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More than 500 stage LAX airplane-accident drill -- Explosions sent smoke into the air and blood-soaked passengers were scattered on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, but the drama wasn't real. The bustle of activity was part of the 2016 LAX Air Exercise, a two- hour, unrehearsed drill designed to test the ability of hundreds of emergency- response personnel to react to a disaster on the airfield. The scenario simulated an aircraft landing at LAX and striking a vehicle on the ground. City News Service Jason Song/Los Angeles Times Fox11 NBC4 LAWA Press Release
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How did she do it? Woman walks onto LAX airfield -- A woman who appeared to be a transient walked onto the airfield at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday and was quickly taken into custody by police. The woman walked through an access gate near Aviation Boulevard and 111th Street that was open to allow a vehicle in about 3:45 p.m., said Officer Rob Pedregon of the Los Angeles Airport Police. The woman was arrested for suspicion of trespassing and taken to the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division Jail. City News Service
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Teen missing from LAX found in Long Beach -- A 14-year-old girl last seen on Sunday near Los Angeles International Airport has been found safe and has been reunited with her family, authorities said Wednesday. Isabella Citarello, who has been diagnosed with bipolar problems and takes medication, was last seen at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, and the Los Angeles Police Department sought public help to find her. Late Tuesday night, Citarello was found safe in Long Beach, the LAPD reported Wednesday morning. City News Service Long Beach Post
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LED canvases transforming functional spaces into "digital eye candy" -- Airports today are among the largest public stages, with the biggest hubs welcoming over 200,000 passengers every day. Each must, of course, combine functionality with the desire to be a pleasant place to dwell. LED displays, with their modularity and flexibility, are one way in which airports are transforming their spaces. Indeed, this is an area Patrick Halliwell, Managing Director, Daktronics, will address at this year's ACI EUROPE Airport Commercial & Retail Conference & Exhibition. Marta Dimitrova/Airport Business
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Marine Corps fighter aircraft to arrive at Long Beach Airport Friday morning -- Two F/A 18 U.S. Marine Corp aircraft may arrive at the Long Beach Airport on Friday morning and stay until Sunday, city officials announced Thursday. The aircraft are set to arrive at about 10:30AM on Friday, April 1 and will depart on Sunday, April 3 at about 2:30PM, a release stated. Times are considered tentative and subject to change. The aircraft operations will be restricted to daytime hours and those living near the airport will notice louder noise levels, officials stated. Stephanie Rivera/Long Beach Post
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San Bernardino International Airport to get a pilot training school --A pilot school is expected to open in September at San Bernardino International Airport. SBIA staff announced Wednesday they had signed a lease with World Wide Wings to occupy space in the northeast end of the airport. "With baby boomers retiring, commercial aviation is expected to experience a significant shortage of qualified pilots over the next 20 years according to just about every industry forecast," said Mark Gibbs, SBIA director of aviation, in a statement. Jim Steinberg/San Bernardino Sun
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Long lines and missed flights fuel criticism of TSA screening -- If you think the waits at airport security are bad now, just wait until summer. That's the warning from American Airlines, the latest in a growing chorus of Transportation Security Administration critics who say the agency isn't doing enough to make sure passengers make their flights. "The lines at TSA checkpoints nationwide have become unacceptable," American spokesman Ross Feinstein said in a statement Wednesday. Jon Schuppe/NBC News
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How airports are addressing long lines and "woefully understaffed" TSA -- Airports nationwide have seen security checkpoint lines double in size. There is real concern from airlines, airports and flyers about what the lines at TSA checkpoints will look like this summer. Extremely long TSA lines and wait times hitting up to 90 minutes caused spring break chaos, creating huge backups at airports -- from Charlotte to Chicago to California -- and prompting demands the TSA fix the problem now, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. CBS News
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Delta tops estimates as cheap fuel offsets weaker demand -- Delta Air Lines Inc.'s first-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates as savings from low fuel costs overcame softer demand from the Brussels terror attack and weak foreign currencies. Earnings excluding some items rose to $1.32 a share, exceeding the $1.30 average of 14 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales were $9.25 billion, Delta said in a statement Thursday. Analysts had predicted $9.27 billion. The least-expensive fuel in more than a decade has helped carriers post record profits while letting them put more money into sprucing up jet interiors and airport luxury lounges. Michael Sasso/Bloomberg
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Airlines improve punctuality, but complaints persist -- Airlines were more punctual in February and they canceled fewer flights, according to Transportation Department statistics released Wednesday. But traveler complaints continue to skyrocket, even as airline performance improves, according to the monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. Flights arrived within 15 minutes of their schedules 83.6% during February, which was up from 72.8% for the same month a year earlier and 81.3% in January, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Hawaiian, Alaska lead US airlines at on-time arrivals -- Here are the government's rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for February. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule. 1. Hawaiian Airlines, 91.9 percent 2. Alaska Airlines, 89.3 percent 3. Southwest Airlines, 87.8 percent 4. Frontier Airlines, 87.3 percent 5. Delta Air Lines, 86.4 percent 6. United Airlines, 86.2 percent 7. Virgin America, 84.6 percent 8. American Airlines, 83.0 percent 9. SkyWest, 81.9 percent 10. ExpressJet, 78.5 percent. AP
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GOP befriends airline passengers - up to a point -- Republican leaders are lauding an aviation policy bill before the Senate as the most passenger friendly in years, but there are limits to friendship. In an election year that has thus far been defined by populist rage, Republicans are walking a fine line as they seek to respond to passengers angered at their treatment by airlines without violating conservative tenets by imposing potentially costly regulations on a major industry. Joan Lowy/AP
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Alaska Air's Horizon places big order for Embraer E175 jets -- Alaska Airlines' regional affiliate Horizon Air has ordered 30 new Embraer E175 jets, parent company Alaska Air Group announced Tuesday. Horizon billed the order as the largest in the company's history. The order - which includes options for 33 additional E175s -would be valued at $2.8 billion at list prices, though airlines typically receive significant discounts on such large-scale deals. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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Flying to more than one city just got more expensive -- American, Delta and United have new pricing rules that could easily raise the cost of many trips. Think of it as making a six-pack of soda twice as expensive as buying six cans individually. The three biggest airlines in the U.S. decided in March to block their cheapest prices on flights from being used on many connecting and multicity trips. Previously, reservation computers would find the lowest price for each flight in an itinerary and add them up to one price for the trip. Scott McCartney/Wall Street Journal
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Germanwings crash families say Lufthansa flight school is to blame -- For the families of those killed in March 2015 when Andreas Lubitz committed suicide by flying an Airbus A320 into a French mountainside, the U.S. appears to be the best venue for the kind of robust damages they say may force the airline to change its medical-screening practices. Winning the case, however, may be tough. German law precludes the kind of punitive awards available in America, not to mention the pretrial exchange of evidence known in U.S. courts as discovery. That's why a New York law firm representing 80 families is focused on a Deutsche Lufthansa AG-owned flight training school in suburban Phoenix. Justin Bachman/Bloomberg
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Air-travel survey reveals American fliers' habits -- More than 80% of the adult U.S. population have flown in their lifetimes, compared with 49% in 1971, said a survey done for the leading U.S. airline trade group. Last year, 45% took to the skies, up from 21% in 1971. Travelers on commercial airlines last year were equally split by gender, nearly divided into thirds by age groupings and more ethnically diverse, according to the survey of about 3,000 members of the general public 18 and older conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Susan Carey/Wall Street Journal Ted Reed/The Street
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Judge rejects request to block passport marker law -- A federal judge declined Wednesday to immediately block a law that requires a marker to be placed in the passports of people convicted of sex offenses against children. Since the marker provision has not yet gone into effect, deciding whether to block it over constitutional issues would be premature, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton said. Sudhin Thanawala/AP
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Former JetBlue CEO to be next Pogue Award recipient -- Former JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger will be honored with the 2016 L. Welch Pogue Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the International Aviation Club (IAC) of Washington DC and Aviation Week & Space Technology. Barger joins a long line of preeminent Welch Pogue Award recipients who have helped shape modern commercial air transportation and who include FAA associate administrator for aviation safety Peggy Gilligan, former IATA DG Giovanni Bisignani, retired Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher and former US Civil Aeronautics board chairman Alfred Kahn. Air Transport World
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LA mayor answers backlash to 'mega-developments' with plan of his own -- Mayor Eric Garcetti, facing intense criticism that Los Angeles is allowing developers to destroy neighborhood character, said he wants to modernize city guidelines on zoning and land use. In his annual State of the City address, Garcetti will call for hiring a couple dozen new city planners who will update L.A.'s "community plans." There are 35 of these blueprints, each one containing housing and transportation policy for one or several neighborhoods. Josie Huang/KPCC
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L.A. City Council adopts rules to ease health hazards in polluted neighborhoods -- Addressing decades of complaints from some of the city's most neglected corners, Los Angeles officials on Wednesday launched a groundbreaking effort to reduce health risks from industrial and traffic pollution that have plagued neighborhoods from the harbor area to the San Fernando Valley. The City Council unanimously approved special land-use restrictions for some of the L.A.'s most polluted neighborhoods and adopted citywide requirements for higher-rated air filters in new developments near freeways. Tony Barboza/Los Angeles Times
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