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United Airlines to increase flights from Heathrow to San Francisco and Los Angeles -- United Airlines will increase the frequency of its flights from London/Heathrow to both its San Francisco and Los Angeles hubs. For winter 2016-17, the airline will operate a second daily Heathrow-San Francisco nonstop service, effective October 30, 2016 (westbound). For summer 2017, United will add a second daily Heathrow-Los Angeles flight, effective April 5, 2017 (westbound). Flight times will be 11 hours westbound and 10 hours 25 minutes eastbound. Incentive Travel & Corporate Meetings
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Los Angeles International Airport pax up 7%, cargo down 2% in May-2016 -- Passenger numbers: 6.8 million, +6.6% year-on-year; Domestic: 4.9 million, +6.4%; International: 1.9 million, +7.1%; Cargo volume: 181,385 tons, -2.1%; Freight: 174,875 tons, -1.7%; Mail: 6510 tons, -12.6%; Aircraft movements: 57,421, +4.9%. CAPA Centre for Aviation LAX Statistics ONT Statistics LGB Statistics PSP Statistics
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'Engine issue' forces Southwest flight to return to Salt Lake City Airport -- A Southwest Airlines aircraft returned to Salt Lake City International Airport shortly after takeoff Monday night due to engine trouble, the airline said. According to the Dallas-based airline, Southwest flight 1731 departed from Salt Lake City and was bound for Los Angeles International Airport, but it turned around due to an "engine issue." The aircraft, a Boeing 737, landed without any issues. There were no known injuries either, the airline said. David Caplan/ABC News
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Discount airline to land at Newark with opening up of slots -- Allegiant Air has been given final approval to begin offering service at Newark Liberty International Airport, making it the first discount carrier to operate there since a federal lawsuit charged United, Newark's dominant airline, with monopolizing takeoff and landing slots and keeping competitors out. Allegiant will begin offering flights in November between Newark and Cincinnati, Ohio; Savannah, Georgia; Asheville, North Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee, the airline said. Tickets can be purchased starting Tuesday, some for as low as $39 one-way. David Porter/AP
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Flames, smoke cause evacuation of plane at DFW Airport -- The Federal Aviation Administration confirms that a flight at DFW International Airport reported smoke and flames Monday morning, causing the plane to be evacuated. "The crew of Envoy Flight 3492, an Embraer E145 aircraft, reported smoke in the cockpit shortly after landing on Runway 18-Right at DFW around 7:45 local time this morning," the FAA said in a statement. "Passengers evacuated from the aircraft by stairs after possible flames were spotted in a wheel well. DFW Airport fire crews responded." WFAA
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TSA Chicago boss resigns after debacle at Midway, O'Hare -- Six weeks after Chicago's airports became a national example of Transportation Security Administration ineptness with traveler waits of two hours or more, TSA's top official in Chicago has resigned, the I-Team has learned. Kathleen Petrowsky sent an email to Chicago staffers on Sunday informing them of her imminent departure. Ms. Petrowsky has been with TSA since its inception and the head of O'Hare and Midway security operations since 2007. Chuck Goudie, Ross Weidner & Barb Markoff/WLS-TV Chicago
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Airport security fix: Better training - for humans and dogs -- Peter Neffenger, the TSA's sixth and current administrator, wants to hire more enthusiastic agents and train them better, and also make greater use of bomb-sniffing dogs as ways to improve TSA performance. Since January, almost all new hires have gone through a two-week course at a sprawling federal installation in Georgia. And TSA recently opened a new facility in Texas to train more dogs in bomb detection. The Associated Press took a look behind the scenes at both operations. David Koenig/AP
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Brexit continues to punish global airlines, led lower by EasyJet -- Global airlines continued to tumble as investors worried that demand for flights through the U.K. could suffer following the country's decision to leave the European Union. EasyJet Plc fell the most in 12 years after warning that the U.K. vote will hurt earnings for the rest of the summer as travel demand wanes. In the U.S., United Continental Holdings Inc. posted its biggest two-day intraday decline in five years, while American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. dropped the most since August. Michael Sasso/Bloomberg
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Brexit and aviation Part 2: lower air traffic, economic uncertainty. UK-EU relations up in the air -- The British exit from the European Union will have a negative impact on UK air traffic as a result of weaker GBP - an immediate effect - and a weaker GDP outlook. Air freight is also likely to be negatively affected by lower levels of international trade. The impact on air traffic is also likely to be felt in the rest of Europe, while economists are also warning that Brexit adds to the uncertainties facing the global economy. CAPA Centre for Aviation Part 1
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Paris prosecutor opens manslaughter probe into crashed EgyptAir jet -- The Paris prosecutor's office on Monday opened a manslaughter investigation into the crash of EgyptAir flight MS804, as the doomed jet's black box memory chips were sent to France for repair. The Airbus went down in the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19 and all 66 people on board were killed. The cause of the crash remains unknown. "The Paris prosecutor has opened today a full investigation into involuntary homicide," the prosecutor's office told Reuters in a text message. Reuters
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United Airlines surprises passengers with movie premiere 35,000 feet in the air -- In-flight entertainment is imbued in the airplane experience-catching up on tv shows and watching feature movies is a favorite pastime of many travelers. But today, with Wi-Fi available 35,000 feet in the air, there's more possibilities for distraction than ever before. As a result, airlines are beginning to think about content, distribution and access in entirely new ways. Simone Spilka/PSFK Labs
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Frequent-flier guide: What you'll earn per flight on five U.S. airlines -- In 2015, Delta made the term award "mile" a misnomer when it transitioned to a revenue-based program, awarding fliers according to how much money they spend on flights instead of how many miles they fly. It didn't take long for United and American to follow suit. Only one major U.S. carrier, Alaska, still sticks to the traditional award structure. So in this brave new world of award miles, which airline will give you the most miles per flight? Brad Cohen/USA Today
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U.S. to hold talks with U.A.E., Qatar in airline dispute -- The State Department intends to hold "informal, technical discussions" with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar next month about a dispute over Persian Gulf airlines' funding and access to the U.S. market, according to people familiar with the matter. But the State Department isn't planning to move to formally renegotiate its liberal, "open skies" air treaties or freeze new flights to the U.S. by Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways or Qatar Airways, these people said. Susan Carey/Wall Street Journal
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Cause of dramatic Singapore Air 777 fire could take months to figure out -- It could take weeks - even months - until safety officials pinpoint what caused a Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777 to catch fire after returning to Singapore on Monday. Dramatic video has since emerged via social media, showing flames engulf the wing of the Boeing 777-300ER as passengers waited inside. It took fire crews "a few minutes" to extinguish the flames, allowing the 222 passengers and 19 crewmembers to leave the plane. Ben Mutzabaugh/USA Today
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Passengers film from inside Singapore Airlines flight as plane burns -- What's remarkable from the footage is that passengers seemed to be quite calm. A Singapore Airlines flight, on its way to Milan, turned back to Singapore on Monday, two hours into its flight. Passengers said the pilot announced that there was an engine problem, according to the Guardian. The airline said on Twitter that the issue was "an engine oil warning message." The plane, with 222 passengers and 19 crew on board, executed an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi airport. CNET
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Charter school founder Steve Barr to challenge Garcetti in 2017 -- Charter-school founder Steve Barr will run for Los Angeles mayor in 2017, opening up a potentially challenging front for incumbent Mayor Eric Garcetti in what has so far shaped up as an all but uncontested re-election bid. Barr, a Silver Lake resident and darling of education-reform advocates who has not previously held elected office, said he has grown impatient with what he sees as Garcetti's passivity in the face of a worsening public-education crisis. Peter Jamison/Los Angeles Times Dakota Smith/Los Angeles Daily News
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Editorial: Outrage over Arizona's immigration law was justified, but L.A.'s boycott proved to be a farce -- A boycott can be a powerful form of political protest, inflicting economic damage in an effort to influence behavior. There is a long list of boycotts throughout history that have helped right injustices. Not on the list of effective protests: The city of Los Angeles' boycott of the state of Arizona for its adoption of discriminatory, anti-immigrant legislation in 2010. Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
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