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EDITORIAL SEEDS OF REGIONALIZATION PALMDALE AIRPORT'S DAY IS ON THE HORIZON.


THE executives who run two of the country's largest airlines, United and Delta, are interested in adding Palmdale Airport Palmdale Airport may refer to:

A very large airport in Palmdale, California which has 2 facilities that share its runways:
  • Palmdale Regional Airport, in Palmdale, California, a commercial passenger airport.
 to their schedules -- showing that regionalizing air traffic throughout Southern California is not only possible, it's inevitable.

Both airlines submitted proposals last week to provide service -- or rather, provide anew. Once upon a time, both airlines flew into the high-desert airport.

The competition of these two aviation giants to serve Palmdale is good news not only for high-desert residents, but also for Angelenos.

An ever-expanding Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation).

“KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation).

Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX
 -- and all its associated impacts -- isn't realistic. Drawing travelers from far-flung areas onto L.A.'s congested con·gest·ed
adj.
Affected with or characterized by congestion.


congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion.
 roads toward an already gridlocked grid·lock  
n.
1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets.

2.
 Westside doesn't make much sense.

Palmdale -- or rather LA/Palmdale Airport, as it's now called -- has a real future for air travel in a fast-growing area, and this latest turn is proof that regionalization regionalization Managed care The subdivision of a broadly available service–eg, a blood bank, into quasi-autonomous regional centers, capable of making decisions and providing more cost-effective and/or faster service to hospitals and health care facilities,  isn't only a good idea, it's the future.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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Date:Jan 10, 2007
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