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LAX construction: $10M approved to prepare for $5B plan -- Airport commissioners Thursday approved $10 million in expenditures on preliminary fees and services to prepare for a $5.5 billion construction plan that includes a people mover and a rental car facility at Los Angeles International Airport. The initial funding is part of a much longer road toward building $5.5 billion in projects laid out under LAX's Landside Access Modernization Program, and will pay for permitting fees, and services that include environmental studies, site surveys, utility work and engineering design. City News Service LAWA News Release
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Air NZ: LAX transit needs improvement -- Air New Zealand is holding discussions with U.S. officials in an attempt to improve transit passenger processing times at Los Angeles International Airport for the stopover on its Auckland-London flight. The airline has held discussions with Los Angeles' mayor and senior officials at Los Angeles World Airports, Christopher Luxon, CEO of the airline, told Aviation Daily at the IATA annual general meeting. Adrian Schofield/Aviation Daily
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Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners approves agreement with LADWP to add dozens of electric vehicle charges at LAX, Van Nuys Airport -- Dozens of additional electric vehicle chargers will be installed for public use at Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport as a result of Thursday's decision by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners to approve a participation agreement between Los Angeles World Airports and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. LAWA News Release
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Certified Service Provider Program amended to ensure quality standards, improved customer service of food service companies at LAX -- Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners on Thursday amended the Certified Service Provider Program to include food service companies that provide prepared food and/or beverage services to or for aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport. LAWA News Release
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Allegiant launches $39 LAX flights -- Allegiant has launched introductory $39 flights to celebrate its newest flights from Memphis, Tenn. and Reno to Los Angeles International Airport. Flights to Memphis began Thursday with one-way fares as low as $97. Reno flights will start June 8 with one-way fares as low as $39. The new flights will bring an estimated 18,000 visitors to Los Angeles annually. Hannah Madans/Orange County Register
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Airlines getting peak benefit of cheap oil -- Airlines are expected to generate a fifth consecutive year of increased profits, thanks in part to continued low oil prices. The global air transport industry is projected to land $39.4 billion in profits in 2016, according to figures released Thursday by the International Air Transport Association. That's higher than the IATA's 2016 projection of $36.3 billion made six months ago. That increase is more than 11% more than the $35.3 billion in profit generated by airlines globally in 2015, the IATA said. Mike Snider/USA Today
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United upgrading international business class -- United unveiled its new international business class cabin Thursday, a revamping that it hopes will help it win back coveted corporate travelers who may have turned away from the carrier as its performance struggled in the wake of its bumpy merger with Continental. The new Polaris business class will ferry passengers traveling on long-haul intercontinental flights starting Dec. 1. Charisse Jones/USA Today
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United begins San Francisco-Singapore service, world's longest 787 route -- United Airlines announced the launch of new daily, non-stop service between San Francisco and Singapore. The route, which the carrier will operate using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, is the first non-stop service connecting the two cities. At 8,446 miles (14,236 kilometers), the route is the longest scheduled flight operated by an American carrier, and the longest scheduled flight by a 787 Dreamliner.
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Southwest unveils shark-themed Boeing 737 for Shark Week -- Shark Week has become a mainstay on TV since it debuted in the late 1980s. Now, it's set to take to the sky. That will come courtesy of Southwest Airlines, which is joining the fray with a shark-themed livery on one of its Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The jet features Southwest's usual paint scheme, but has several sharks circling near the tail of the aircraft along with a Shark Week logo. The shark-themed livery will fly on the 737-700 through Aug. 31. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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JetBlue will run on Android -- JetBlue airlines is going full Android... sort of. Android users will feel slightly more at home on JetBlue flights in the near future. The airline has debuted an Android-powered user interface as part of an extensive redesign of its passenger experience. JetBlue has rebuilt its A320 fleet cabins with an eye to meeting current demands for continued internet access from departure to destination. That means more entertainment and more ways to stay connected. G. Clay Whittaker/Popular Science
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Aviation-friendly Ireland reaps the benefits -- The Irish government and the Irish civil aviation authority have adopted a more forward-thinking orientation on aviation than most of their, often much larger, counterparts in Europe. The policy is paying off - big time. Ireland is one of the smallest countries in Europe, with just 4.6 million inhabitants, yet about half of the world's leased aircraft are registered in the country and the world's first duty-free shop was established here. It is also home to Europe's largest airline by passenger count and the world's largest airline in terms of international enplanements: Ryanair. Cathy Buyck/Aviation Week
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IATA urges governments to address airline blocked funds -- The International Air Transport Association called on governments to respect international agreements obliging them to ensure airlines are able to repatriate their revenues. "Air connectivity is vital to all economies. The airline industry is a competitive business operating on thin margins. So the efficient repatriation of revenues is critical for airlines to be able to play their role as a catalyst for economic activity. IATA Press Release
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Airline Consolidation: Delta Airlines, United Continental reportedly named as potential buyers of Avianca holdings -- In the latest of a series of consolidations in the airline industry, one of Latin America's largest carriers could be on the block for a sale. According to anonymous sources that spoke to the Wall Street Journal, Avianca Holdings SA has advisers shopping around for $500 million to bolster the company's cash flow, but the deal could wind up being a sale to a larger foreign carrier. Angelo Young/International Business Times
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Is the TSA's $85 PreCheck Program too pricey? -- The "divesting" of shoes, laptops, and toothpaste tubes, to use the U.S. Transportation Security Agency's term, has been one factor in the airport security lines entangling U.S. travelers this spring. The agency's PreCheck program is designed to fix that problem and move the lines-but only 2.77 million people have enrolled to date, far below projections. Justin Bachman/Bloomberg
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TSA wants new scanners that will allow fliers to keep their shoes on -- With more travelers taking to the skies and threats continuing to evolve, the Transportation Security Administration is out with new priorities for passenger screening that involve more artificial intelligence -- and will let you keep your shoes on. Late Tuesday afternoon, TSA asked security vendors and experts to help overhaul body-scan machines in a request for information. Aliya Sternstein/Nextgov
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Alleged war criminal worked as security guard at Dulles Airport, lawsuit claims -- A private security guard at Dulles International Airport had his access withdrawn this week after his employer was made aware of a lawsuit alleging he had committed "war crimes" in Somalia. The civil suit alleges that Yusuf Abdi Ali, 63, -- a former commander in the Somali National Army who later moved to Alexandria, Virginia -- tortured a Somali national in 1987. Erin Dooley, Becky Perlow & Jeffrey Cook/ABC News
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Turboprops set for a big U.S. comeback? -- Turboprops are set for a big comeback in the USA. That's the bet being made by European aircraft manufacturer ATR, which is turning to the U.S. as it tries to drum up sales of its turboprop models. The company is fresh off a tour of the U.S. earlier this month, where the company showed off its latest ATR 72-600 plane. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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FAA restructuring is grounded by Senate opposition -- A bid by House Republicans to shift the federal air-traffic control system to a nonprofit corporation's control has been sidelined by bipartisan Senate opposition, according to congressional staffers, airline industry officials and others participating in the process. Continuing disagreements between senators and the Republican chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee over a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill have created a legislative logjam, these people said, likely to last until at least next spring or summer. Andy Pasztor/Wall Street Journal
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Ballot plan would expand DWP board and allow its members to get paid -- The board that oversees the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power would have more members, shorter terms and be harder for L.A.'s mayor to fire, under a ballot proposal backed Thursday by a City Council panel. The council's Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations and Neighborhoods Committee voted to put together a ballot measure for the Nov. 8 election that would rework the way DWP board members are chosen and removed. David Zahniser/Los Angeles Times
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