APRIL ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

          (L os Angeles, California – May 3, 2012) The April issue of LAX Connection     

The newsletter provides information to the public and the travel-tourism industry about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and new air service.

This month’s issue features news on the celebrity favorite Kitson LA opening in Terminal 7; 60 dining and shopping options opening this year that put the “L.A. Back Into LAX”; passenger outreach campaign “Reflections” unveiled about ongoing airport improvements; terminal art exhibitions blooming in time for Spring; Transaero Airlines recommencing service between Los Angeles and Moscow; Thai Airways now offering nonstop service from Los Angeles to Seoul, Korea; and Air Berlin launching service at LAX with nonstop flights to Berlin on May 11.

bout 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.