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United Airlines mechanics to picket at LAX, other airports nationwide -- Teamster mechanics with United Airlines say they plan to hold informational picketing outside airports around the country, including at Los Angeles International Airport, on Friday morning. The mechanics with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said they will be bringing attention to their fight for a contract, alerting United Airlines customers and passengers. Teamster mechanics voted overwhelmingly last week to reject United Airlines' final contract offer and authorize a strike. L.A. Biz
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2016 Tommy Scott Memorial LAX Run accepting registrations -- The 2016 Tommy Scott Memorial LAX Run on May 21 is accepting registrations online at http://laxrun.laapoa.com/. The course starts and finishes at Westchester/LAX Fire Station No. 5, running around the perimeter of Los Angeles International Airport. Proceeds go to a scholarship fund in the Airport police officer's memory. A mentally ill man killed Scott, 35, on April 29, 2005. Scott became the first LAX officer killed in the line of duty. Torrance Daily Breeze
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Unattended bag triggers bomb scare at LAX -- An unattended bag triggered a bomb scare at Los Angeles International airport late Thursday morning. The unattended bag was reported around 11:59 a.m. at Terminal 6, Los Angeles Airport Police Officer Rob Pedregon said. "A K-9 united responded to the call and a dog alerted to the bag," he said. "That was when the bag was deemed suspicious and the bomb squad was notified." The bag was located at the end of the concourse of Terminal 6 and gates 67 through 69 were evacuated, Pedregon said. Alexander Nguyen/Marina Del Rey Patch
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Museum of flying celebrates 4th anniversary weekend -- Santa Monica's Museum of Flying is marking its 4th year anniversary this weekend with Saturday and Sunday offering talks, presentations, hands-on activities, and entertainment. "As the Museum approaches its 4th year anniversary, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support," the museum stated. "We have come a long way since we reopened our doors back in February of 2012." Santa Monica Mirror
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Canadian-Led Consortium to Buy London City Airport -- A consortium of investors led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan said on Friday that it had agreed to buy the operator of London City Airport, which is favored by the financial industry because of its proximity to the center of the British capital. The airport, which handled flights for 4.3 million passengers in 2015, is relatively close to the City of London, the traditional home of London's financial community, and to Canary Wharf, where many of the world's biggest banks have their London offices. Chad Bray/New York Times
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O'Hare express rail project takes another step forward -- The city has selected WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering/design firm with deep experience on transportation projects at O'Hare International Airport and worldwide, to draft a plan to begin express train service between the Loop and O'Hare. In a statement given to me and my colleague Micah Maidenberg, the city said the company will identify potential routes, recommend where to locate stations downtown and at O'Hare and project how much the likely multibillion-dollar project will cost. Greg Hinz/Crain's Chicago Business
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Stuck at the airport? Learn how to save a life at CPR kiosk -- Passengers waiting for flights at Chicago O'Hare International Airport can now use their down time to learn how to save a life. The airport unveiled an interactive kiosk on Wednesday where passengers can get a lesson in the Hands-Only CPR method and then practice performing their technique on a specially-designed rubber torso. Harriet Baskas/USA Today
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Atlanta airport prefers to be called 'most-traveled,' not 'busiest' -- Could it be the airline passengers complaining about long waits in security lines, the long walks (or train rides) between concourses, or the overpriced food and drink? True or not, suddenly, it doesn't seem so fabulous to be "the world's busiest airport." Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has long claimed that title, holding off Beijing, London's Heathrow and other foreign hubs for 17 years in a row. Katia Hetter/CNN
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Airlines worry Zika may be hurting Americas travel: IATA CEO -- A number of airlines have raised concerns that the rapidly spreading Zika virus may be discouraging travel in the Americas, the International Air Transport Association's Director General and CEO Tony Tyler told reporters in New York Thursday. His comment on the sidelines of an event hosted by the global airline trade group marks one of the industry's first acknowledgments that the mosquito-borne virus could hit revenue. Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters
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IATA chief: Airline profitability is good for all -- Being profitable is not something airlines should have to apologize for, the chief of IATA said at an aviation conference in New York Feb. 25. Speaking at the Aviation Day conference, IATA CEO and DG Tony Tyler said the airline industry was changing-and becoming more sustainably profitable-because of "a lot of hard work and the confluence of some key factors." Karen Walker/Air Transport World
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Republic Airways files for bankruptcy protection -- Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which operates regional flights for the major airlines, on Thursday filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles with plunging profits and a pilot shortage. The Indianapolis-based company said the move will allow it continue normal flight schedules while it restructures its finances and contracts. It said it will retain its collective bargaining agreements with its unions. AP
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Canada should boost foreign investment in airlines, panel says -- Canada should increase foreign-ownership limits on airlines and allow private investment in airports to enhance competition in the country's transportation industry, according to a government-funded study. Institutional and private-equity investors should also be allowed to buy stakes in the country's marine ports, according to the Canada Transportation Act Review presented to Parliament Thursday in Ottawa. Greg Quinn & Josh Wingrove/Bloomberg Business
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Questions for Southwest Airlines focus on eliminated, new routes -- A joint Wichita Aero Club and Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday featuring Southwest Airlines executives yielded a lot of questions about the carrier's decision to end Wichita service to Dallas and Chicago, but add Phoenix and St. Louis in their place. Five executives from Southwest's network planning and corporate sales made up the airline's panel of experts at the luncheon at Botanica, which was attended by about 200 Chamber and Aero Club members. Jerry Siebenmark/Wichita Eagle
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Alaska Air CEO joins Nordstrom board -- Brad Tilden, Alaska Airlines chairman and CEO, is joining Nordstrom's board. He will join the audit and finance committees, according to a Nordstrom news release announcing the appointment Wednesday. Tilden has served as chairman of Alaska Air Group and its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, since January 2014. He was named CEO of Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group in 2012, and has served as president of Alaska Airlines since 2008. Janet I. Tu/Seattle Times
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Using public Wi-Fi is like posting on a Times Square billboard -- Public Wi-Fi systems such as those found on airplanes, in cafes or at malls are completely insecure and anyone using them should think of everything they type as being broadcast to a billboard in Times Square, say security professionals. It came as no shock to experts that a USA TODAY columnist had his email hacked when he used his plane's GoGo onboard Wi-Fi network as he flew home to North Carolina last week. Elizabeth Weise/USA Today Related: I got hacked mid-air while writing an Apple-FBI story
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American Airlines just ended the era of awful Gogo Wi-Fi -- The public spat between American Airlines Group Inc. and Gogo Inc., which provides the bulk of the carrier's domestic inflight Wi-Fi, could be considered the final blow to ground-based Internet access that has become another irritating part of the air-travel experience. It will take years for Gogo to install its backlog of orders for faster Internet service, but at least the beginning of the end of a sluggish era of in-flight Wi-Fi is finally near. Justin Bachman/Bloomberg Business
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The latest from Gogo CEO Michael Small on why in-flight WiFi must improve -- I listened this morning to Gogo's earnings call, and the company did not share a lot of information we don't already know. Gogo is aware it must improve its service, and it wants to persuade airlines to upgrade. Gogo knows its current air-to-ground system, which relies on cell towers, does not provide enough bandwidth to planes. It knows customers on American, Alaska, Delta and Virgin America are frustrated. Brian Sumers/BrianSumers.com
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House leadership to shelve FAA overhaul -- The House Republican leadership is shelving plans to pass an overhaul of the Federal Aviation Administration, a major blow to House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, according to multiple senior aides Instead, the House will revert to a short-term extension of the FAA's authority while "the Transportation Committee will continue their work on this transformative legislation," a leadership aide said Thursday. The FAA must be renewed by the end of March. Jake Sherman & Heather Caygle/Politico
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Democrats fight trucking provision in FAA bill -- A trucking provision in House aviation bill jeopardizes approval of the legislation governing the Federal Aviation Administration, according to congressional Democrats. The provision dealing with rest breaks for truckers is part of an FAA bill, which primarily aims to shift air-traffic control from the FAA to a not-for-profit corporation. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the bill Feb. 11. The bill awaits consideration by the full House and the Senate. Current FAA legislation expires March 31. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Metro Expo Line to begin service to Santa Monica on May 20 -- After a five-decade hiatus, passenger rail service will return to Los Angeles' traffic-choked Westside in May. The 6.6-mile, $1.5-billion extension of the Expo Line to Santa Monica will begin carrying passengers on May 20, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said Thursday. The Expo Line currently stops in Culver City. The extension to Santa Monica will mark the first passenger rail service between downtown Los Angeles and the Westside since the demise of the Pacific Electric streetcar network in the 1950s. Laura J. Nelson/Los Angeles Times
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Gateway cities want 'much needed' light rail -- Even though there is no station in Bell Gardens currently proposed for a light rail project that would connect riders from Downtown Los Angeles to Artesia, Mayor Pro Tem Pedro Aceituno recognizes the impact access to regional transit would have for a community that has far too long been isolated from the rest of the county. His words came last week during a legislative briefing in Paramount where elected officials from across the southeast region pushed for funding a light rail project proposed by Eco-Rapid Transit, a joint powers authority made up of twelve cities and the Bob Hope Airport Authority. Nancy Martinez/EGP News
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Long Beach Airport director resigns, accepts position in Oakland -- 