JANUARY ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(L os Angeles, California – January 29, 2016) The January 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 Lyft officially beginning service at LAX ; The Marketplace by Wolfgang Puck opening in Terminal 6; Brookstone opening in Terminal 1; a new Dunkin Donuts now open in Terminal 4; Rock & Brews opening in Terminal 1 ; Los Angeles breaking tourism record ; Department of Homeland Security‘s REAL ID Program setting standards for identification ; Qatar Airways inaugurating service in Los Angeles; Frontier Airlines announcing new LAX-Portland route; Allegiant resuming seasonal LAX-Cedar Rapids route June 15 ; Emirates Airlines increasing service to Los Angeles; and Hainan Airlines launching nonstop service from Los Angeles to Changsha.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States, based on 2014 airport rankings (the latest available). 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.
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