LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PASSENGER VOLUME UP 2.9 PERCENT TO 63,688,121 MILLION TRAVELERS IN 2012; AIR CARGO UP FIVE PERCENT

(Los Angeles, California – January 25, 2013)  Airport officials reported today that passenger volume at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) increased 2.9 percent to 63,688,121 passengers in 2012, from 61,862,052 passengers in 2011. Domestic passenger volume grew 3.1 percent to 46,535,207 from 45,130,728 in 2011. International traffic grew 2.5 percent to 17,152,914 passengers from 16,731,324 in 2011.

Total air cargo tonnage increased five percent last year to 1,963,210 from 1,869,646 in 2011. Air mail tonnage rose 20.3 percent to 96,779 from 80,442 in 2011. Freight (goods) increased 4.3 percent to 1,866,432 tons from 1,789,204 tons in 2011.

The number of aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs) increased 0.2 percent to 605,480 in 2012 from 603,912 in 2011.

            “The increase in passenger activity at LAX is attributable to airlines starting new international service; an improving Asia-Pacific regional economy; and a modest, but perceptible, strengthening of the Southern California economy,” said Gina Marie Lindsey, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports, the Los Angeles City department that owns and operates LAX and two other Southern California airports, LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys (general aviation).

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 63 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers. It ranks 13th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed. In 2012, LAX served nearly 63.7 million passengers, processed over 1.96 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $89.6 billion, and handled 605,480 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.