LAX WELCOMES UNITED AIRLINES STUDENT INTERNS AS PART OF “UNITED SUMMER ASSOCIATES” PROGRAM
(Los Angeles, California – June 2, 2017) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) and executives and employees from United Airlines welcomed 20 student interns to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) yesterday as part of United’s “Summer Associates” internship program. Over the course of eight weeks, the students, who were recruited through LAX’s Business & Jobs Resource Center (BJRC) and the Mayor’s Hire LA Youth program, will learn about the wide variety of careers available to them as they discover different airport operations with United’s team at LAX.
“As one of our largest airline partners, we’re thrilled to welcome United’s Summer Associates program to LAX,” said Trevor Daley, Los Angeles World Airports Deputy Executive Director for External Affairs. “We welcome these students and invite them to take advantage of the unique opportunities that only one of the world’s busiest international airports can provide.”
“Our team is excited to expand our United Summer Associates program to LAX after more than a decade of success in Newark,” said Jim Hanselmann, head of United’s Airport Operations at LAX. “The students will carry the knowledge, skills – and most importantly, the friendships from this summer with them for the rest of their careers.”
The United Summer Associates program is in its eleventh year, and is making its debut in Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO) and Houston (IAH). Over 100 interns were sourced by the BJRC and the Mayor’s Hire LA Youth program, with United selecting 20 from this group. These paid internships will introduce students to careers through customer service training, tours of local operations centers, discussions with captains in the chief pilot’s office, and more. The program will end on July 31.
The majority of participants are from the Los Angeles area, with interns coming from cities and localities that include Willowbrook, Hawthorne, Baldwin Hills, Carson, and Exposition Park.
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About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 337 airports across five continents. In 2016, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 143 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 743 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 478 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 190 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fourth busiest airport in the world, second in the United States, and was named one of Skytrax’ 2017 Top 10 Most Improved Airports. LAX served more than 80.9 million passengers in 2016. LAX offers 742 daily nonstop flights to 101 cities in the U.S. and 1,280 weekly nonstop flights to 77 cities in 42 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 2.2 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled 697,138 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2016.
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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