None of them are new airports. SOmeone mentioned Denver experiences. That was a proving ground that the other airport had to close. Look at the costs the airlines had to absorb in order to go there. I am not against airport expansion/new airports personally. I favor it. But economically and politically it won't happen. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <dmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:15 PM Subject: Re: SFGate: Airline executives warned to ease flight delays at O'Hare in Chicago > Gerard M Foley wrote: > > > New York and Washington have three airports apiece. How many does Los > > Angeles have? > > Los Angeles World Airports operates four airports, two with airline > service and two without: LAX, Ontario, Palmdale, and Van Nuys. In > addition, Burbank, Long Beach, and Orange County/John Wayne are all > considered "Los Angeles area" airports as well. > > So basically, Los Angeles is served by five airports that have > commercial service. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com >