SANTA MAKES PRE-HOLIDAY VISIT TO KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AT LAX
(Los Angeles, California – December 13, 2013) Santa Claus took a break from his work at the North Pole today to visit preschool and kindergarten students from Gardena and Hawthorne’s Zela Davis, Wiseburn’s Cabrillo and Anza elementary schools. Santa met with the students at the Flight Path Museum at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and treated them to holiday goodies and entertainment.
"We hold this holiday event every year for local students," said Maria Tesoro Fermin, LAX Community Relations director. "It's an important part of our outreach program to bring young travelers to the airport and expose them to the wonderful world of aviation. A visit to the airport during the holidays is especially exciting since the children met Santa and leave the airport with a handful of goodies."
The students were entertained by the Hawthorne Police Department's "K-9 Scotty" and "Gaby, the Talking Car." They were also greeted by "Silly Sally" the clown, and an Airport Police officer with “K-9 Kira” as well as well as Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters from Fire Station 80 who reminded them to be extra careful during the holiday season.
Finally, Santa read "The Night Before Christmas" to the students before departing.
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About Los Angeles International Airport
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering 660 daily flights to 96 domestic cities and 910 weekly nonstop flights to 59 cities in 30 countries on 60 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.
