LATEST ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

          (Los Angeles, California – November 5, 2012) The latest 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 air service developments.

           This issue features news on the LAX FlyAway bus service at Union Station and Van Nuys now offering tickets online; U.S. granting Visa Waiver Status to Taiwan on Nov. 1; China Southern now offering Airbus A380 service on its LAX-Guangzhou route; and Alaska Airlines expanding LAX-Anchorage service April 8, 2013.

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, 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.