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Tue 17 Jun 2008

United Airlines to double the number of flights between LA/Palmdale Airport and San Francisco

Posted by admin under County of LA , Travel , Transportation  No Comments 

Plane.jpgBeginning September 3, 2008, United Airlines will double the number of flights between LA/Palmdale Regional Airport and San Francisco International Airport to improve convenience and provide new options for air travelers.  San Francisco International is a worldwide hub where travelers can make easy connections to and from 35 connecting markets. (more…)

 

Sat 31 May 2008

Big I-5 fix starts today in Sacramento

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A section of Interstate 5 through Sacramento will be intermittently shut for repairs for seven weeks, starting today, but most Bay Area motorists traveling through Sacramento should be unaffected. The 2-mile stretch of freeway (more…)

 

Tue 15 Apr 2008

Delta and Northwest in $3 Billion Deal

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Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines agreed to merge late Monday, in a $3.1 billion deal that would create the world’s biggest airline and could prompt other (more…)

 

Mon 14 Apr 2008

Wi-Fi poised for pilot flights at 4 airlines

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Wireless Internet is literally taking off. We’re talking cruising at 35,000 feet above the Earth. A handful of airlines are poised to offer wireless Internet access inside their planes, (more…)

 

Sun 13 Apr 2008

Behind Air Chaos, an F.A.A. Pendulum Swing

Posted by admin under Utilities , National , Travel , Transportation  No Comments 

For all the headaches of flying in the United States, the domestic airlines were until recently considered a logistical marvel, moving two million people a day with remarkably few accidents. (more…)

 

Fri 11 Apr 2008

American cancels another 1,500 flights

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American Airlines cancelled 570 flights on Friday, setting up US airports for a fourth day of chaos and bringing the number of flights cancelled by the carrier this week to more than 3000. (more…)

 

Thu 10 Apr 2008

New Delays Loom as F.A.A. Expands Airliner Review

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Plane.jpg   Air travelers, whose plans have already been disrupted by thousands of canceled flights recently, may face continued chaos in coming weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes (more…)

 

Fri 4 Apr 2008

Inspectors Say F.A.A. Ignored Violations

Posted by admin under National , Travel , Transportation  No Comments 

Plane.jpg   The Federal Aviation Administration may know considerably less about the state of airline safety than it claims, a parade of witnesses and lawmakers said at a Congressional hearing on Thursday. Three F.A.A. inspectors testified that their agency had allowed Southwest Airlines to fly uninspected planes, and that the airline had continued to fly the planes even after it later (more…)

 

Wed 2 Apr 2008

Inaugural service of “Palmdale flyer”: New Bus Service Connects Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley to LA/Palmdale Airport

Posted by admin under County of LA , Travel , Transportation  No Comments 

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich joined local officials and members of the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valley community on the (more…)

 

Wed 26 Mar 2008

N.Y.’s Passenger Bill of Rights struck down

Posted by admin under Travel , Law/ Courts , Transportation  No Comments 

States can’t require airlines to provide food, water and fresh air to passengers stuck on the ground during long delays, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in overturning (more…)

 

Thu 31 Jan 2008

Passports required today at U.S. borders with Mexico, Canada

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Bracing for lengthy delays as a new security law takes effect, officials said Wednesday that officers will be added at U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada to try to ease passport-inspection problems. Beginning today, Americans (more…)

 

Tue 18 Dec 2007

LAX officials to present Safety Report in January

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Los Angeles airport officials agreed Monday to report to the city’s Board of Airport Commissioners in January about whether they can expedite an environmental study on how to reconfigure the north airfield at LAX to reduce (more…)

 

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