JUNE ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

           (Los Angeles, California – June 27, 2013) The June 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 Qantas Airlines launching a new “Chauffeur Drive” service on July 1; a new art exhibit debuting in Terminal 2; XpresSpa and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf opening in Terminal 5; Delta Airlines launching daily flights to San Jose, Costa Rica on July 1; Delta Airlines offering daily flights to Port Columbus on August 20; American Airlines adding nonstop flights daily flights to Port Columbus on August 27; Compass Airlines starting hourly shuttle service between LAX and San Francisco on September 3; American Airlines introducing a new flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 21; Emirates upgrading its LAX-Dubai flights to Airbus A380 aircrafts beginning December 2; and Delta Airlines beginning nonstop flights to Belize City, Belize on December 21.

About Los Angeles International Airport

        LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering 680 daily flights to 96 domestic cities and 930 weekly nonstop flights to 59 cities in 30 countries on 63 commercial air carriers.  It ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed.  In 2012, LAX served nearly 63.7 million passengers, processed over 1.9 million tons of air cargo valued at over $86.9 billion, and handled 605,480 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs).  An economic impact study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion.  This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues.  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.