ENHANCED LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MODERNIZATION WEBSITE LAUNCHES IN TIME FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND TRAVEL
Airport officials forecast a record-breaking 835,500 travelers will pass through LAX this Labor Day weekend, beginning Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7. This is seven percent higher than the 780,716 actual passengers during last year’s holiday weekend. “Getaway Friday” and Labor Day Monday are expected to be the busiest days with more than 228,000 and 216,700 passengers, respectively.
In addition, more than 310,600 vehicles are expected to enter the airport’s Central Terminal Area this weekend, four percent more than last year’s 298,466 actual vehicles. The busiest traffic days are expected to be Friday with nearly 79,000 vehicles, Sunday with over 86,300 vehicles, and Monday with over 80,400 vehicles. To reduce traffic congestion in and around LAX, passengers are strongly encouraged to take public transportation to and from LAX, including shuttle vans; local and long-distance buses; the Metro Rail Green Line; taxis; limousines; and the LAX FlyAway™ nonstop bus service from Hollywood, Santa Monica, Union Station, Van Nuys, and Westwood.
Motorists picking up passengers are reminded to use the LAX Cell Phone Waiting Lot at 96th Street and Vicksburg, where they can wait up to two hours for free until their arriving passengers call from terminal curbside.
“With five of the airport’s nine terminals under construction, updated information by terminal will be extremely helpful for passengers who want to plan ahead,” added Grady. “Also, with a same-day boarding pass, travelers can dine or shop at any terminal in the airport, which is a great way to explore all that’s new at LAX, while passing the time before or between flights.”
Since 2013, the airport’s modernization milestones include completion of the New Tom Bradley International Terminal; renovation of Terminal 5 (Delta Air Lines); Central Utility Plant Replacement to more efficiently heat and cool the airport; a dramatically new “look” for the airport’s Central Terminal Area featuring sculptured light poles and a programmable lightband; new escalators, elevators and moving walkways in many of the airport terminals and parking garages; and more electrical charging stations.
Currently Terminals 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 are in various stages of renovation. Other planned projects for the future include an Automated People Mover that will provide convenient access to the Central Terminal Area, along with a consolidated Rental Car Center and Intermodal Transportation Facilities that will provide multiple locations to pick up and drop off passengers, as well as park.
All enhancements are part of the ongoing multi-billion-dollar LAX Modernization Program, which is funded by operating revenues, capital improvement program funds, fees from airlines, passenger facility charges, and airport revenue bond proceeds. No money from the Los Angeles City General Fund is being used for modernization projects.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States. LAX served nearly 70.7 million passengers in 2014. LAX offers 692 daily nonstop flights to 85 cities in the U.S. and 928 weekly nonstop flights to 67 cities in 34 countries on 60 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with over two million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $96.3 billion. An economic 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.
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