United ending Palmdale service

Posted by Rick Orlov on September 19, 2008 5:36 AM | | Comments (0) |

United Airlines will pull service from L.A./Palmdale Regional Airport on Dec. 7, dealing a massive setback in the effort to divert air traffic from Los Angeles International Airport to outlying facilities. Art Marroquin in the Daily News.

Record-high fuel costs and a general lack of traveler interest hampered United since it launched service between Palmdale and San Francisco on June 7, 2007.

"I'm not surprised at all because this wasn't a lucrative route to begin with," said Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who represents the LAX area and has long supported spreading air traffic to other local airports.

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