JANUARY ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

              (L os Angeles, California – January 31, 2012) The January issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online.   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 news on crime dropping 27 percent at LAX in 2011; passenger volume increasing 4.7 percent in 2011; TSA Prev™ pilot program beginning at LAX for American Airlines frequent flyers; LAneXt™ launching a public outreach program on construction of new Tom Bradley International Terminal; Air China debuting B777-300ER on its nonstop Beijing route; Turkish Airlines announcing daily flights to Istanbul beginning March 2012; Virgin America adding three nonstop flights to Philadelphia starting April 2012; and Southwest announcing a daily nonstop flight to Atlanta in June 2012.

About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

            LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 600 daily flights to 91 domestic cities and more than 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 56 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers.  It ranks 13th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed.  In 2011 (the latest full-year statistics available), LAX served more than 61 million passengers, processed over 1.8 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $80 billion, and handled 603,912 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.