OCTOBER ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(Los Angeles, California – October 31, 2013) The October 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.
This issue features news on Rock & Brews Concert Bar & Grill now open in Terminal 5 (Delta); the luxury dining and retail now open in the Great Hall of the New Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT); LAX Connection subscription now available online; voting for LAX as one of the 10 Best U.S. Airports for Art category; Korean Air now operating a second daily A380 flight to Seoul, Korea; American Airlines starting LAX-Sao Paulo, Brazil service Dec. 16; Delta Airlines starting year-round daily flights to Cancun Dec. 19; United Airlines adding two daily flights to Minneapolos, Minnesota April 1, 2014; Saudi Arabian “Saudia” Airlines officially launching service at LAX April 1, 2014; Etihad Airways launching service at LAX to Abu Dhabi, UAE June 1, 2014; Cathay Pacific adding fourth daily flight to Hong Kong, China June 1, 2014; and Hawaiian Airlines opening summer flights to Kona, Hawaii June 26, 2014.
About Los Angeles International Airport
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering 680 daily flights to 96 domestic cities and 930 weekly nonstop flights to 59 cities in 30 countries on 63 commercial air carriers. It ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed. In 2012, LAX served nearly 63.7 million passengers, processed over 1.9 million tons of air cargo valued at over $86.9 billion, and handled 605,480 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs). An economic impact study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion. This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues. 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.
