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Issue 13 June 28, 2010
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News from LAWA

 Los Angeles International Airport Receives Silver Award for Best U.S. Airport by Executive Travel Magazine

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2010 DIAMOND SPONSOR LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS
 
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8th Annual Legislative Summit  June 9-10, 2010 - Washington D.C.

 

More than 100 members of NBTA descended on Capitol Hill to discuss issues that impact our business travel community 

 

 View full report 

 
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Recognizing Excellence in Service 
 
 United Airlines
 
 This month, we will begin a new addition to News Bytes called "Recognizing Excellence in Service" to showcase an industry service provider each month that has provided excellent service to one of our members or their clients by retelling the story of how the excellent service came to be; we begin June 2010 with a story from Frank Dolce, Director of Legislative Affairs:
 
United Airlines makes an emergency landing at DFW
 

"...Returning to Los Angeles from the NBTA Legislative Summit Saturday June 12th, my flight, UA49, a Boeing 757-200, made an emergency landing at DFW" (Dolce)

 

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Submit your story of Excellent Service to:
Kathleen Sedlmayr, Dir of Communications
 
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In This Issue
News from LAWA
News from Legislative Affairs
Excellence in Service
Vote Now
LABTA Community
Event Calendar
LABTA Twitter
Bits for Bytes
July Meeting
Heal the Bay
NBTA PAC
TSA Week at a glance
Aviation History
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Calendar 
 
June 28   News Bytes
July 12    News Bytes
July 14  Monthly Meeting
July 17   Heal The Bay
July 26    News Bytes
Aug 8-11 NBTAHouston
Aug 09    News Bytes
Aug 23    News Bytes
Sep 06    News Bytes
Sep 20    News Bytes
Oct 04     News Bytes
Oct 18     News Bytes 
Oct 23  LA Foodbank 
 
 
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July Meeting

 
 LABTA celebrates its 40th Anniversary
 
July Corporate Sponsor 
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PalomarHotelWestwood 

 
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HealTheBay2010 
Coming up - July 17, 2010
 
Join your fellow members for a fun day at Venice Beach
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TSA Week at a Glance
  06/14/10 to 06/20/10
 
  • 4 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
  • 10 firearms found at checkpoints
  • 3 passengers were arrested after investigations of   suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents  
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    This Week in Aviation History
     
    July 2, 1937 8:45 A.M. (local time) Amelia Earhart spoke these words: "We are running north and south" to ITASCA; these were the last words heard from Amelia. Earhart and her flying partner Fred Noonan were never heard from again.
     
    Amelia Earhart's biography can be read on the Amelia Earhart Official website
     
     
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