Airport loses manager to LAX.

Byline: Carol Park

Apr. 11--Former Ontario International Airport Manager Jens Rivera assumed the position of Los Angeles International Airport manager April 4. He managed the Ontario Airport for the past four years.

Rivera served as acting manager and assistant airport manager at Ontario Airport from July 1996 to February 1999.

He became Van Nuys Airport manager in March 1999 and served in that capacity until his appointment as Ontario Airport manager in February 2000.

Ontario Airport Chief of Operations Kim Ellis is serving as interim manager. Ontario officials have begun the civil service process to fill the airport manager position on a …