Laura Sturza
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vice Mayor Stacey Murphy met with Federal Aviation
Association Authorities to urge them to develop Palmdale Airport, which
could relieve projected passenger increases at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
Airport.
"My real goal is to keep Burbank a regional airport, and let other
airports handle the transcontinental and other long haul flights," Murphy
said.
By developing Palmdale, the FAA could give its necessary approval of
Burbank's request for a cap on flights and a curfew, Murphy said.
"Maybe they would see that it wouldn't harm air traffic throughout the
region," Murphy said. "If there were sufficient flights at other
airports, maybe our airport wouldn't be pushed to grow to the numbers
that are projected."
She went Tuesday as part of a nine-member delegation from the Southern
California Association of Governments.
