AUGUST ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

           (L os Angeles, California – August 31, 2015) The August issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.org/LAWANewsletters.aspx . 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 ongoing construction activities expected to cause passenger impacts; Slapfish restaurant now open in Terminal 2; LAX FlyAway bus service location in Santa Monica relocating; MAC Cosmetics now open in Terminal 6; American Airlines beginning LAX-Sydney service Dec 17; American Airlines launching Los Angeles-Montego Bay flights Dec.18; Philippine Airlines starting LAX-Mactan-Cebu service March 2016; and Scandinavian Airlines launching at LAX with Los Angeles-Stockholm service March 14, 2016.

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 59 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.

            As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities.  Alternative formats in large print, braille, audio, and other forms (if possible) will be provided upon request.