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New carriers bring more flight options to LAX -- New carriers to Los Angeles International Airport are bringing routes to England, Iceland and European cities - mostly at budget prices. Thomas Cook Airlines plans to start operating nonstop service between L.A. and Manchester, England, on May 2. Manchester isn't the most convenient destination; it's about 200 miles northeast of London's more popular Heathrow. But you can catch a cheap ticket if you book early. Mary Forgione/Los Angeles Times
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LAX airport police, firefighters approve 3-year labor deal -- Police officers and firefighters at Los Angeles airports have approved a proposed three-year labor agreement that would give them raises each year, union officials said Wednesday. If approved by the City Council, the contract would give members of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers' Association a 6.7 percent raise in June, followed by 2 percent raises in July 2017 and January 2018. City News Service
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Delta plane has flat tire after safe landing in Los Angeles -- Authorities say a Delta Airlines jetliner had a flat tire after landing safely at Los Angeles International Airport following a flight from Atlanta. Airport police officer Rob Pedregon says the pilot of Flight 2355 reported a possible wheel problem before landing around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Delta spokesman Ashton Morrow says the tire deflated during takeoff. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the flat tire was reported after the Boeing 757 was on the ground. AP
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4 confirmed for Newport Aviation Committee -- The Newport Beach City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed four new members of the city's Aviation Committee. Mayor Diane Dixon appointed Warren Wimer as the alternate representative for District 1, which includes the Balboa Peninsula and Lido Isle. Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Muldoon appointed William David Cook as the alternate representing District 4, which includes the Eastbluff and Big Canyon areas. Councilman Scott Peotter appointed Lauren Kleiman as the member for District 6, which represents Corona del Mar. Hannah Fry/Daily Pilot
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Salt Lake City's new airport terminal project shifting into higher gear -- Salt Lake City International Airport officials are in the process of receiving and reviewing bids for about $750 million worth of construction for the next phases of new terminal construction. That will be a major slice of the $1.82 billion terminal redevelopment program and will be for construction on portions of the new terminal itself, Mike Williams, project director, told the Airport Advisory Board on Wednesday. Lee Davidson/Salt Lake Tribune
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Airport: DFS Guam lawsuit lacks merit -- Guam's airport agency responded Monday that a luxury travel retailer's lawsuit alleging violations of government transparency laws "is without merit." DFS Guam sued the A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Authority on April 11 for alleged violations of the Open Government Law and the Sunshine Reform Act of 1999. "GIAA has given DFS everything it is obligated to provide and will continue to do so even though DFS' excessive FOIA requests are time-consuming, burdensome and expensive," airport agency Executive Manager Chuck Ada said. Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno/Pacific Daily News
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Kennedy Airport cargo handlers charged in foreign money heist scheme -- In what seems to be a poor man's "Ocean's Eleven" scenario, five former JFK Airport cargo handlers are charged with running a four-year long scheme to steal foreign currency from mail at the New York City airport. As detailed in a federal criminal complaint released Wednesday, the former Aircraft Service International Group cargo handlers are alleged to have agreed to steal mail with foreign money from international flights operating out of Terminal One of JFK Airport in the borough of Queens. Connor Mannion/NBC News
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Report: Airlines are losing fewer bags -- Considering checking a bag on your next flight? If you do, the good news is that your luggage now has the best chance ever of making it to its destination, according to a new report. During 2015, the rate of mishandled bags by airlines worldwide was 6.5 bags per thousand passengers. That's a 10.5% drop in the mishandled bags rate over 2014, when you take into account the increase in the number of passengers (3.5 billion) airlines carried last year, the SITA Baggage Report 2016 explains. Harriet Baskas/USA Today
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Virgin America steps up battle with failed acquirer JetBlue -- In the realm of unanticipated consequences, the merger between Virgin America and Alaska has triggered a battle between Virgin America and JetBlue for trans-continental passengers. A week after the merger was announced on April 4, JetBlue unveiled the "Calling all JetBlue Virgins" sweepstakes, offering to give away 500 tickets to fliers who had never traveled with the airline. It also boosted its trans-continental flying, upgraded under the Mint trade name. Ted Reed/The Street
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Alaska Airlines wants Virgin America to fulfill Its corporate travel ambitions -- Alaska Airlines executives admitted on the airline's quarterly earning call last week that attracting more business travelers was a big reason it decided to go through with its pricey acquisition of Virgin America. The airline's strategy is to become a top choice for higher-spending travelers by combining Virgin's strong corporate travel bonafides and higher-end leisure flyers with Alaska's already robust domestic routes. Andrew Sheivachman/Skift
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The air-traffic system U.S. airlines wish they had -- Flying over the U.S.-Canadian border is like time travel for pilots. Going north to south, you leave a modern air-traffic control system run by a company and enter one run by the government struggling to catch up. Airlines, the air-traffic controllers' union and key congressional leaders all support turning over U.S. air-traffic control services to a newly created nonprofit company and leaving the FAA as a safety regulator. It's an idea that still faces strong opposition in Congress, but has gained traction this year. Scott McCartney/Wall Street Journal
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How much would you pay for a flight upgrade? -- Auctions already set prices in art, property and fresh produce. So why not airline seats? Real-time open auctions are coming to the aviation industry. They've already been adopted by a handful of airlines for business class upgrades, but could also soon be available for all types of tickets. These real-time auctions are online, not in a room crowded with people raising their hands -- but the exhilaration of securing a bargain is just as intense. A no-brainer? Miquel Ros/CNN
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Would United be stronger if divided? -- United Continental Holdings is a perennial underperformer that tripped up again last week when it released first quarter earnings, but the airline's troubles have gotten so bad that some are beginning to wonder whether the only way to save the company is to tear it apart. Chicago-based United on April 21 reported adjusted earnings per share that topped estimates, but actually saw its shares trade down afterwards because of its guidance that passenger revenue would continue to weaken in the months to come. Lou Whiteman/The Street
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United Airlines' amenity kits to get second lives -- Amenity kits filled with tiny tubes of hand lotion, toothpaste, facial cleaners and other useful ����products are a considerate - and often collectible - convenience item for premium cabin travelers. But frequent travelers often accumulate multiple kits per trip and, nice as they are, leave some or all of the upscale travel-sized items behind. Now, instead of throwing out all those untouched hygiene products, United Airlines plans to collect them and, in partnership with Clean the World, donate the products to people in need around the world. Harriet Baskas/USA Today
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Employees for American's regional carrier rally for pay increases -- About 40 employees for an American Airlines subsidiary and representatives from unions picketed for better pay Wednesday outside Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The Envoy Air agents held the demonstration on the same day that negotiations began on what would be their first contract. Envoy is a subsidiary of American and a regional carrier that flies as American Eagle. Brandon Formby/Dallas Morning News
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Why Spirit Airlines wants to fly to smaller cities -- Spirit Airlines Inc. flies to roughly 200 markets and says its ultralow-cost model would work in more than 500. Its new chief executive officer, Bob Fornaro, is ready to test that notion by starting flights to some smaller cities. "Our objective is to be more nimble and less predictable in our [fleet] deployment," Fornaro said on Tuesday. He used a quarterly earnings call to expand on comments he's made about route expansion since taking over the top job in January. Justin Bachman/Bloomberg BrianSumers.com: Spirit Airlines wants to be a kindler, gentler airline. Will it succeed?
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Etihad Airways reports $103M profit for 2015, marking fifth straight year in black -- Etihad Airways on Wednesday announced profits of $103 million in 2015 off total revenue of $9.02 billion, marking its fifth year in the black on its strategy of partnering with other carriers. The Abu Dhabi-owned carrier, the United Arab Emirates' national airline, said its continued profitability showed the value of its approach of taking minority equity stakes and codeshares outside of traditional airline alliances. Jon Gambrell/AP
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FAA confirms it is reviewing Allegiant Air operations -- The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Wednesday that it is conducting a detailed, 90-day inspection of Allegiant Air's operations in response to "various internal issues" tied to maintenance and safety. Such a comprehensive review is normally conducted at all airlines every five years. But the FAA said it moved up its review of Allegiant by nearly two years to ensure the airline has remedied problems in operations. William R. Levesque/Tampa Bay Times
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Big 3 airlines accused of pricing policy that could add hundreds to flight costs -- Three of the nation's largest airlines are accused of illegally enacting a little-noticed ticket-pricing policy that could add hundreds of dollars to the cost of your next vacation. San Francisco attorney Joseph Alioto says back on April 1, United, American and Delta all stopped automatically charging the lowest fares on each leg of a multi-city flight. Julie Watts/CBS SF Bay Area
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JetBlue pilot charged with flying drunk from Orlando to New York -- U.S. prosecutors have charged a JetBlue pilot with flying while drunk from Orlando to New York last year with 151 passengers on board, officials said on Wednesday. Dennis Thomas Murphy Jr. was arrested and arraigned in a federal court in New York City on a charge of operating a commercial vehicle while under the influence, said Nellin McIntosh, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Reuters
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Coachella Valley tourism breaks record in March -- Healthy convention tourism, spring-breakers and, oh, a little tennis tournament called the BNP Paribas Open helped to push March hotel occupancy and room rates in the Coachella Valley to levels not seen in more than a decade. The surge also filled airplane seats as passenger activity at Palm Springs International Airport broke all records for March, according to airport data. Skip Descant/The Desert Sun
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Las Vegas trip ruined when girlfriend confuses Birmingham, Alabama airport with Birmingham, England -- Birmingham, England and Birmingham, Alabama. Easily confused, right? Maybe not. A British couple was expecting the trip of a lifetime when they arrived at the Birmingham Airport in England recently for a flight to Las Vegas. Their dreams of gambling, star-studded shows and buffet meals were quickly crushed, however, when they learned their flights were actually departing from Birmingham, Ala., the Daily Mail reported. Erin Edgemon/Birmingham (Ala.) News
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Minnesota TSA manager says he was told to target Somali-Americans -- A Transportation Security Administration manager here said he was instructed by his supervisor to provide the names of Somali-American leaders visiting the agency's local office so they could be screened against national security databases for terrorist ties, a disclosure that quickly drew accusations of racial profiling. Ron Nixon/New York Times
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| Delta orders 75 Bombardier CS100s -- Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 75 Bombardier CS100s, becoming the first US customer for the aircraft in a deal that is highly significant for the Canadian-made narrowbody. In announcing the order, Delta also said it would no longer bring the Embraer 190 into its fleet as previously planned. Karen Walker/Air Transport World |
Boeing profit takes hit from tanker, 747; outlook unchanged -- Boeing Co took a surprise $156 million charge for its KC-46 aerial refueling tanker on Wednesday, pushing first-quarter profit down 9 percent amid concern about meeting deadlines for the U.S. Air Force program. The world's largest plane maker also took a $70 million pretax charge for its 747 program, or about 7 cents a share after tax, reflecting a weak air cargo market that has slowed sales of freighter versions of the jumbo jet. Alwyn Scott/Reuters
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16 things you didn't know about the jet lag-ending Airbus A350 -- For anyone who's wanted to visit the Far East or Australia but was scared off by the umpteen hours you'll spend in the air, there's hope: The revolutionary Boeing 787 and the brand-new Airbus A350, which made its first flight from the United States this January, are shrinking the globe, flying nearly 9,000 miles without refueling and, most important to you and me, incorporating technological innovations that make passengers more comfortable (and perhaps healthier) than they've ever been on board. Paul Brady/Cond� Nast Traveler
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