From Rick's report:
"Air travel in Southern California has finally surpassed pre-9/11 levels. El Toro Airport slayer Len Kranser reports the region handled 61 million travelers for the first eight months, up 2.5% from last year and breaking the record set in 2001. Yet LAX handled 3.5 million fewer passengers through August than it did in 2001—Long Beach, John Wayne, Ontario, Burbank and Palm Springs accounted for the gains. Kranser says JWA is up to 900,000 passengers a month; annualized, that’s more than the airport’s 10.3 million-passenger cap and right at its future cap of 10.8 million. So Kranser wonders why the airport is “spending $652 million on a capital improvement program billed as necessary to achieve 10.8 MAP?” He predicts JWA will take away airlines’ seat allocations to remain within the limit."
While Newport Beach has been in the midst of a City Hall battle, the proliferation of Sober Living/Rehab homes on the Balboa Peninsula (and seeping into other parts of the City), John Wayne Airport has been quietly breaking its monthly Passenger load records.
But we have nothing to get nervous about now right?
At least not until our own City Manager starts getting nervous. From Homer's own mouth from the September 17 LA Times:
"My nervousness will start Jan. 1, 2016, when the agreement goes away..."
Why get nervous now while all the warning lights are furiously blinking?
Like a freaking Christmas tree...
Please get involved now, and hopefully our City Council will follow with NEW negotiations, specifically regarding Passenger Limits and the Curfew.
AirFair - http://www.jwairfair.com/
Airport Working Group - http://www.eltoronow.org/
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