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• Long Beach’s 75,000 Pound Weight Limit

  It’s been awhile since I last wrote about Long Beach, so I thought last week’s Airport Advisory Commission meeting would be a good opportunity for me to bring it up again. Now that the plans for the new terminal (scheduled to break ground... Posted Jul 21 2009, 03:16 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Government Regulation, LGB - Long Beach

• This Week on BNET (May 25 - 29)

  Long Beach Airport Garage and Terminal Plans Move Forward The airport is starting to put forth more concrete plans, and it’s sounding pretty good. Southwest Pushes WestJet Codeshare, Shifts Priorities WestJet announced yesterday that Southwest was... Posted May 30 2009, 03:58 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Advertising, Air New Zealand, Alliances, BNET, Labor Relations, LGB - Long Beach, Southwest, United, Westjet

• Long Beach City Council Responds to JetBlue with Mixed Signals

  For those of you who don’t live in the LA area, the interview with Dave Barger I published last week is probably a distant memory. But for those living in this area, and especially those in Long Beach, this has become a very hot topic indeed. A... Posted Apr 09 2009, 04:11 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: JetBlue, LGB - Long Beach

• JetBlue Back at LAX, Should We Believe Them This Time?

  It was almost a year ago that JetBlue announced it would begin flying to LAX in addition to its main Southern California operation at Long Beach along with smaller operations at Burbank and Ontario. Once fuel started climbing, they walked away from LAX... Posted Feb 03 2009, 03:54 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: JetBlue, LAX - Los Angeles, LGB - Long Beach, Schedule Changes

• Burbank Looks to Add Curfew While LAX Keeps Expanding

  Remember that whole strategy from LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about airport regionalization? Well, it took yet another step backward yesterday with the recommendation of the Burbank airport authority to enact a hard curfew (via this excellent Airliners... Posted Mar 25 2008, 03:00 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: BUR - Burbank, Korean Air, LAX - Los Angeles, LGB - Long Beach