Los Angeles International Airport

The parent company for American Airlines, the nation's third largest carrier, filed for bankruptcy, citing high labor costs and a volatile economy. American Airlines, the largest carrier at Los Angeles International Airport, and a carrier at Bob Hope...

Airline passenger traffic at Bob Hope Airport dropped by 6% in May compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures — marking the third consecutive monthly drop that has pushed revenue below projections. The airport reported...

In marketing class, it’s called disruption: A business does something completely out of the ordinary for its industry, and customers either say, “Dude, that was weird,” or they latch on and enjoy the ride. Though it may not translate...

The number of passengers using Bob Hope Airport dropped in April as high fuel prices spurred airlines to raise fares and reduce service to common destinations. The number of commercial travelers arriving or departing from Burbank fell by 5.2% in April...

In just a few short years, Bob Hope Airport will go from being a bit haphazard to grown-up regional transit hub. With the $120-million transit center given the go-ahead earlier this week by the City Council, all that stands in the way of ground...

Parking rates will rise by $1 at Bob Hope Airport next year as officials beef up for what is expected to be a long and costly legal battle with Lockheed Martin over who should pay for cleaning polluted groundwater beneath the airfield. In pitching the...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....

Headlines for Thursday,  May  23,  2013 GODSMACK: Sully Gets Own Guitar Godsmack frontman Sully Erna is the latest musician to get his own signature guitar. Gibson's Sully Erna Les Paul Studio model is ebony black with a Godsmack sun emblem on the body...

Despite Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti's lofty rhetoric during the campaign, Los Angeles City Hall could quickly bring him crashing back to earth, with real-life struggles about to unfold over employee salaries, overtime pay and city spending overall. Join...

In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...

Last week, I visited a South Los Angeles woman whose story should embarrass us. It's a story that's not uncommon, and deserves the full attention of the next mayor of the city. Alicia, whose full name I'm withholding because she's afraid her boss...

Though turnout numbers were not yet available from election officials Tuesday afternoon, voters were few and far between at many polling places across the city. Tuesday's contest -- where L.A. will determine its next mayor, city controller and city...