MARCH ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(Los Angeles, California – March 31, 2011) The March issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.org/connectionLAX.aspx . The newsletter provides information to the public and the travel-tourism industry about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and new air service.
This month’s issue features: Los Angeles World Airports recognizes LAX’s “N.I.C.E.” winners of the year; Frommer’s travel guides names The Encounter among Top 10 Airport Restaurants and Oneworld and ReLAX among Top 10 Airport Lounges; Turkish Airlines begins nonstop service to Istanbul; United Express begins nonstop service to St. George, Utah; New nonstop LAX to Istanbul service awarded “Route of the Week”; Iberia inaugurates only West Coast nonstop service to Spain on March 28; Spirit Airlines begins nonstop service to Chicago, IL (ORD) on April 1; American Airlines begins service to Shanghai, China (PVG) on April 5; and American Airlines begins American Eagle service to new destinations on April 5.
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 565 daily flights to 81 domestic cities and over 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 65 international destinations on over 75 carriers. In 2010, LAX served over 59 million passengers, processed over 1.9 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $84 billion, and handled 575,835 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs). 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.