Prime Time Shuttle Company

Prime Time Shuttle has suspended its passenger van service at Los Angeles International, Ontario, Bob Hope, John Wayne and Long Beach airports after state officials determined that the firm lacked adequate insurance, airport officials said Friday. Prime Time operates about 150 vans and handles almost a third of the door-to-door shuttle business at LAX, said Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that runs LAX and Ontario.

Prime Time Shuttle has suspended its passenger van service at Los Angeles International, Ontario, Bob Hope, John Wayne and Long Beach airports after state officials determined that the firm lacked adequate insurance, airport officials said Friday. Prime Time operates about 150 vans and handles almost a third of the door-to-door shuttle business at LAX, said Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that runs LAX and Ontario.

A Sun Valley airport shuttle services company faces possible revocation of its license for allegedly violating state law by using independent contractors as drivers, rather than company employees who receive benefits. The practice has also raised concerns that Prime Time may flood the market with too many drivers, who could improperly solicit customers. Prime Time Shuttle International Inc.

A state regulatory panel Thursday cleared away most hurdles hindering efforts by Los Angeles International Airport to restrict shuttle van operations at the nation's third-busiest airport. The state Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to grant authorization allowing Prime Time Shuttle and Xpress Shuttle to be among three full-service passenger van companies allowed to troll the airport for walk-up customers.

Prime Time Shuttle International Inc., Southern California's second-largest airport-shuttle service that has suffered under the weight of the economic recession and last year's slump in travel during the Persian Gulf War, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection. The company filed the petition in federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles earlier this month. The court documents list $256,816 in total assets and total liabilities of $2.05 million, including $50,623 in secured debt.

A Sun Valley airport shuttle services company faces possible revocation of its license for allegedly violating state law by using independent contractors as drivers, rather than company employees who receive benefits. The practice has also raised concerns that Prime Time may flood the market with too many drivers, who could improperly solicit customers. Prime Time Shuttle International Inc.

A Van Nuys airport shuttle company was fined nearly $5,000 this week for violating state Public Utilities Commission rules, City Atty. James K. Hahn said. The company, Prime Time, had already been fined $80,000 by the PUC for the same violation--hiring drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, as the law requires, said Ruth Kwan, head of the city attorney's consumer protection division.

A state regulatory panel Thursday cleared away most hurdles hindering efforts by Los Angeles International Airport to restrict shuttle van operations at the nation's third-busiest airport. The state Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to grant authorization allowing Prime Time Shuttle and Xpress Shuttle to be among three full-service passenger van companies allowed to troll the airport for walk-up customers.

Prime Time Shuttle and City Shuttle reached a $12-million stock-swap agreement that combines two of the largest Southland-based airport shuttle operations, the companies said Tuesday. The firms, both based in Van Nuys, are merging into a new headquarters in Burbank and will have combined their operations by the end of the week, the companies said. The deal could be a sign of impending consolidation in the industry, which has grown rapidly since 1984.

Prime Time Shuttle International Inc., the Sun Valley-based airport-shuttle service operator, said it expected to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late January. John E. Kindt Jr., Prime Time's president, said the federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles confirmed the plan Nov. 30 after creditors voted overwhelmingly in favor of the plan, which calls for all creditors to be paid back 100% of their money.

The Los Angeles City Council pushed mom-and-pop van shuttle owners closer to the exits of Los Angeles International Airport on Friday by approving a controversial plan to slash from 38 to three the number of full-service firms operating at LAX.

A plan by Los Angeles International Airport officials to award exclusive shuttle contracts to the area's two largest van companies--half the number expected--has mom-and-pop operators vowing to fight to protect their airport turf. An airport staff committee this week revealed that it has selected Phoenix-based SuperShuttle Inc. and Prime Time Shuttle of Sun Valley to become the only non-reservation providers of door-to-door passenger van service at the airport.

Prime Time Shuttle, the state's second-largest airport van service, will keep its license to operate despite violations of airport rules, the state Public Utilities Commission has decided. The PUC stopped short of revoking Prime Time's license at its meeting Aug. 2, instead voting 5 to 0 to give the Sun Valley van service another chance to comply with a Los Angeles International Airport ban against the use of independent drivers, PUC spokeswoman Kyle Devine said.

A Sun Valley airport shuttle services company faces possible revocation of its license for allegedly violating state law by using independent contractors as drivers, rather than company employees who receive benefits. The practice has also raised concerns that Prime Time may flood the market with too many drivers, who could improperly solicit customers. Prime Time Shuttle International Inc.

A Sun Valley airport shuttle services company faces possible revocation of its license for allegedly violating state law by using independent contractors as drivers, rather than company employees who receive benefits. The practice has also raised concerns that Prime Time may flood the market with too many drivers, who could improperly solicit customers. Prime Time Shuttle International Inc.

A Van Nuys airport shuttle company was fined nearly $5,000 this week for violating state Public Utilities Commission rules, City Atty. James K. Hahn said. The company, Prime Time, had already been fined $80,000 by the PUC for the same violation--hiring drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, as the law requires, said Ruth Kwan, head of the city attorney's consumer protection division.

Prime Time Shuttle, the state's second-largest airport van service, will keep its license to operate despite violations of airport rules, the state Public Utilities Commission has decided. The PUC stopped short of revoking Prime Time's license at its meeting Aug. 2, instead voting 5 to 0 to give the Sun Valley van service another chance to comply with a Los Angeles International Airport ban against the use of independent drivers, PUC spokeswoman Kyle Devine said.

A plan by Los Angeles International Airport officials to award exclusive shuttle contracts to the area's two largest van companies--half the number expected--has mom-and-pop operators vowing to fight to protect their airport turf. An airport staff committee this week revealed that it has selected Phoenix-based SuperShuttle Inc. and Prime Time Shuttle of Sun Valley to become the only non-reservation providers of door-to-door passenger van service at the airport.

Prime Time Shuttle International Inc., the Sun Valley-based airport-shuttle service operator, said it expected to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late January. John E. Kindt Jr., Prime Time's president, said the federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles confirmed the plan Nov. 30 after creditors voted overwhelmingly in favor of the plan, which calls for all creditors to be paid back 100% of their money.

In a settlement with the California Public Utilities Commission, Prime Time Shuttle International Inc. in Sun Valley said it agreed to pay a fine of $80,000 and license its independent drivers at a cost of $60,000. The settlement came after the utilities commission found that the shuttle company employed some drivers as independent contractors without first getting licenses from the commission.