APRIL ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

(Los Angeles, California – April 29, 2013) The April 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 a new art exhibit in Terminal 1; the launch of Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUP) program at LAX; Delta Airlines investing $229 million to overhaul Terminal 5; United Airlines beginning nonstop daily service to Wichita, KA; American Airlines offering flights between LAX-London; American Airlines starting service to Redmond and Eugene, Ore; Aeromexico beginning Los Angeles-La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico service; and Delta Airlines launching flights to Mexico and Costa Rica.

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 nearly $89.6 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.