AUGUST ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE

    (Los Angeles, California – August 23, 2010) The August issue of LAX Connection     

E-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.org/connectionLAX.aspx .   The newsletter provides information and news about Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) passenger services and new air service to the public and the travel-tourism industry.

           This month’s issue features news on the opening of Pink’s Hot Dogs; LAX social media sites; new terminal art exhibit; Southwest Airlines adding two daily nonstop flights to Denver; Turkish Airlines launching on March 3, 2011 and Air Berlin joining Oneworld Alliance in early 2012.  

            Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the third busiest airport in the U.S.and seventh in the world, offering more than 565 daily flights to 81 destinations in theU.S. and over 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 65 international destinations on over 75 carriers.  LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a department of the City of Los Angeles.