September 28 - October 4, 2015
Ontario Airport passenger count rises, thanks to international flights- Press Enterprise
Passenger traffic at Ontario International Airport rose 2.26 percent in August over the previous year, driven by flights to Mexico that weren’t being offered in 2014. Domestic passengers dropped for the third month in a row.
The Inland airport saw 17,549 passengers for flights to Guadalajara and Mexico City offered by AeroMexico and Volaris in August, compared to 8,731 for the same month in 2014, an increase of 101 percent.
AeroMexico began offering direct flights to Mexico City from ONT in April in addition to its flights to Guadalajara. Volaris has added more flight service to Guadalajara during the summer months.
Domestic passengers were at 351,082 in August, down .19 percent from year-ago figures of 351,750 . It was the third drop in domestic passengers in the year-over-year count since May.
Ontario and Los Angeles officials are supposed to reach a final agreement later this month to put Los Angeles on the path to returning Ontario International Airport to Inland control by October 2016.
A tentative agreement reached by the two cities in August will deed the airport back to Ontario, which ceded control of it to Los Angeles in 1967, and ownership in 1985.
The $190 million agreement includes a 10-year schedule of $150 million in payments to Los Angeles from the Ontario International Airport Authority for improvements Los Angeles made during its stewardship.
Ontario also has agreed to leave another $40 million behind when it leaves Los Angeles World Airports, the body that oversaw ONT.
Ontario had sued Los Angeles to regain the airport in 2013, claiming it suffered billions of dollars in economic damage after the Inland airport began losing flights, and millions of passengers, after 2007.
Ontario claimed Los Angeles had breached its contract to promote ONT as a regional “feeder” airport for Los Angeles International Airport, also controlled by LAWA.
The two sides announced the tentative settlement days before trial was to begin.
Passengers at LAX in August were 7.1 million, up 5.8 percent over the previous year.
John Wayne Airport posts August results
Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in August 2015 when compared to August 2014. In August 2015, the Airport served 936,949 passengers, an increase of 12.2% when compared with the August 2014 passenger traffic count of 834,765. Year-to-date passenger traffic was up by 6.7%
Commercial aircraft operations increased 8.0%, while commuter aircraft operations stayed the same when compared to August 2014 levels.
September 7- September 13, 2015
Monthly passenger count rises at Bob Hope Airport - Burbank Leader
Though below projections, the hike follows five months of similar increases.
It’s the first time since 2007 that the airport’s passenger numbers have increased through the first half of the year, according to a statement from the airport released Tuesday. Airfield officials attributed the increase to the airlines’ seasonal adjustments in June for summer travel, which ramped up the number of flights from Burbank.
Other airports in the region also reported boosts in passenger tallies for July. The number of travelers at Los Angeles International Airport rose by 6%. There was also a nearly 11% gain at John Wayne Airport in Orange County and a 1.45% increase at Ontario International Airport.
However, Long Beach Airport saw a 17.6% decrease for the month, continuing a trend of monthly declines that has the airport’s passenger traffic down 12.6% for the year, so far.
Airlines over more of O.C.? 'Completely unacceptable,' county and Newport tell FAA - Daily Pilot
Residents have expressed anxiety about the agency's proposal to let planes approach and depart over multiple communities.
Newport Beach residents have expressed unease about the increased noise that could result from the Federal Aviation Administration's proposal to alter flight paths from John Wayne Airport. The Orange County Board of Supervisors and Newport Beach city officials sent letters to the FAA this week outlining the concerns.
The possible change to flight paths is part of the FAA's efforts to replace traditional, ground-based air traffic procedures with satellite-based technology at 11 Southern California airports, including John Wayne. The changes are part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, which the FAA believes has the potential to save fuel, reduce emissions and delays, and shorten flight times.
The agency hopes to improve airport access in congested air traffic areas and establish flight plans that are less dispersed than they have been historically.
However, maps attached to the FAA's draft environmental assessment show broad swaths of the county where aircraft could approach and depart from JWA. This could result in planes flying over areas of Newport Beach that have not previously had to deal with many overhead flights, including Big Canyon, Corona del Mar and Newport Coast.
The maps also suggest that aircraft could operate as far north as Laguna Woods and as far south as Dana Point and approach the airport in a way that would affect communities from Yorba Linda through Irvine.
The FAA's noise studies associated with the project found no "significant or reportable noise impacts," according to the environmental report.
This isn't the first time that the FAA has proposed changes to flight paths at John Wayne Airport.
In 2009, the FAA implemented its DUUKE ONE departure pattern, which angered residents in Irvine Terrace and on the eastside of Upper Newport Bay. Neighbors said more flights flew over their homes as a result. After a few adjustments, the FAA renamed the pattern STREL and moved flights farther west, away from the Bluffs community.
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