LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS TO PURCHASE 40 ALTERNATIVE-FUEL VEHICLES

(Los Angeles, California – October 1, 2007) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today approved the purchase of 40 alternative-fuel vehicles as part of Los Angeles World Airport’s (LAWA) ongoing Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Program and to strengthen police and operations functions.

The 40 ethanol-fueled police interceptor sedans will be purchased for $1,527,314 from Villa Ford of the City of Orange.

The vehicles are being purchased to both replace similar gasoline-powered sedans and increase the available fleet of the Airfield Operations and Airport Police divisions at Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) airports. Thirty-one of the sedans will replace similar units that have reached the end of their useful lives as part of LAWA’s ongoing scheduled vehicle replacement program. The remaining nine sedans are additional vehicles that will increase the existing fleet and provide greater flexibility for conducting division operations. Four will be used by LAX Airport Police, three by ONT Law Enforcement Division and two by VNY Airport Police and Airfield Operations divisions.

LAWA officials believe that alternative-fuel vehicles are important elements in meeting California’s future energy needs and plans are underway to convert all of LAWA’s fleet to alternative-fuel use. It presently has more than 600 alternative-fuel vehicles, or more than 60 percent of its fleet, powered by liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, electricity, solar power and hydrogen fuel cell.