DON’T GET RED-FLAGGED BY TRAFFIC: FLYAWAY® BUS SERVICE WISKS PASSENGERS BETWEEN LAX AND LONG BEACH HOTELS, CONVENTION CENTER AND GRAND PRIX
FlyAway® Service Adds Real-Time Bus-Tracking Data, Gift-Bag Giveaway
To Celebrate 100th Day of Long Beach Route on Thursday, April 7
(Los Angeles, California – April 5, 2016) Travelers heading to the Grand Prix of Long Beach from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) April 15-17 can avoid the hassles of traffic, help reduce air pollution, and save cash by using the nonstop FlyAway® bus service to the Long Beach Transit Gallery. The 25-mile ride costs just $7 one way and the FlyAway® stop in Long Beach is a short walking distance to several hotels, the convention center, and entertainment centers that comprise the hub of racing activities.
In time for the Grand Prix, airport officials today announced a new web-based system that allows FlyAway® riders to access real-time, bus-tracking information on selected routes including Long Beach, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Westwood by visiting www.LAXFlyAway.org.
To celebrate the 100th day of FlyAway® service at Long Beach, airport employees will distribute gift bags at the Long Beach stop to the first 100 riders beginning 6 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2016.
FlyAway® buses depart from LAX and the Long Beach Transit Gallery stop, located on the northwest corner of First Street and Long Beach Boulevard, every hour on the half-hour, between 5:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., with a final trip leaving LAX at 10:30 p.m. Passengers are picked up and dropped off in front of each airline terminal at LAX. The trip takes less than an hour each way, depending upon traffic.
The FlyAway® bus service started in 1975, with the first route carrying passengers between a station near Van Nuys Airport and LAX. The Long Beach route was added December 30.
In 2015, the FlyAway® bus service transported more than 1.6 million passengers. Current fares range between $8 and $10 one-way, with an introductory fare of $7 through June 30 on the Long Beach route – a fraction of the cost of shared-ride services or a taxi. Two children under five years of age can ride free with each adult-paying customer.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States. LAX served more than 74.9 million passengers in 2015. 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 more than 2.1 million tons of air cargo valued at over $86.9 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.
For more information about LAX, please visit www.lawa.aero/lax or follow on Twitter @flyLAXAirport , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport, and on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1.
Information about LAX’s ongoing multi-billion-dollar LAX Modernization Program, as well as tips and shortcuts to help navigate LAX during construction, are available at www.LAXisHappening.com.
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