SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

          (L os Angeles, California – October 1, 2012) The September issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online.  The newsletter provides information to the public and the travel-tourism industry about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and air service developments.

The September issue features news on the LAX FlyAway bus service discontinuing at Irvine Station; LAX unveiling free Wi-Fi to passengers; fiber arts connect threads in new in-terminal art exhibit; Volaris beginning service to Uruapan, Mexico Oct. 2; no public viewing sites at LAX for transport of Space Shuttle Endeavour Oct. 12; and United Airlines bringing first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to LAX.

About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

            LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 600 daily flights to 91 domestic cities and more than 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 56 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers.  It ranks 13th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed.  In 2011, LAX served more than 61 million passengers, processed over 1.8 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $80 billion, and handled 603,912 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs).  LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.