until a public meeting can be held to discuss various concerns about the employment of Susan Georgino, who resigned in November, as a consultant to the airport authority and any implications on the city's negotiating position. Chad Garland/Burbank Leader
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BurbankBus joins area's TAP network -- BurbankBus is one of 25 municipal transit providers and agencies in Los Angeles County that have joined the TAP network along with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. The partnership forms the largest "seamless" regional transportation system in the nation using one fare card, touted Metro officials during a celebratory media event in Los Angeles Wednesday. Throughout the county, riders can use "TAP enabled" cards or paper tickets to pay fares on buses and trains from Lancaster to Long Beach and Malibu to San Dimas. Chad Garland/Burbank Leader
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Power restored at Ontario airport -- Power to both terminals at L.A./Ontario International Airport was restored Sunday afternoon within an hour of an outage first being reported. The cause of the outage was not immediately known. Sunday's incident came less than four days after an outage caused flights to be canceled or delayed. It occurred at 3:30 p.m. and was restored within the hour, an airport official said. A photo tweeted out by a traveler showed a dark, empty terminal but officials said no flights were affected. Liset Marquez/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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ONT power outage a stark reminder of airport's neglect -- If anyone was still unsure that Ontario International Airport belongs in local hands, the events of last week must have erased all doubt. The airport's operator, Los Angeles World Airports, left airlines and tenants in the dark about the power outage that started at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and stretched into Thursday afternoon. Alaska Airlines workers learned of it only when they arrived at 3:45 a.m. to find the terminal dark. "We got no emails, no text messages, no anything," said Scott Kaller, customer service manager for the airline. Cassie MacDuff/Riverside Press-Enterprise
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Pet a dog and let travel anxiety fly away at Sacramento airport -- When Joanna Matson and her even-keeled Cavalier King Charles spaniel Melinda arrived at the Sacramento International Airport on Friday, the first thing she did was look at the digital displays for delayed flights. "Okay, gates 19 and 20 have been waiting for more than an hour," she said to fellow dog handler Rose Margolis. "Well here come the relaxation corps!" Margolis replied, rallying her huge but young and frisky golden retriever, Sunny. Mariam Baksh/Sacramento Bee
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United Airlines is yanking moving walkways at O'Hare concourse -- Inside one of the busiest concourses at O'Hare International Airport, the recorded announcement cautioning travelers that "the moving walkway is now ending'' means what it says. United Airlines has started to remove all eight moving walkway belts in Concourse C of Terminal 1 at O'Hare. The airline says the equipment, originally installed more than 20 years ago as a convenience for tired, bag-toting passengers, now just gets in the way. Jon Hilkevitch/Chicago Tribune
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FAA says judge can't rule on Love Field gates until investigation into city's actions wraps -- If you're having trouble keeping up with Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines' fight over two gates out of the 20 at Dallas Love Field, you're likely not alone: Three legal actions are unfolding in two courts (federal court in Dallas and a federal appeals court in D.C.), this case involves numerous airlines and the city of Dallas' Aviation Department and the U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA, contains a separate federal investigation into the city's actions at Love, and gets a tidal wave of new filings filed every day. Robert Wilonsky/Dallas Morning News
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Delta provides free flights for needy entertainment industry workers -- The Motion Picture & Television Fund is partnering with Delta Airlines to help entertainment industry workers and their families. The Woodland Hills-based charity said Delta has agreed to support a new emergency assistance travel program for Hollywood families. The program will provide free flights to needy active or retired workers and their immediate family members who have an emergency, or need medical treatment in another city. Richard Verrier/Los Angeles Times
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Southwest Airlines CFO sees somewhat slower growth in 2016 -- After explosive growth in the last two years, Southwest Airlines Co. is looking forward to somewhat slower but steady growth in 2016 and beyond. That was the message from Tammy Romo, chief financial officer for the Dallas-based airline, as she spoke at an industry conference Friday. "In 2016, we really want to take a step back to digest the growth we've seen in 2014 and 2015," Romo said at the Morgan Stanley third Annual Laguna Conference in California. Sheryl Jean/Dallas Morning News
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Flying from Las Vegas? You can bid for a Virgin America first class seat -- How much would you bid for a Virgin America first class upgrade? This is something the California-based airline is now testing, albeit on a relatively few flights. Starting last week, Virgin America began allowing passengers on many Las Vegas flights to bid at the last minute for first class seats. The airline explained its plan in a blog post. BrianSumers.com
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Dear new United CEO: Of course airline can get better, but will it? -- To: Oscar Munoz, new United Airlines CEO From: A longtime United Airlines customer - I might have reached out in a less public way, but the message you sent to frequent fliers about how you believe it's important to listen to customers was sent from a no-reply email address. It's my experience that it's easier to hear people who can get through to you, though anyone who has waited on hold to speak with the next available agent might well suspect United does not share this belief. Phil Rosenthal/Chicago Tribune
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CEO switch won't fix the trouble at United -- There's one good thing to say about the recent actions of the board of United Continental Holdings: The directors booted Jeffrey Smisek when the stench from the growing "chairman's flight" scandal rose high enough to stink up not just his CEO office but the entire C-suite. But fast action isn't to be confused with wisdom. And in this case, there's little reason to believe the problems that really plague United-imbroglio or no in Newark, N.J.-are likely to be fixed anytime soon. Crain's Chicago Business Editorial Board Related: Crain's Cartoon
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Wow: Iceland's latest low-cost airline offers a �99 bridge to the US -- Iceland has not always been kind to people wishing to fly, or even those searching for the best online deal. Savers attracted by high interest rates had billions in their Icesave bank accounts temporarily frozen in 2008. Two years later, ash spewed by the Eyjafjallaj�kull volcano grounded planes across Europe for a week. So an Icelandic tech tycoon promising to fly bargain-hunting Brits to the US for �99 one-way on his upstart airline might ring a few alarm bells. Gywn Topham/The Guardian
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Regular airline flights to Cuba to begin next year? -- Regularly scheduled airline flights connecting the Cuba and the United States could be back on the schedule as soon as next year. That's according to The Associated Press, which cites an unnamed U.S. official "familiar with the diplomacy" underway between the two nations. U.S. and Cuban officials met in Havana last week to try nail down some of the first steps toward normalizing relations. Restoring regular airline service between the USA and Cuba was among the topics, according to the official. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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Technical failures plague airlines, travelers should expect more of the same -- From American Airline's technical glitch that delayed over 200 flights this week to United Airlines' router issues that delayed over 1,0000 flights in July, domestic travel this summer was plagued by computer-related delays. While the root causes of these delays were different, experts say that as airline processes are increasingly automated, computer issues will have a larger effect on the industry. Alexandra Talty/Forbes
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Virgin Atlantic flight with 276 passengers, including supermodel Bella Hadid, clips fence at JFK airport -- A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for London clipped a fence as it was pulled out of a gate at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport Saturday morning. None of the 276 passengers, including supermodel Bella Hadid, were injured in the 8:30 a.m. mishap, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. "My plane just hit a wall," Hadid tweeted. In apologies to passengers - who were bused back to the terminal to wait for another flight - Virgin Atlantic said "the tug made a wrong move" while Flight 26 was taxiing. Rachelle Blidner/New York Daily News
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U.S. airlines step up campaign against Mideast rivals -- The CEOs of American Airlines and Delta Air Lines met with Secretary of State John Kerry as they stepped up their fight against what they say is unfair competition from the three biggest Middle East airlines. It remains unclear, however, whether the Obama administration will accept the CEOs' argument that the Middle East carriers are heavily subsidized by their governments. The U.S. airlines first lodged their complaints early this year. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and Delta CEO Richard Anderson met with Kerry in Washington on Thursday. Scott Koenig/AP
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Onboard Wi-Fi speeds could soar if airlines make the investment -- On most commercial airlines, onboard Wi-Fi is only fast enough to check your email or update your Facebook status. Try to stream a movie and you may find your laptop buffering from Burbank to Phoenix. But that may be changing soon, as onboard connectivity companies increasingly shift away from slower ground-based Internet systems to satellite-based systems that could increase speeds more than 2,000%. The industry leader, Chicago-based Gogo, provides in-flight Wi-Fi for more than 70% of the nation's airlines, encompassing about 2,400 planes. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Alitalia CEO quits after less than a year on the job -- Alitalia's CEO has quit after less than a year on the job. The Italian carrier has had a long history of turmoil, notably for regular brushes with financial collapse during the past two decades. But Alitalia appeared poised for some rare stability after Abu Dhabi-based Etihad bought a 49% stake in the carrier last year. That was part of a broader partnership and Etihad-backed restructuring of the Alitalia that called for a fleet upgrade and a focus on long-haul routes. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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2015 to set record for visitation to Catalina Island -- This year Catalina's main city of Avalon is on track to beat records on number of annual visitors to the Island. So far this year, as of the end of August, there have been over 675,000 visitors to the Island. "We have seen just shy of half a million visitors, a record breaking 499,960 passengers, through cross-channel carriers alone,", said Jim Luttjohann President and CEO of the Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. Ten years ago in 2004, the past highest passenger count year, there were 496,598 visitors for the same time period. eCatalina
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'The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies' -- A review of "The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons From San Francisco and Los Angeles" might cheekily be headlined simply "Beat L.A.," or, with a little more nuance, "How San Francisco Beat L.A. - for Now Anyway." This is a very serious new book about economics and policy written by a team of academics under the leadership of Michael Storper, a professor of urban planning, economic geography and economic sociology with joint appointments at UCLA, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Sciences Po in Paris. Jon Christensen/SF Gate
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