MAY ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

(Los Angeles, California – May 22, 2013) The May 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 Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Airlines now located in Terminal 3; “Packing (Caravan)”, a new art exhibit in the Customs Hall of Tom Bradley International Terminal; Delta Airlines launching service to Spokane, Was. June 10; Hawaiian Airlines beginning daily flights to Maui June 13; Air Pacific re-launching as Fiji Airways June 19; American Airlines adding nonstop flights to Win dsor Locks, Conn. and Pittsburgh August 27; Delta Airlines increasing service to Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Was. September 3; and American Airlines planning hourly shuttle service between LAX and New York in 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.