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For the first time in eight years, Lindbergh Field will have a working customs facility, enabling passengers on San Diego-bound British Airways flights from London to avoid the hassle of clearing customs at hectic and congested Los Angeles International Airport.
Although the new, upgraded facility will at first be used only by British Airways passengers, a U. S. Customs Service official said that there will be enough capacity for multiple international flights, and that one airline, operated by Resorts International, is apparently close to introducing five-day-a-week service from Mexico.
The remodeling and upgrading was paid for by the San Diego Unified Port District, which has spent $295,000 on the facility, spokesman Dan Wilkens said. It will be officially unveiled Tuesday and will handle its first passengers the next afternoon, he said. The Port District operates the airport.
When British Airways introduced service to San Diego from London's Gatwick airport in June, it...