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Retailers see shipping imports ending year on a high note -- Retailers predict that import volumes at the nation's major container ports will finish the year on a high note despite weak demand during this year's traditional peak shipping season. Los Angeles International Airport, a major gateway for goods from Asia, reported its busiest month in October since May, with tonnage up 7% from the month before. Year-over-year traffic edged up only slightly, but the airport's October figures compared with an unusually strong month last year when retailers were flying in large volumes of goods to get around the backups at West Coast ports. Erica E. Phillips/Wall Street Journal
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First charter flight from LAX to Cuba takes off Saturday -- The first weekly charter flight connecting Los Angeles to Havana departs Saturday, reflecting the continued easing of travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. American Airlines will launch the weekly nonstop flight with a Boeing 737. The Fort Worth-based airline already operates several charter flights to Cuba from Tampa, Fla., and Miami but the flight from Los Angeles International Airport will be the first from the West Coast. The flights to Cuba will be sold by Cuba Travel Services. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Airport and Inglewood officials tour 2,000th Inglewood home to receive sound insulation in 2015 -- Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director Deborah Flint, City of Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Jr., and Inglewood City Manager Artie Fields Tuesday toured the 2,000th Inglewood home to complete sound insulation work in 2015. More than 7,057 Inglewood residential units have completed sound proofing, of which more than 2,000 will be sound insulated this year alone. Inglewood's program includes nearly 9,600 eligible homes/dwelling units, based on the historical program boundary, including end-of-block properties. LAWA News Release
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L.A. airports agency settles storage tank violations for $2.4 million -- Los Angeles World Airports has reached a $2.4-million settlement with the state to resolve allegations that the agency failed to properly oversee underground storage tanks for hazardous substances at three airports, state regulators announced Monday. Although no leaks were found, the State Water Resources Control Board accused the city department of violating leak prevention requirements at 19 tanks at Los Angeles International Airport, L.A./Ontario International Airport and Van Nuys Airport. Dan Weikel/Los Angeles Times
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Southwest Airlines announces nonstop service between Burbank Bob Hope Airport and Dallas Love Field -- At a press conference Tuesday Burbank Bob Hope Airport, Southwest Airlines announced that it will launch new nonstop service between Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) and Dallas Love Field (DAL), beginning June 5, 2016. Tickets for the new service became available for purchase Tuesday at southwest.com. The daily flight will depart BUR at 7:10 a.m. PDT and arrive at DAL at 12:10 p.m. CDT. The return flight will depart DAL at 7 p.m. CDT and arrive at BUR at 8:05 p.m. PDT. BUR Press Release
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Airport authority announces launch of redesigned BUR website -- The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority announced the re-launch of its official website, bobhopeairport.com. New and improved features include a responsive design accessible on desktops, laptops and mobile devices; a real-time flight-status feed courtesy of FlightView, a company that provides airports with online versions of their in-terminal flight information display screens; and an automatically-rotating informational homepage slideshow. BUR Press Release
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Long Beach Airport to add more commercial flights to its schedule -- Long Beach officials will allow an increasing number of commercial flights at the city's airport for the first time since a major city law limiting noise - and flights - was adopted 20 years ago. LGB Director Bryant Francis is seeking to add nine daily commercial flights to the current roster of 41 commercial flights currently allowed by the city. The law also sets a baseline of 25 commuter flights involving smaller aircraft. Andrew Edwards/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Supervisors OK $101.8 million contract for John Wayne Airport improvements -- The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday awarded a $101.8 million contract to Swinerton Builders for upgrades to John Wayne Airport. The upgrades aim to bring the older terminals, A and B, in line with the enhancements designed into Terminal C and the parking structure that opened in 2011. A and B opened in 1990. Orange County Register
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Pedestrian bridge set to open on U.S.-Mexico border that links San Diego and Tijuana airport -- Starting Wednesday, you can walk on a purple pedestrian bridge between two terminals that link Tijuana International Airport and San Diego over the U.S.-Mexico border. The Cross Border Xpress is the first project to join a site in the U.S. with a foreign airport terminal. It opens 9 a.m. Wednesday and will be open 24/7. Tickets are on sale now. The $120-million private venture aims to serve about 2.4 million fliers each year who usually would have to queue up in busy border crossings at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa on the California side. Mary Forgione/Los Angeles Times Times of San Diego
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CSUSM study finds Pendleton airport feasible -- An international airport on Camp Pendleton would be cost-effective to run and could be built with funds from bonds, taxes, corporate sponsors and private investors, according to a study from graduate students at Cal State San Marcos University. Previous studies by CSUSM College of Business Administration graduate students had found that the best location for the airport is Camp Pendleton, where it could serve San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. San Diego Union-Tribune
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Pendleton airport? Flying against the wind -- If you're looking for a symbol of San Diego's civic indecision, you can do no better than our one-runway airport, a surgically enhanced beauty, nearly 90 years old, wedged in between Pacific Highway and Harbor Drive. More than any other public work, San Diego International Airport embodies our vacillating sense of metropolitan self. It's way too small, a transportation boutique (by modern standards). But it's just so traveler-friendly and cool (by postmodern standards). "It's the W Hotel of airports," someone joked recently. Logan Jenkins/San Diego Union-Tribune
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New artwork installed at San Diego International Airport's rental car center -- Two new pieces of unique, public artwork will be installed Tuesday at the San Diego International Airport's new rental car center, which is slated to be up and running by the New Year. Measuring 54 feet tall, the two kinetic sculptural forms are dubbed "MetroGnome" and were created by Los Angeles-based artist Christian Moeller. The artist and his team assembled the art installation Tuesday on site, locating the work within one of the exterior bioswale areas of the airport's brand-new $316 million rental car facility, set to open next month. Monica Garske/NBC San Diego
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Digital signage comes in for a landing at Palm Springs Int'l Airport -- AV mounting solutions designer and manufacturer Premier Mounts recently helped the Palm Springs International Airport integrate three six-by-two video walls and four back-to-back enclosures in the airport baggage claim area, the company announced today. In 2015, Corey Airport Services searched for an easy-to-install digital signage mounting solution that would fit within the strict architectural guidelines for the Palm Springs Airport, and meet its strict budgetary goal. Digital Signage Today
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Did you forget your planes? Airport takes out ad to locate owner -- There are a few unusually large items lying at the lost-and-found counter of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. placed an advertisement Monday in the nation's best-selling English daily asking for the "untraceable" owner of three Boeing Co. 747-200F planes to come and collect them. The planes are parked at three separate bays at KLIA in Sepang, outside the Malaysian capital, the Star newspaper ad showed. Pooi Koon Chong/Bloomberg Business
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United joins Delta wooing corporate clients with on-time vow -- United Airlines is making a promise to its largest corporate clients: the airline will be as reliable as American and Delta next year, or it will offer credits for upgrades and fees. The guarantee is based on flight reliability rates that have improved from bottom of the industry to the top half of its peers, said Jim Compton, United's chief revenue officer. Recent labor agreements with its unions also should help performance. "If it were a short-term blip, we wouldn't be making this commitment," Compton said. Michael Sasso/Bloomberg Business
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Southwest Airlines shares sink on pessimistic revenue projection -- Southwest Airlines saw higher passenger traffic, more capacity and fuller planes in November from a year earlier. Despite that, Dallas-based Southwest said Tuesday that it expects its fourth-quarter operating revenue per available seat mile to be unchanged or decline 1 percent, compared with the fourth quarter 2014. A month ago, Southwest was predicting fourth quarter operating revenue would be up about 1 percent from a year earlier. Peter Johnson/Dallas Morning News
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Airline fuel drops 38 percent in October -- Already low-priced gas got even more cheaper for the nation's airlines in October, according to a federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics report on Tuesday. The October Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption Data report said the preliminary average cost per gallon of fuel for U.S. airlines' scheduled services was $1.65. That represented a 38 percent decrease from $2.68 per gallon in October 2014, according to the report. For the year, the per-gallon cost of gas for scheduled airlines is 35 percent lower than the same period a year ago, BTS said. Jerry Siebenmark/Wichita Eagle Also: Why airline shares aren't soaring as oil falls
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Aviation experts debate pilot exams after Germanwings crash -- Aviation experts meeting in Germany said they want to improve psychological and medical testing of pilots following the Germanwings crash in March that killed 144 passengers and six crew members. The proposals from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which met this week at a workshop for 150 aviation experts, including pilots, suggest mandatory psychological evaluation for all pilots at the start of their careers, strengthening regular medical exams and the creation of a database of medical information on pilots that countries could share. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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FAA approval near, Honda's business jet about to hit market -- Nearly 30 years after Honda's founder started developing the product and after more than a dozen years of testing, the company best known for its cars and motorcycles is about to start delivering its first aircraft. The Japan-based company this week is expected to receive a crucial Federal Aviation Administration certification of its first HondaJet, the last step before launching full production from its manufacturing hub and headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, where it employs more than 1,000. A company announcement is expected Wednesday. Emery P. Dalesio/AP
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Photos: Boeing rolls out new 737 MAX 8 airplane -- Boeing Tuesday debuted for employees the first fully assembled new 737 MAX 8 airplane, named the "Spirit of Renton." The new plane was rolled out in a teal paint scheme and celebrated by thousands of employees, Boeing said in a news release. The latest in the 737 line, the MAX 8 will have 20 percent lower fuel use than the first Next-Generation 737s and the lowest operating costs, Boeing said. Daniel Demay/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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House passes visa waiver overhaul -- The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday (407 to 19) that would overhaul the federal visa waiver program and bar those from Iraq, Syria, Iran and the Sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the United States without a visa. Action on the proposal comes in response to the recent attacks in Paris from ISIS operatives, and the shooting in California by a couple that expressed support for the terror group on social media. Deidre Walsh/CNN
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California Democrat withdraws support for the high-speed rail project -- The rock-solid Democratic support in Sacramento for the bullet train, which has endured despite legal and financial setbacks in recent years, has developed a political fissure. Assemblywoman Patty Lopez (D-San Fernando) says she is withdrawing her support for the project, and she says five other Democrats in the Legislature are reviewing their positions. Ralph Vartabedian/Los Angeles Times
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Another exhausting year for California high-speed rail -- California's high-speed rail might be remembered in 2015 as a real-life example of the Little Engine That Could. The California High-Speed Rail Authority faced enormous challenges in acquiring land and financing to build a statewide network. It faced relentless criticism from all directions. But it pushed forward. Here is a wrap-up of notable developments on the project this year. Allen Young/Sacramento Business Journal
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L.A. City Council approves labor deal, setting hiring goal of 5,000 -- The Los Angeles City Council approved a wide-ranging salary agreement with its civilian unions Tuesday, resolving a dispute over pension cuts and setting the stage for thousands of new hires. Under the pact, all but two of the bargaining units in the Coalition of L.A. City Unions agreed to go without raises until summer 2017. Council members, in turn, scuttled a 2012 decision to cut pensions for new hires, replacing it with a benefits package that's more lucrative than the one imposed three years ago, but less expensive than the one that had been in place for decades. David Zahniser/Los Angeles Times
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