JANUARY ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

          (Los Angeles, California – January 31, 2013) 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 air service developments.

This issue features news on United Airlines launching a new same-day baggage delivery service; a hotline offering construction updates on the New Tom Bradley International Terminal; American Airlines starting daily service between LAX and RDU; Delta Airlines adding three daily flights to Seattle; Virgin America offering three nonstop flights to Las Vegas; and Air New Zealand increasing weekly flights between LAX and Auckland, New Zealand.  

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 nearly 62 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.