FOURTH OF JULY PASSENGER TRAVEL EXPECTED TO INCREASE AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AND ONTARIO AIRPORTS
Airport Officials Remind Passengers Not To Bring Fireworks

(Los Angeles, California – June 29, 2005) Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) expects to serve 840,000 travelers over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Friday, July 1, through Monday, July 4, an increase of 5 percent over the comparable holiday period last year.

With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, law enforcement officials reminded passengers that fireworks – including sparklers and bottle rockets – are prohibited in airport sterile areas, in the cabins of aircraft, and in checked baggage stowed in the cargo hold of the aircraft.

To avoid airport delays, officials recommend passengers print their boarding passes using home or office computers or check-in at automated kiosks located in the ticketing lobbies. For up-to-the-minute airport, traffic and parking conditions, LAX AiRadio (530 on the AM dial) now provides live programming covering the latest traffic and airport conditions. Motorists picking up arriving passengers are advised to use the free 24-hour LAX Cell Phone Waiting Lot while awaiting a call from their arriving party in the Central Terminal Area (CTA). The cell phone waiting lot is located at 9011 Airport Boulevard about one-half mile from the CTA.

Overall, this year’s summer passenger traffic from Memorial Day to Labor Day at LAX is expected to be 18.5 million – an increase of about one million passengers or six percent over last summer.

Ontario International Airport (ONT) expects 102,000 travelers to go through the Inland Empire airport during the four-day holiday weekend, an increase of 5 percent from the same period last year. ONT is forecast to set another record this summer with nearly two million travelers, up five percent over last year’s 1.9 million passengers.

For travel tips, visit www.lawa.org on the Internet.