Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that it will indeed fly out
of Long Beach Airport, although the airline has not yet revealed its
destinations.
The Dallas-based airline plans to make those details public during a Thursday morning media conference at the Queen Mary.
Long Beach officials offered four flight slots to Southwest after former LGB chief Bryant L. Francis determined the city’s noise ordinance required the city to allow airlines to increase the amount of business they do at LGB.
The noise law essentially creates a budget of allowable aircraft noise around LGB and Francis relied on multiple studies to conclude that since modern jet engines are quieter than earlier technologies, observed noise levels have fallen to levels that are low enough to mandate an increase in flight operations at LGB.
Historically, the noise law has allowed 41 flights at LGB. Francis announced in December that LGB will allow a total of nine new flight slots.
LGB has offered four slots to Southwest. JetBlue Airways Corp., which is LGB’s primary carrier, received an offer for three slots and Delta Air Lines was offered two slots.
JetBlue recently announced plans to add a flight from LGB to Reno-Tahoe International Airport as well as increasing its service from Long Beach to San Francisco and Oakland.
Long Beach’s City Council has also taken action to undertake a controversial study to determine whether JetBlue’s interest in offering international flights at LGB makes business sense.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story listed an incorrect city where JetBlue is increasing its service. The airline is adding flights to Oakland, not Ontario.
From=http://www.presstelegram.com/business/20160329/southwest-says-it-will-fly-out-of-long-beach-airport
The Dallas-based airline plans to make those details public during a Thursday morning media conference at the Queen Mary.
Long Beach officials offered four flight slots to Southwest after former LGB chief Bryant L. Francis determined the city’s noise ordinance required the city to allow airlines to increase the amount of business they do at LGB.
The noise law essentially creates a budget of allowable aircraft noise around LGB and Francis relied on multiple studies to conclude that since modern jet engines are quieter than earlier technologies, observed noise levels have fallen to levels that are low enough to mandate an increase in flight operations at LGB.
Historically, the noise law has allowed 41 flights at LGB. Francis announced in December that LGB will allow a total of nine new flight slots.
LGB has offered four slots to Southwest. JetBlue Airways Corp., which is LGB’s primary carrier, received an offer for three slots and Delta Air Lines was offered two slots.
JetBlue recently announced plans to add a flight from LGB to Reno-Tahoe International Airport as well as increasing its service from Long Beach to San Francisco and Oakland.
Long Beach’s City Council has also taken action to undertake a controversial study to determine whether JetBlue’s interest in offering international flights at LGB makes business sense.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story listed an incorrect city where JetBlue is increasing its service. The airline is adding flights to Oakland, not Ontario.
From=http://www.presstelegram.com/business/20160329/southwest-says-it-will-fly-out-of-long-beach-airport
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