Fliers Beware: Runway Down for Upgrades at LAX

One of the busiest airports in the world is getting an overhaul. The Los Angeles International Airport closed one of its four runways last weekend for eight (count em, eight!) months. This is part of a two-year, $333-million modernization project, and has LA natives fearing for the worst. With 25 percent of the capacity shut down, and LAX serving18.7 million passengers this summer (that's 200,000 more than last year), there are bound to be delays. What's the deal? According to the LA Times:

Its second-longest runway is being demolished and rebuilt 55 feet away to improve safety and accommodate the new jumbo Airbus 380 planes arriving next spring. Although it's still too soon to tell how this will affect the airport's 1,800 daily flights, some carriers are wary.

I'll say.