For Immediate Release
July 12, 2019
Contact:
Jocelyn Steele
LAX Public Relations
(424) 646-5260
jsteele@lawa.org
David Just
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
(312) 943-1955 ext.1546
davidj@serafin.com
(Los Angeles, CA) – Visitors from around the world won’t have to leave the airport to enjoy hot deals on signature Los Angeles cuisine this month.
For the first time, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is taking part in dineL.A. Restaurant Week to help showcase L.A. as a premier dining destination while highlighting the diversity of culinary experiences the city has to offer. More than 400 restaurants across the city will be participating in dineL.A., which offers discounted prix fixe meals July 12-26.
“Our outstanding dining options bring LA to LAX, and now for the first time our guests can enjoy dineL.A. Restaurant Week deals right here at the airport,” said Jeffrey Utterback, Deputy Executive Director of Commercial Development, LAWA. “We’re proud to offer our guests great local restaurants and a variety of flavors and cuisines not only during Restaurant Week, but also year-round.”
LAX guests can enjoy the dineL.A. experience in Terminal 1 at Rock & Brews, in Terminal 6 at Osteria and W Kitchen, and at Border Grill in the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Rock & Brews, Osteria, W Kitchen and Border Grill will offer guests prix fixe lunch and dinner menus that include brand new items along with best-selling favorites.
More information about participating restaurants and menus can be found by clicking here.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX, the fourth-busiest airport in the world and second busiest in the United States, was named a top-10 U.S. airport by SKYTRAX. LAX served more than 87.5 million passengers in 2018 and offers an average of 700 daily nonstop flights to 109 cities in the U.S. and 1,281 weekly nonstop flights to 93 markets in 47 countries on 69 commercial airlines. LAX ranks 10th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.4 million tons of air cargo. LAX handled 707,883 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2018.
LAX generated 620,600 jobs in Southern California, with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion, according to an economic study based on 2014 operations. 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 was honored as having the “Best Overall Customer Service Program” by Airports Council International-North America; named the “Best Airport for Breastfeeding Moms” by Mamava; selected for the Top 10 “Best of the U.S.’s Big Airports” (Wall Street Journal) and “Most Pet-Friendly Airports in the U.S. (Mental Floss); named the second-most improved airport in the U.S. by JD Power; received an “Innovation Award” from the L.A. Better Business Challenge for its Central Utility Plant; and named a “Business Leader in Air Quality” by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
LAX is also the second-most popular airport in the world to appear on Instagram, according to wego.com. 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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