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A behind-the-scenes look at how airlines whisk celebs through LAX -- If you think walking through a busy airport is incredibly stressful, imagine how hard it is when you're a celebrity being hounded by throngs of adoring fans, persistent selfie requests, and paparazzi yelling your name. That's probably why Los Angeles International Airport, which is paparazzi central, won approval to build a $3 million VIP-only private lounge where the rich and famous can await their flights. Sid Lipsey/Yahoo Travel
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LAX announces FAA to conduct temporary flight check operations, Dec. 14 to Dec. 18, 2015 --The Federal Aviation Administration will be conducting flight check operations at Los Angeles International Airport from Monday, December 14 through Friday, December 18 to ensure that the Instrument Landing System (ILS) and other navigational equipment are working properly. These flight checks will require LAX to temporarily deviate from normal traffic flow configuration for a few hours each day during that week. LAWA News Release
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ONT deal to be reviewed at series of LA meetings -- A deal that would transfer LA/Ontario International Airport to an Inland Empire authority is expected to be reviewed in a series of closed-door meetings in Los Angeles this week. An agreement spelling out the terms of the transfer was completed in October. But the full terms have yet to be disclosed. In August, L.A. and Ontario officials announced both sides agreed to turn over ownership of the airport to the Ontario International Airport Authority as part of a $250 million deal. Liset Marquez/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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John Wayne Airport announces winners of 26th Annual Student Art Contest -- John Wayne Airport has announced the winners of its 26th annual Student Art Contest themed "Airsports in Harmony with Nature." Bentie Feng and Ye Won Koo, both from Irvine, were recognized as Grand Prize winners in this year's contest. Their artwork, along with that of other winners, is on exhibit now through January 8, 2016, on the Arrival (lower) Level, adjacent to Baggage Carousels 1 and 4, in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal. JWA News Release
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Homeless squatters are taking over LaGuardia Airport -- Vice President Joe Biden once compared it to a "Third World country" - but LaGuardia Airport has become so riddled with homeless that it could now even make some of those nations look good. The number of derelicts living at the airport has increased dramatically in the past year, turning the main terminal into the city's most popular de facto flophouse, where they sleep, eat and wash up while competing for space with passengers, according to Port Authority sources. Danielle Furfaro, Philip Messing & Georgett Roberts/New York Post
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Paris airport: 70 staff security passes revoked -- Nearly 70 staff at Paris' main international airport have had their security passes pre-emptively blocked or revoked this year over extremism fears, highlighting the growing safety concerns around terror attacks this year. A spokesperson from airport management company Aeroports de Paris (ADP) confirmed to CNBC that around 70 airport staff hired to work in the most secure zones of the Charles de Gaulle Airport have had their security passes blocked since January over "radicalization" fears. Kalyeena Makortoff/CNBC
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Airlines padding O'Hare schedules despite new runways -- New York-to-Chicago flight takes up to an hour longer than it did in the 1990s, according to a new study that concluded the airlines are padding their schedules more than ever as they try to counter worsening congestion, bolster shaky on-time rates and appease better-informed passengers. Critics say it's a deceptive ploy to cover up poor performance by the air carriers. Jon Hilkevitch/Chicago Tribune
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Best Buy brings Geek Squad to Minneapolis Airport in holiday shopping push -- Best Buy is opening a pop-up Geek Squad space at Minneapolis-St-Paul airport on Monday through next Sunday, in its latest effort to bolster its tech services business. The largest U.S. electronics retailer said that travelers coming through the airport, one of the busiest in the U.S. and a crucial hub, will find the Geek Squad pop-up area in Terminal 1. Phil Wahba/Fortune
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Fed help targeted to remove deer from airport property -- There are, it seems, some 20 creatures living unauthorized on Gary/Chicago International Airport property, and officials on Monday said they will pay the federal government to help remove them. In this instance, the living creatures are deer. It seems that in efforts to fully enclose with fences all of the airport property, some 20 deer became trapped within at the airport property's south end and can't get back to their natural setting. Gregory Tejeda/Chicago Tribune
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DOT: Airlines 3rd-highest on-time rate in October -- Airline flights are among the most timely and least canceled in more than 20 years of keeping statistics, the Transportation Department announced Monday. Airlines reported 87% of flights arriving in October within 15 minutes of their schedules, according to the department's Air Travel Consumer Report. That rate was the third highest of 250 months of comparable records, the department said. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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IATA raises airline profit forecast again -- The world's airlines will post record net profits of some $33 billion in 2015, exceeding the cost of capital for the first time, according to a revised forecast by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). But despite the sixth consecutive year of airline profitability since the 2008-2009 recession, the financials remain "fragile," according to IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler. Rick Adams/AIN Online
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How does American's new premium economy stack up against competition? -- American Airlines launched a new international premium economy product last week, the first domestic carrier to design a cabin succinctly between standard economy and business class. When its upgraded aircraft start flying in late 2016, American won't have much domestic competition in the premium economy market, but there are plenty of international carriers that offer a similar class of service. Compared to that field of products, American's offering is fairly competitive.
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Delta, KLM to Codeshare with Jet Airways Via Amsterdam -- Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced today the launch of a codeshare agreement with Jet Airways. India's second biggest airline by market share will now make the Dutch capital Amsterdam as its new hub in Europe, in lieu of Brussels. Effective from March 27, 2016 prior to government approvals, Delta and KLM passengers will benefit from the connections onto Jet Airways' daily service to Delhi and Mumbai, with onward destinations to eight destinations in India and five Asian destinations. Airways News
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Southwest flight diverted after part on wing at odd angle -- A Southwest Airlines flight has made an emergency landing in San Antonio after a part on the wing appeared to be at an "irregular angle." The airline said flight 987 from Austin to Harlingen landed safely in San Antonio with no injuries to the 109 passengers and five crew members. Southwest says it has removed the aircraft from service for further inspection. Dallas Morning News
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FAA to require most drones to be registered and marked -- Spurred by numerous reports of drones flying near jets and airports, the federal government will require that the aircraft be registered to make it easier to identify owners and educate amateur aviators. The move, announced Monday by the Federal Aviation Administration, comes at a time when the agency is receiving more than 100 reports per month about drones flying near manned aircraft. The FAA prohibits drones and model airplanes from flying higher than 400 feet or within 5 miles of an airport. Tom Krisher/AP
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Drone seminar draws more than 100 -- With headlines about drones interfering with firefighting aircraft and predictions that 1 million of the devices will fly off shelves this holiday season, Inland Southern California aviation officials thought it was time to have a candid community conversation. And more than 100 people turned out for a public education seminar the officials put on last weekend at California Baptist University in Riverside. Saying the skies could be filled with drones come Dec. 26, Kim Ellis, manager of the Riverside Municipal Airport, said afterward, "We need to get ahead of this now." David Downey/Riverside Press-Enterprise
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Your kid just got a drone. Should you get insurance? -- The next wave of hobby drones will be wrapped in boxes underneath Christmas trees before they fill the skies. If industry sales projections come true, the holiday season will put tens of thousands of relative novices at the controls of small unmanned aerial vehicles in densely populated cities and suburbs. All that amateurish swooping over houses and cars, spooking pets and dodging humans, will invariably lead to cracked windows and more than a few bloody injuries. First come the toy drones; then the liability claims start flying. Justin Bachman/Bloomberg Business
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What are hoverboards and why do they explode? -- Beware of what you buy this Christmas-it could blow up in your face. Hoverboards, more accurately described as self-balancing scooters, are one of the most popular holiday gifts this year. Ebay reportedly sold more than 5,000 units on Black Friday and claims to have sold one hoverboard every 12 seconds on Cyber Monday. But there's an increasing concern about the safety of these vehicles. Michael Nuñez/Popular Science
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Second-hand Airbus Group A-380 on sale: Any buyer interested? -- Five Airbus A-380 operating under Singapore Airlines Ltd. are about to reach the end of their leasing period. The airline will assess whether to re-lease them by September 2016. Initially, the planes were booked from Dr. Peters Group and Doric Nimrod Air, on a lease in 2007 for 10 years. The lease required Singapore Airlines to furnish the planes which would set it back about $125 million. Sam Hason/Business Finance News
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Dazzling new airplane patent offers seats on top of aircraft -- At last, a new airplane seating patent that doesn't try to squeeze more humans into a smaller space. Instead, this concept aims to give passengers an even better view of the skies than the pilot's by seating them on top of the plane, inside a transparent bubble-style canopy. U.S. aerospace technology company Windspeed says its SkyDeck design can be installed on a variety of aircraft, from private jets to wide-bodied commercial planes. Barry Neild/CNN
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80th anniversary of the first flight of the famous DC-3 -- The Museum of Flying will be hosting a rededication ceremony for the DC-3 Monument located directly adjacent to the Museum on Thursday, December 17th, 2015 at 10:30 am. The date will mark the 80th anniversary of the first flight of the legendary DC-3 aircraft from the airfield here at the Santa Monica Airport. Museum of Flying Press Release
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HondaJet is a game-changer for the business aviation market -- Even as the new HondaJet HA-420 was going through its paces for certification, the industry knew it would be a game changer. "It is the high performance sports car in the sky," said AirInsight Partner Ernest Arvai, after the aircraft was granted Part 23 certification by the Federal Aviation Administration last week. Kathryn Creedy/Forbes
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Seattle becomes first US city to let Uber drivers unionize -- Seattle on Monday became the first city in the nation to allow drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. Supporters erupted into cheers after the City Council voted 8-0 in favor of the legislation, which is seen as a test case for the changing 21st century workforce. The companies strongly oppose it, and several council members acknowledged there would be legal challenges ahead but said it was worth doing. Phuong Le/AP
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Lawyer asks judge to throw out Uber's new driver contract -- Two days after a San Francisco federal judge expanded a lawsuit by California drivers against Uber, the company sent out a new arbitration agreement that an attorney alleges is an attempt to "potentially trick" drivers into opting out of the class action. Shannon Liss-Riordan, who filed the suit on behalf of drivers seeking to be classified as employees rather than independent contractors, wrote that she received between 100-200 inquiries from Uber drivers "who have expressed confusion and dismay about the new agreement." Bryan Goebel/KQED
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Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti announces support for higher water rates -- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday announced his support for a plan that would raise city water rates by about 4.7% each year over the next five years. The mayor said the increase would amount to $11 more a month for the typical customer after five years. The L.A. Department of Water and Power asserts the increase is needed to improve the city's aging pipes and water infrastructure. Peter Jamison/Los Angeles Times
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The Port of L.A. rolled back measures to cut pollution -- during its 'green' expansion -- Shortly after the Port of Los Angeles agreed to require air quality improvements at one of its busiest terminals seven years ago, top port officials privately began rolling back pollution-cutting measures they promised, government records obtained by The Times show. The city-owned port gave China Shipping North America permission to ignore some of the emissions-reduction requirements the city agreed to impose as part of a highly publicized legal settlement with environmentalists and homeowners near the complex. Tony Barboza/Los Angeles Times
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