Then & Now

May 18, 2006
The March 1998 edition of AIRPORT BUSINESS featured Los Angeles International Airport executive director Jack Driscoll, who had been in the middle of a rates and charges debate with DOT/FAA.

The March 1998 edition of AIRPORT BUSINESS featured Los Angeles International Airport executive director Jack Driscoll, who had been in the middle of a rates and charges debate with DOT/FAA. Much of the discussion centered around revenue diversion — a mayoral campaign which sought to divert dollars from the airport to the city’s coffers, thus serving as a primary catalyst. Driscoll has since retired and today serves as the CEO of Los Angeles-based Neptune Networks, an Internet services provider to airports.

LAX, meanwhile, has gone through a number of starts and stops on its updated master plan. It has also seen the departure and return of executive director Lydia H. Kennard. The City of Los Angeles recently agreed to settle various lawsuits which had held up implementation of the revised LAX Master Plan.

With the recent settlement, the airport is beginning its LAX South Airfield Improvement Project. At the same time, LAX is preparing to become one of the first U.S. airports to receive the Airbus A380, expected to enter commercial service later this year.