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heliport
heliport airport designed exclusively for helicopter traffic.... Read more |
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airport
airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo. There are about 16,000 airports in the United States, ranging from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International... Read more |
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Culver City
Culver City city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. Directly south of the city is Los... Read more |
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Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001
Airline Security ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER Following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, airline and airport security reform was a key aspect of international anti-terrorist efforts. Although some nations, such as Great Britain and Israel, had created... Read more |
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El Segundo
El Segundo , industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and refined oil products. There is also aerospace research. It was founded (1911) as... Read more |
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Airport terminals
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Escalator
Escalator Background An escalator is a power-driven, continuous moving stairway designed to transport passengers up and down short vertical distances. Escalators are used around the world to move pedestrian traffic in places where elevators would be impractical. Principal... Read more |
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Palm Springs
Palm Springs city (1990 pop. 40,181), Riverside co., S Calif.; founded 1876, inc. 1938. It is a verdant desert oasis and a resort with classic mid-20th cent. architecture, many golf courses, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. There is an international airport. It was known to the Spanish as early... Read more |
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Reykjavik
Reykjavík , city (1993 pop. 101,824), capital of Iceland, SW Iceland, on the Faxaflói. It is the center of the cod-fishing industry and the chief commercial and industrial hub of Iceland. Publishing, food processing, and textile manufacturing are important industries. Reykjavík... Read more |
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Gander
Gander town (1991 pop. 10,339), NE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. Gander's airport, an important base in World War II, is a hub for international flights; it also attracts many refugees. It was the site of a Dec., 1985, plane crash that killed 256 passengers, 248 of them U.S. soldiers returning from... Read more |
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Passenger Traffic at Santa Barbara, Calif., Airport Increases 15 Percent.
...economy. Traffic started to...contrast, passenger traffic at much smaller...Airport was down last month...in July, down from the...Oxnard and Los Angeles International ... |
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LAWA officials consider shutting one ONT terminal
...plummet in passenger traffic. During...redistribute air traffic between ONT and Los Angeles International Airport, which are...LAWA. "Traffic continues...traffic from ... |
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Ontario, Calif., Airport Fared Better Than Others in 2001.
...percent more passengers in 2001 than...hobbled Ontario International Airport...airport's passenger count stayed...earlier, the airport reported Friday. Ontario International handled 6.70 million ... |
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Ontario officials reject LAWA's report
...rejected Los Angeles World Airports' recommendations...Ontario International Airport, calling...shutting down one terminal...operates ONT and Los Angeles International ... |
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Ontario area hotels may see better times, but ONT's problems are slowing down...
...International Airport has gotten...4 million passengers who flew...decline in traffic when compared...Meanwhile, passenger traffic at LAX climbed 5...8 million passengers. ... |
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Ontario, Calif., Tourism on the Mend.
...at Ontario International Airport and...81 million passengers, up from 3.76 million for...nonprofit Los Angeles County Economic...we sit down and talk...airport, traffic has ... |
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PUBLIC FORUM; ACT OF TERROR
...nature of the LAX shooting...the Bradley International Terminal...occurred at an airport with only...the entire airport would have been shut down for hours...totally shut down LAX. - Raiford...Regional ... |
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Energy Watch.
...airlineOs traffic and unit...total of $76 million from...on revenue down 7%. "The...could slow down the pace...seats for international premium customers, airport VIP lounges...IATA The International Air ... |