NOVEMBER ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(Los Angeles, California – November 10, 2016) The November issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available .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 LAX traffic conditions now available on community-based application app WAZE; airport-wide customer service training approved as part of LAX Guest Experience; Sunset Boulevard coming to the new Terminal 6; Treat Me Sweet, Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood opening in the new Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT); Grilled Cheeze Please truck landing in Terminal 4; new designated outdoor smoking areas available; real-time tracking now available for LAX Shuttles Buses “A” and “G”; new art installation “Transfiguration” transporting guests to another world; new space exploration gallery opening at LAX Flight Path Museum; Draft Environmental Impact Report for LAMP Program open for public review until Nov. 15; mandated improvements underway for fourth and final runway; LAX receiving Airport Carbon Accreditation from Airports Council International; Sichuan Airlines launching at LAX with service to Chengdu, China; Singapore Airlines beginning LAX–Incheon route; SWISS now offering LAX–Zurich service; WOW Air debuting with nonstop LAX–Iceland flights; American Airlines now offering Hong Kong–LAX flights; Southwest Airlines debuting nonstop service to three Mexico destinations Dec. 4; Alaska Airlines inaugurating nonstop service from LAX to Havana, Cuba Jan. 5, 2017; LOT Polish Airlines launching at LAX with nonstop service to Warsaw Apr. 2017; Virgin Australia launching service between LAX–Melbourne Apr. 4, 2017; Xiamen Airlines debuting at LAX with service to Xiamen, China Jun. 27, 2017.
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 742 daily nonstop flights to 101 cities in the U.S. and 1,273 weekly nonstop flights to 76 cities in 41 countries on 64 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 $101.4 billion. LAX handled 655,564 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2015.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,610 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is part of a system of two Southern California airports – along with 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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