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Old Posted Sep 4, 2016, 2:01 AM
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SAN BERNARDINO: Airport could become drone research hub

San Bernardino International Airport could become ground zero for commercial drone research and technology.

The airport is partnering with Tesla Foundation Group, not connected to Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors, but a leader in the field of drone use and technology.

“The (drone) industry is evolving and we are trying to evolve with it,” said Mark Gibbs, director of aviation at SBIA.

Airport officials and the Tesla Foundation Group have been working to find other partners, resources and systems to support the National Commercial Drone Research Center, the “think tank and research and development center,” Gibbs said, which could open next year.
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New $148-million connector at LAX improves passenger access between domestic and international terminals

For years, making many flight connections at Los Angeles International Airport has required a walk outside the terminal or a shuttle bus ride, as well as re-screening at a security checkpoint.

LAX officials say a new $148.5-million passenger facility that opened Thursday will end those inconveniences for many passengers.

The new Terminal 4 connector allows travelers to move between the recently expanded Tom Bradley International Terminal on the west side of the airport and the five terminals on the airport’s south-facing side, which is home to dozens of airlines including United, American, Delta and Alaska. About 52.3 million passengers — 70% of the airport’s total — passed through those terminals last year, officials said.

Travelers can now cross between these terminals without going outside or leaving secure areas — although anyone flying into the Bradley terminal will still be required to go through customs and immigration.
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Elon Musk's Mars plan involves giant reusable rockets, spaceships flying 100 people

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk envisions a fleet of 1,000 spaceships embarking en masse for Mars, establishing a self-sustaining colony of as many as 1 million people and turning humans into a multiplanetary species within 40 to 100 years.

“There are really two fundamental paths,” Musk said. “One path is we stay on Earth forever and there will be some eventual extinction event. The other is to become a ... multiplanet species, which I hope you will agree is the way to go."

SpaceX has defied the odds before. It jump-started the private space industry, challenging traditional aerospace companies that held a monopoly on launching national security satellites. The company has successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket 27 times and made history when it landed used, first-stage boosters back on land and sea six times.

The company already has completed development work on a massive, carbon-fiber fuel tank for the Mars ship, and it has test fired the Raptor interplanetary transport engine.
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Long Beach Airport could get an international terminal

A long-awaited study on the feasibility of allowing international flights in and out of Long Beach Airport concluded that such flights would not exceed local noise restrictions and would generate millions of dollars in spending by international travelers.

The study by Jacobs Engineering, released this week, found that new international flights could replace existing domestic flights without exceeding current noise limits. But to screen international passengers and luggage, the airport must build a federal inspection facility at a cost of $17.3 million to $21.6 million, the report said.

As a benefit, international travelers flying to Long Beach could spend $57 million to $104 million in the first five years after international flights begin service, the report said. The new international screening facility could also generate 350 new jobs.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...nap-story.html
http://la.curbed.com/2016/10/6/13183...ional-terminal
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Reopened Terminal 6 at LAX designed to mimic a drive down Sunset Boulevard

The terminal, which reopened Wednesday following a $70.5 million renovation, is the latest in an airportwide modernization project. It was designed to mimic a drive along Sunset Boulevard, beginning in downtown Los Angeles and ending at the beach, according Los Angeles International Airport officials.

The new look begins after the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, with concrete and metallic finishes meant to resemble downtown, giving way to an open space modeled after Sunset Plaza. Renovated hallways then transform into the Sunset Strip section of the terminal, and then to the Garden Terrace zone, where many of the terminal’s new restaurants and shops will be housed.

Travelers will end their trip down Sunset Boulevard at gates modeled after the California coast.
http://la.curbed.com/2016/10/19/1333...odel-westfield
http://www.sgvtribune.com/business/2...nset-boulevard
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Local control arrives Tuesday for Ontario airport

The city of Los Angeles is set to hand over L.A./Ontario International Airport to its home city at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, a year after the transfer was agreed upon by both cities.

Regional officials who championed the hand-over said local control would bring about the needed policies that would increase destinations, traffic and economic growth at the airport and surrounding area.

Under the agreement, Ontario International Airport Authority will pay Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) $50 million from passenger facility charges in the first five years; and another $70 million from passenger facility charges in the final five years.

Local airport authority officials say full control will allow them to finally move forward on plans to redevelop land at the airport. The money generated there will help offset the landing fee costs and — they hope — entice airlines to return and expand flights.
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$1.3 billion terminal wing due at LAX

Airport commissioners authorized the use of $1.3 billion to cover the construction of a new wing of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, it was announced Friday.

The Board of Airport Commissioners this week approved the appropriation of the funds, which included a change order to increase the cost of the project by $355 million.

The concourse, which will be in a satellite location on the LAX airfield, will include 12 gates at the north end with enough room for wide- bodied aircrafts such as the Airbus 380 and Boeing’s 777 and 787 models.

There are plans in a future phase of the project to build seven gates at the south end of the satellite concourse.
http://mynewsla.com/business/2016/11...lax-see-video/
http://www.lawa.org/newsContent.aspx?ID=2259

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Earlier today, the Metro Board of Directors certified the final environmental impact report for the Airport Metro Connector's 96th Street Transit Station, which would connect the Green and Crenshaw/LAX lines to an automated people mover that would serve the LAX central terminal area.

The nearly $600-million project, funded by Measure R and M tax dollars, would would create a multimodal transit center on a 9.5-acre site one mile east of the airport. In addition to the people mover station, the project will include three light rail platforms, a bus plaza, a bicycle hub and passenger pick-up and drop-off areas.
http://urbanize.la/post/lax-rail-lin...s-major-hurdle
http://la.curbed.com/2016/12/1/13809...nstruction-eir
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