San Diego Needs an Airport to Compete Globally

Monday, May 30, 2005
San Diego Needs an Airport to Compete Globally, Experts Say
CalTrade Report

SAN DIEGO – San Diego could take advantage of a world of trade opportunities, if only it had the proper airport, according to participants at the recent TradeVisions Conference.

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McClellan-Paloma Manager Retires

Saturday, May 28, 2005
Carlsbad airport manager takes off for good Best retires; 13 years at McClellan-Palomar
By Michael Burge
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune

CARLSBAD – Floyd Best drove around the airport that he has managed for the past 10 years and pointed out hangars being built for the future wave of corporate and charter jets that find McClellan-Palomar Airport a perfect base of operation.

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Santa Paula Airport

Thursday, May 26, 2005
Airport Alliance Proposed
Santa Paula airfield and city officials are discussing sharing the facility’s ownership.
By Gregory W. Griggs
The Los Angeles (CA) Times

Santa Paula Airport officials, who have been forced to limit flights since winter storms crippled the facility’s only runway, met with the city’s top administrator this week to discuss shared ownership of the 75-year-old private airfield northeast of Ventura.

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Palo Alto Airport FAA Grants in Limbo

Friday, May 20, 2005
Airport could lose grant
P.A. AND COUNTY CAN’T AGREE ON ITS FUTURE
By Dan Stober
The San Jose (CA) Mercury News

A $1.3 million federal grant for security fences, runway lights and a weather station at the Palo Alto Airport may be in jeopardy because the city and Santa Clara County can’t come to terms over the airport’s long-range future.

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Closed Military Bases Closed to Airport Expansion

Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Obstacles Can Stop Efforts to Reuse Bases
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Regional planners saw a great chance to open a much needed commercial airport in Southern California after the sprawling El Toro Marine Corps Air Station closed in 1999. But six years later, the base 50 miles south of Los Angeles is in limbo.

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Bob Hope Airport

Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Airport budget cleared for takeoff
By Alex Dobuzinskis
The Los Angeles (CA) Daily News

BURBANK — The authority overseeing Bob Hope Airport unanimously approved a $74.3 million budget Monday that increases spending by $16.9 million and sets aside money to resurface the runways.

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