Hawaiian Airlines adding flights for Southland travelers -
LA Times
Beginning June 11, Hawaiian Airlines,
will add a second daily nonstop between Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX) and Kahului (OGG), the main airport on Maui.
The added nonstop will operate for 14 weeks using an Airbus A330-200.
Prices in June start at $400 each way.
Hawaiian will also begin seasonal nonstop service to Kona (KOA), on the
Big Island of Hawaii, and Lihue (LIH), on Kauai in late May.
Website Editor: Nonstop
Hawaii service would be welcome news for JWA travelers who lost their
last nonstop flights to the islands in April 2008 when Aloha Airlines
abruptly closed after filing for bankruptcy.
JWA passenger traffic up without more flights in November
Airline passenger traffic at John
Wayne Airport increased in November 2014 as compared to November 2013.
In November 2014, the Airport served 767,315 passengers, an increase of
3.8% when compared to the November 2013 passenger traffic count of
739,031.
Commercial aircraft operations decreased 1.6%.
For the eleven months year-to-date, passenger volume was up by 1.6%
while the number of commercial operations dropped by 5.5%.
International passenger volume year-to-date was off by 25.4%.
December 15 - December 21, 2014
Bob Hope Airport reports higher passenger numbers -
Burbank Leader
The number of passengers at Bob Hope Airport increased by more than 5%
each in September and October compared to the same period last year,
the most significant increase since 2008.
Earlier this year, passenger traffic was up 1.8% in August and 1.2% in
July, compared with numbers from the same months last year.
“This commission has been waiting to see these kinds of results here
now for, what, seven years,” said Dan Feger, the airport's executive
director.
Feger said he hoped that the increased passenger traffic was a sign of
an improving economy.
In past months, Feger had suggested that part of the decline in United
passengers may have been due to federally mandated safety work that had
closed two of four runways at San Francisco International Airport from
May through August, reducing the number of flights on the
Burbank-to-San Francisco route.
Other airports in the region also reported increases in passenger
tallies for October. The number of travelers at Ontario International
Airport rose by 7.69%, while there was a 6.79% hike at Los Angeles
International Airport. Long Beach Airport also saw a slight rise of
0.6%.
December 8 - December 14, 2014
City Council Supports Plan To Eliminate Two Runways At LGB
- Long Beach Gazette
Following an Airfield Geometric Study designed to evaluate the
efficiency and safety of the airstrips and taxiways at Long Beach
Airport, the City Council last week voted in support of eliminating two
of the airport’s five runways.
Removing the two north-south runways won’t in any way change commercial
or general aviation traffic patterns, and won't impact the city’s noise
ordinance, said Reggie Harrison, interim director of LGB.
“The two runways that are recommended for elimination have not been in
operation for a number of years, in great part due to them not being
needed,” Harrison said.
December 1 - December 7, 2014
LAX increases market share as that of Ontario airport, others
shrink - LA Times
Most airports in the area are growing again, but figures released
Monday underscore just how much Los Angeles International Airport
dominates the market and continues to frustrate the goals of a lawsuit
settlement to spread airline traffic across the region..
A new study presented to the Ontario International Airport Authority
board shows that LAX will handle a record 71.4 million airline
passengers this year and has increased its market share as of September
to 76.4%, the highest in 25 years.
“The fact is that the attempt by Los Angeles to regionalize aviation in
Southern California has failed miserably. We need to bring local
control back to the airport.”
- Ontario Mayor Pro Tem Alan Wapner
According to airport figures, the number of passengers at LA/Ontario
has increased about 4.1% during the first 10 months of this year from
about 3.29 million to 3.42 million. It has been predicted that the
volume will be about 4.1 million by the end of the year.
Though the number of passengers is up, the report indicates that
airlines will continue to pull available seats out of the LA/Ontario
market and reduce flight schedules into 2015, the eighth consecutive
year that carriers have reduced capacity.
In addition to LA/Ontario, the data shows that Palm Springs
International Airport and John Wayne Airport in Orange County have
experienced some passenger growth since the recession, whereas Bob Hope
Airport in Burbank and Long Beach Airport have had recent declines in
travelers. City taking airport feud to
L.A. mayor - Press
Enterprise
Ontario officials went public Monday with a request to meet with Los
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to discuss local control of Ontario
International Airport because negotiations with L.A. World Airports
broke down in September.
After a meeting of the Ontario International Airport Authority on
Monday, board President Alan Wapner said Los Angeles World Airports
Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey broke off the negotiations Sept.
18 after raising the price for the airport by $200 million.
The two sides had agreed on a price, which Wapner declined to disclose.
Ontario’s lead negotiator, Al Boling, got the Ontario City Council to
approve the price. But when he next met with Lindsey, she added $200
million to the cost, Wapner said.
When asked if she would accept a counter-offer if Boling could get one
approved, Lindsey said no, effectively ending the negotiations, Wapner
said.
LB Council to study airport noise ordinance
mid-January in light of talks about international flights -
Signal Tribune
Residents who
fought to keep airlines from expanding at Long Beach Airport in order
to protect homes underneath flight paths are preparing for what may
become a new battle.
The Long Beach
City Council at its meeting on Nov. 11 voted unanimously (8-0) to
conduct a study session on the airport’s noise ordinance mid-January
after recent discussions about the potential for bringing international
flights to the airport.
Earlier this
year, it was revealed in a city memo that airport management had been
studying the possibility of building a federal inspection services
(FIS) facility for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enable
international travel. Airport staff, however, have indicated that the
potential development is only in “preliminary” stages and would require
a three-year-plus process.
Executives with
the airport’s primary commercial airline, JetBlue Airways, have
expressed interest in having international flights from Long Beach
Airport, possibly to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The airport
noise ordinance, which was officially passed in 1995 after years of
litigation between the City and airlines involving input from affected
homeowners, allows airlines and regional commuter jets to fly only
during specific time slots that are allocated in a lottery. The
ordinance permits airlines to fly between the hours of 7am and 10pm or
face fines that range from $100 to $300 per violation, according to the
airport’s website.
Airport
spokesperson Kerry Gerot sent an email to the Signal Tribune this week
stating that the City is not proposing any changes to the noise
ordinance regardless of the potential for a U.S. Customs facility.