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LAMP modernization project lights way to complete overhaul of LAX -- LAX is on a "new trajectory" because of a $5 billion construction project that will revolutionize road and rail access and serve as the "cornerstone" of a world-class transportation hub, Los Angeles officials told about 900 business leaders Thursday. The Landside Access Modernization Project, as it is called - one of the largest construction projects in city history - is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2017 and finish by 2023. Nick Green/Torrance Daily Breeze City News Service LAWA Press Release
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LAN to resume Los Angeles-Santiago service -- Los Angeles International Airport will gain a South American route later this year while Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport will lose one. LAN Airlines will resume direct service between Santiago, Chile, and Los Angeles on Oct. 16. The flight will be offered three times per week, with LA departures on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and Santiago departures on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Robert Silk/Travel Weekly
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How foreign subsidies threaten U.S. airline industry: Judy Chu and Grace Napolitano -- With the recent announcement that Emirates Airlines is adding a second daily A380 service at LAX, it is important that Southern Californians understand the impact subsidized foreign competition has on the aviation industry and the toll it is taking on jobs in our region and on our local economy. While Emirates purports that its flights into the LAX market benefits our economy, the facts underscore an unfair business model that should concern everyone who lives between Santa Barbara, San Diego and Palm Springs. Judy Chu & Grace Napolitano/San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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Park plans advancing at Santa Monica Airport -- The City of Santa Monica is eliminating 73 aircraft tie-downs in a six-acre parcel of the Santa Monica airport to make way for a potential expansion of Airport Park. Only 32 of the 73 tie-downs, essentially parking spots for aircraft, are currently in use and current tenants will be offered space in other parts of the airport where space is available. Tenants have until March 15 to vacate their spaces. Matthew Hall/Santa Monica Daily Press
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County airport panel rejects Lexus dealership expansion in Torrance -- Placing a Lexus car dealership sales lot in a Federal Aviation Administration Runway Protection Zone at Torrance Municipal Airport is "inconsistent" with the county's airport land-use plan, a planning panel unanimously ruled Wednesday. The move by the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission throws into doubt the dealership's nonaviation related expansion project at the Crenshaw Boulevard site. City Manager LeRoy Jackson said officials were uncertain of their next move. Nick Green/Torrance Daily Breeze
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Super Bowl fans arrive in Bay Area; expect airport jams Monday -- Clad in orange and blue or blue and black, fans of the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers with tickets to the Super Bowl began pouring into the Bay Area through its three major airports Thursday, ready for a couple days of partying and touring before the big game. While airport officials offered hearty welcomes, they also urged the arriving loyalists to prepare, win or lose, for a mass exodus on Monday, when as many of 50 percent more passengers than usual are expected to walk down the Jetways and board flights out of the Bay Area. Michael Cabanatuan/SF Gate
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United will soon be flying the biggest jets at D.C.'s National Airport -- United Airlines plans to begin flying 213-seat Boeing 757-300s on its existing routes between Washington Reagan National Airport and its hubs in Denver and San Francisco. That report comes from Flightglobal's Edward Russell, who writes "flying the 757-300 to Washington National will give United the title of operating the largest regularly scheduled aircraft at the airport." Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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DFW Airport selects new board chairman -- The Dallas/Fort Worth Airport elected Dallas attorney Sam Coats as its new chairman of the board on Thursday. Coats, who has served on the board since 2012, replaces Fort Worth hospital executive Lillie Biggins whose two-year term ended this month. Biggins will continue as a representative on the board. Sam Coats, a former airline executive, was named chairman of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport's board on Thursday. Andrea Ahles/Fort Worth Star Telegram
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American calls Charlotte best hub for unit revenue, but Frontier looms -- Charlotte Douglas International Airport has recently been a bright spot for American Airlines , cited as a top performer among American hubs during the carrier's past two earnings calls. But the metrics may start to diminish next month, when ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines will start to ramp up service that by June will include flights to five destinations: Chicago, Denver, Orlando, Philadelphia and Trenton, N.J. Ted Reed/TheStreet
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An 18-seat movie theater is coming to this U.S. airport later this year -- If you're at the Portland International Airport this year, you'll have something new to do before your flight, other than softly weeping over the recently departed carpet pattern. The airport has partnered with the city's Hollywood Theatre to bring an 18-seat movie theater into Concourse C, transforming what used to be a business center into something that travelers might actually enjoy. Jelisa Castrodale/Road Warrior Voices
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Regional coalition rallies for $50 million investment in Dulles -- A coalition of businesses and chambers of commerce is backing a proposal by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to use $50 million to drive down the costs of flying out of Dulles International Airport. The two-year commitment to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the governor's office said, will reduce the cost per enplaned passenger, or CPE, by as much as $2.50 per year, from its 2014 level of more than $26. Andy Medici/Washington Business Journal
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Delta Air's incoming CEO pledges to stay the strategic course -- Ed Bastian, who will ascend to chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc. in early May, said he anticipates no changes to the carrier's business plan as a result of the retirement of current CEO Richard Anderson. In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Bastian, the longtime Delta president, said the top management team has been together for a decade as it rebuilt the company and forged a durable strategy, one that give it a market capitalization of $34 billion-the highest of any U.S. airline. Susan Carey/Wall Street Journal
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When it comes to CEOs, Delta is dealt a good hand -- When it comes to CEOs, Delta is on a roll. Jerry Grinstein took over in 2004 and fixed the ailing carrier in bankruptcy. Richard Anderson orchestrated a merger, pushed for excellence and made a 90-year-old airline into a fearless innovator. Now a widely admired veteran with an obvious love for Delta will take over. The carrier said Wednesday that Anderson will retire as CEO on May 2 and will become executive chairman. Ted Reed/The Street
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Airline CEO: Explosive residue found in Somalia incident -- The head of the airline whose jetliner was damaged in an explosion shortly after takeoff from Somalia said Thursday that investigators have found what appears to be residue from explosives, though he cautioned that the findings were inconclusive. Still, the preliminary discovery lends weight to the possibility that a bomb was to blame for the blast that tore through the Airbus 321 shortly after takeoff from the Somali capital Mogadishu. Adam Shreck/AP
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Airlines reporting record profits -- It is a great time to be one of the major airlines. The major carriers have been reporting a string of record profits, just as predicted by the International Air Transport Association earlier this year. Back in July, IATA revised its outlook for the industry to predict $29.3 billion in net worldwide profits for airlines, well beyond the $16.4 billion in industry profits in 2014. IATA's estimate may actually fall short given the third quarter results from some of the airlines. Fox Business
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Airline profit margins seen remaining strong even in a recession -- The U.S. airline industry's profit margins would be just as good as in prior peaks in a potential recession, even though a downturn was not "the most probable outcome" in the future, JPMorgan said in a research note Thursday, calling Delta Air Lines and Southwest its best picks. However, broader skittishness has weighed on stock prices, prompting the investment firm to cut its price target on Delta to 66 from 74, on Southwest to 52 from 56, on United Continental to 66.50 from 77 and on American Airlines to 50.50 from 66. Bill Peters/Investor's Business Daily
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These 11 airlines offer fliers free in-flight Wi-Fi -- Travelers made it clear that they want free Wi-Fi and they want it now. But few airlines are willing to give the fliers what they want - especially in the U.S., where the cost and quality of in-flight internet vary wildly. However, there are a few airlines around the world that understand travelers' desire to connect for free while they're in the sky. The following carriers have various free internet offerings. Ramsey Quebein/Road Warrior Voices
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American Airlines says premium seats will be the next frontier in ancillary fees -- In 2008, American Airlines introduced a $15 fee for a first-checked bag, new territory for a legacy carrier although Ryanair, which might be considered "the Godfather of ancillary revenue," had already been at it tacking on fees for years. The introduction of fees for everything from checked bags to early boarding and preferred seats has transformed the global aviation industry in the interim. Dennis Schaal/Skift
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Southwest Airlines steps up its social media game during Jonas snowstorm -- The Jonas snowstorm turned out to be a major milestone for the social care team at Southwest Airlines: mere days before the news of what turned into a major blizzard came out, the carrier had just switched the team over to 24/7 operations just as it was preparing to cancel around 1,800 flights between January 21 and January 25. The social care team is made up of 35 employees, including the leadership, said Rob Hahn, who oversees the carrier's effort in this area. Bennett J. Wilson/Airways News
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Need a BFF on your next stopover in Iceland? This airline will match you with a local -- Icelandair is taking the buddy system to new heights. The Iceland-based airline will match travelers with like-minded staff members so you can "explore Iceland like a native, with a native," according to an Icelandair statement. Want to do yoga at an out-of-the-way hot spring or learn how to cook a traditional dish? You can even go back-country skiing with the airline's CEO, Birkir Holm Gudnason. Mary Forgione/Los Angeles Times
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Controllers support, airline pilots oppose proposed FAA bill -- Republican leaders of the U.S. House Transportation Committee unveiled legislation on February 3 that proposes to relieve the Federal Aviation Administration of its role in managing the nation's ATC system, assigning that task to a separate, not-for-profit corporation. The long-anticipated move was endorsed by unionized controllers but encountered immediate resistance from Democrats, airline pilots and other unionized FAA employees. Bill Carey/AIN Online
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Delta stands alone among airlines in air traffic control fight -- Delta is the only major U.S. airline that is opposing a plan from House Republicans to separate the nation's air traffic control system from the Federal Aviation Administration. The proposal, which calls for the creation of a new nongovernmental organization that would take over air traffic control from the FAA, has created divisions in the airline industry at a time when lawmakers are debating a new aviation funding measure. Keith Laing/The Hill
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For T&I members, FAA bill brings end to days of kumbaya -- It will only be a week before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee gets its hands dirty with an FAA reauthorization bill markup and hash out their differences on a proposed independent air traffic control - but even if the bill moves swiftly through the House, prospects are looking dim that the controversial legislation will pass in time to avoid another short-term extension. Martine Powers, Heather Caygle & Lauren Gardner/Politico
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