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JetBlue flight attendant enters plea in LAX cocaine-smuggling case -- A JetBlue Airways flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle nearly 60 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on luggage and fleeing when she was pulled aside for a random baggage search at Los Angeles International Airport pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal charge. Marsha Gay Reynolds, 31, entered her plea before a U.S. magistrate judge to a single count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. City News Service
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Costs, revenue fly higher than Bob Hope Airport's projections -- Bob Hope Airport generated more revenue than anticipated so far this fiscal year. However, additional funds from the airfield's reserves are being taken out to pay for a proposed replacement terminal project and to replace an emergency backup generator. Airfield staff told the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority board on Monday that operating revenues exceeded their 2015-16 budget projections by about $1.59 million. Anthony Clark Carpio/Burbank Leader
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A strategy for meeting regional transportation challenges: Alan Wapner -- Sound investment in our transportation network is about so much more than improving mobility. It is critical to our economy, our environment and our quality of life, and requires long-term planning to ensure that it is managed in the best possible way. Enter the Southern California Association of Governments and its Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, produced every four years as a blueprint for balancing future mobility and housing needs with economic, environmental and public health goals. Alan Wapner/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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Summer fliers may simmer on long airport security lines -- Until recently, it's been mainly passengers complaining about long lines at the security checkpoints. But now airlines, airports and industry groups are getting fed up as well. Last week, American Airlines lashed out with a statement, calling long lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints "unacceptable" and blaming an understaffed TSA for the delayed departure of hundreds of flights due to customers stuck in checkpoint lines. Harriet Baskas/NBC News
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Denver's new airport train starts service -- The newest departure from Denver International Airport isn't a plane - it's a train. Local authorities on Friday launched a new Denver-DIA train service aimed at whisking people from the airport to Denver's Union Station in just 37 minutes for $9. The train leaves the airport starting around 4 am weekdays, and runs every 15 minutes until nearly 1:30 am. DIA is the country's fifth-busiest airport, with 53 million passengers a year, and the train is a long-missing transportation option. Trevor Hughes/USA Today
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Southwest Airlines files appeal on Love Field gate case -- Southwest Airlines filed its written appeal on Friday, asking the courts to reverse a temporary injunction that is allowing Delta Air Lines to continue operations at Dallas Love Field. The appeal, filed with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, argues the case is about Southwest's rights to use the 18 gates that it leases at Dallas Love Field without interference from Delta. Andrea Ahles/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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DFS Guam sues airport for secret meetings -- Guam's airport agency faces a lawsuit that questions its public board's secret meetings, meetings that weren't recorded for public access, and missing records of meetings. Luxury travel retailer Duty Free Shopping Guam, in a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of Guam on April 11, alleges the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority Guam violated the Open Government Law and the Sunshine Reform Act of 1999.
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Woman upset after London airport forces her to dump breast milk - all four gallons of it -- Aviation officials at London's Heathrow Airport forced a nursing mother to dump nearly four gallons of breast milk, including a sizable amount that was frozen, the woman says. But Jessica Coakley Martinez didn't just cry over it. She penned an outraged open letter on Facebook that has resonated with working mothers everywhere. "I normally would not post something this personal, but I do not remember the last time I felt so justly upset," she writes. Fredrick Kunkle/Washington Post
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Hartford airport authority must end silence on casino -- Last October, the Connecticut Airport Authority's directors met in secret to discuss their negotiating strategy to obtain a satellite casino for Bradley International Airport. They met in secret again in December - and then again in January and February. Last week, they did it again. Another executive session, with the public and media barred from entry, to discuss what would be a major policy shift for Connecticut - the state's first commercial casino. Paul M. Harrington/Hartford Courant
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Gary airport's growth offers hope to troubled city -- Imagine a city that was bombed and then abandoned - and you have parts of Gary, Ind. Once celebrated as the "Magic City," Gary lost more than half of its population after 1960, mostly because of declining steel jobs. Its streets are dotted with once-stately buildings now falling to pieces, overrun by trees and prairie grasses. Gary has tried many tactics to boost growth - including building a convention center and a baseball stadium - while still struggling with stubbornly high unemployment and crime. Mary Wisniewski/Chicago Tribune
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China plans $11 billion second Chengdu airport to meet demand -- China plans to spend as much as $11 billion on a second airport in the southwestern city of Chengdu to help meet growing demand for air travel in the world's second-biggest economy. The proposed facility will have three runways, one of them as long as 2.5 miles, according to a statement posted on the website of the National Reform and Development Commission Monday. Once the airport is built, Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province, will become the third Chinese city to have two airports after Beijing and Shanghai. Bloomberg
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Amazon reportedly looking to acquire German airport in order to speed up deliveries -- Amazon may be interested in acquiring the Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany, reports GeekWire. The potential purchase was reported in German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung citing discussions between the e-commerce giant and the airport. The airport is reportedly deciding between three possible bidders at the moment. Amazon is supposedly interested in this airport because it is located near a large Amazon fulfillment center and the airport could facilitate faster transport out of the area. BI Intelligence
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American Airlines offers downbeat unit-revenue forecast -- American Airlines Group Inc., which on Friday beat Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations by a smidgen on declining profit, said the revenue environment continues to be challenging, prompting a fall in its stock price. The nation's top airline by traffic said a big contributor to its 25% decline in earnings was the result of booking noncash taxes in the March quarter, after no income-tax provision in the year-ago quarter. Susan Carey/Wall Street Journal
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Here's what it's like to fly on Alaska Airlines, which is buying Virgin America -- When Alaska Airlines announced in April that it would acquire rival Virgin America for $2.6 billion, I was devastated. I love everything about flying on Richard Branson's airline, from the purple mood lighting to the catchy in-flight safety video (which has been watched over 11 million times on YouTube). I'm not alone. Virgin America was just named the best overall airline by WalletHub, which looked at cancellations and delays, complaints, and in-flight comfort. Melia Robinson/Tech Insider
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Don't try to pin this one on Southwest -- Southwest Airlines prides itself on its "warrior spirit.'' Now employees of the Dallas carrier are fighting mad about a hallmark of the corporate culture: the company's service-anniversary pin. At airlines, a worker's years of service are more visible than, say, at a law firm, often displayed on a pin. A new pin design unveiled at Southwest earlier this year generated a "significant response'' from employees, the airline said in an internal message to workers. Mary Schlangenstein/Bloomberg
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Former Continental CEO, new United CEO weigh in on airline's board shake-up -- When United Airlines' parent company announced it struck a deal with activist investors to revamp its board of directors, one notable name was not part of the plans. Gordon Bethune, the former CEO of Houston-based Continental Airlines, which merged with United in 2010, had been one of the highest-profile people the activist investors had proposed adding to the board. Olivia Pulsinelli/Houston Business Journal
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AA, Delta, Hawaiian, United compete to serve Tokyo -- The same four airlines allowed to arrive at night now have applied to provide and add daytime flights, under an agreement reached in February. American, Delta, Hawaiian and United got permission in 2010 to land and take off daily from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. at Haneda, which is closer to downtown than Tokyo's larger Narita airport. The convenience is roughly comparable to New York's LaGuardia or Washington's Reagan National airports. Bart Jansen/USA Today
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Delta Air Lines reports revenue uptick from no-frills tickets -- The idea of a no-frills airline ticket that can't be changed or upgraded and probably lands you in a cramped middle seat may sound unappealing, but it is making Delta Air Lines executives happy. The carrier launched the so-called basic economy fare in 2012 and later expanded it to about 1,650 of Delta's roughly 20,000 domestic routes. It was created to compete with low-cost carriers such as Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, which are threatening to steal budget-minded fliers away from the big carriers. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Sweet spots for redeeming United MileagePlus miles -- Every loyalty program has its high and low points. United's routing rules give travelers the ability to takes trips that would be impossible on most other airlines. But economy trips are often more expensive than with competitors. And while United has the largest network of partners, it punishes fliers who want to exchange their miles to fly business or first class with those partners. So what are the best ways to take advantage of such a complex program? Brad Cohen/USA Today
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Airline bomber held after prison term end -- More than 30 years have passed since Mohammed Rashed planted a homemade bomb under a seat cushion on Pan Am Flight 830 leaving Tokyo for Hawaii. After setting the timer, Rashed, a top lieutenant in the pro-Palestinian 15th of May group, left the plane with his wife and young son. A 16-year-old boy from Japan boarded and took his seat. When the bomb exploded a few hours later, the boy died and 12 others were injured. Rashed was later arrested, eventually admitted his guilt and went to prison. He finished his sentence three years ago and now finds himself halfway across the world, in a Buffalo courtroom, fighting for his freedom. Phil Fairbanks/Buffalo News
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TSA's idea: End screening at some airports -- The TSA's latest effort to make air travel more efficient would have let passengers board flights at some small airports without being screened for threats like guns or explosives. But then Congress got wind of the proposal. And now the TSA is backing down after lawmakers denounced the idea as bizarre and even dangerous, especially following terrorist attacks such as the March bombings in Brussels. Heather Cayble/Politico Robert Silk/Travel Weekly
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Airport screeners find most unchecked guns ever -- Thanks in part to a 28-year-old woman who tried to pass her unloaded gun through a Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoint last week, the Transportation Security Administration broke the record for the most firearms found in carry-on bags nationwide in a one-week span. TSA discovered 73 firearms in carry-on luggage from April 15 to 21 at airports across the country. The agency reported that 68 were loaded and 27 had a round in the chamber. Carl Prine/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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FAA orders 'urgent' engine fixes for Boeing 787 Dreamliners -- Describing it as an "urgent safety issue," the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered modifications on specific General Electric engines on some 787 Dreamliners because an icing problem could force those engines to shut down in flight. Friday's FAA airworthiness directive stems from a January 29 incident aboard a 787 flying at about 20,000 feet. "Ice shed from the fan blades ... causing the blades to rub against the fan case, resulting in engine vibration," GE Aviation spokesman Rick Kennedy told CNN. Thom Patterson/CNN
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FAA's bid to expand air traffic hiring pool hits turbulence -- A revamped hiring process for federal air traffic controllers that the government says is designed to broaden the applicant pool is being assailed by critics who say it has resulted in the selection of candidates with no experience over graduates of rigorous aviation programs. The Federal Aviation Administration says it changed the process and added a personality test, called the Biographical Questionnaire, as the first hurdle in hiring controllers in order to get the best possible job candidates. Newsday
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As Embraer delivers its 1000th private jet, it underscores why private aviation is good for America -- Last Tuesday was a happy day in Melbourne, Florida. In a region of Florida that had been hammered by the 2008 recession and struggled with cutbacks at NASA, formerly a large employer providing high paying jobs, a Brazilian company that manufacturers private jets was at the center of attention on the Space Coast. In an economy that may not be struggling for jobs, but certainly is struggling for decently paying jobs, employees on the line at its facility make between $50,000 and $80,000, according to executives. Doug Gollan/Forbes
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Donald Trump's aging air fleet gives his bid, and his brand, a lift -- Of all the things connected to Donald J. Trump, few have given him more mileage than his fleet of aircraft. His Boeing 757 jet, often referred to as Trump Force One, has received the full rich-and-famous lifestyle treatment; The Washington Post even queried whether it was better than Air Force One. One of Mr. Trump's helicopters has gotten similar coverage; an interior renovation made CNBC's "Secret Lives of the Super Rich" in a segment entitled "Pimp My Chopper."
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How a beach ball could improve your next flight -- Road warriors often boast about the well-honed, insider tools they use to make the best of long hours spent in airports, on airplanes, in hotels and out on the road. But even the most seasoned traveler might learn a few new hacks from Joey Green's new book, Last-Minute Travel Secrets: 121 Ingenious Tips to Endure Cramped Planes, Car Trouble, Awful Hotels, and Other Trips from Hell. Harriet Baskas/USA Today
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Uber and Lyft continue to gain popularity with business travelers -- When the ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft first came on the scene, business traveler managers were leery of the services. Are they safe? Are the drivers reliable? How you do you file expense reports for the rides? Seven years after Uber was founded and four years after rival Lyft launched, the ride-hailing businesses may have overtaken taxis and car rental companies as the favorite mode of transportation for business travelers in the U.S. Hugo Martin/Los Angeles Times
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Gannett offers $815 million to buy LA Times owner Tribune Publishing -- Gannett Co., which owns USA Today and more than 100 other media properties across the country, said Monday it offered to buy Tribune Publishing for about $815 million, its second big expansion move since spinning off from its former parent less than a year ago. In a letter to Justin Dearborn, CEO of Tribune, which owns The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and nine other dailies, Gannett CEO Robert Dickey reiterated Monday a private April 12 offer to pay $12.25 per share, a 63% premium to Tribune's closing stock price last Friday. Gannett's deal includes assuming $390 million of Tribune's debt outstanding as of Dec. 31, 2015. Roger Yu/USA Today
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