MAY ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(L os Angeles, California – May 29, 2015) The May issue of LAX ConnectionE-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.org/LAWANewsletters.aspxThe newsletter provides information the public and travel-tourism industry about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and air service developments.
This issue features news on United Airlines unveiling plans for Terminal 7 makeover; Terminal 1 Southwest Airlines renumbering gates; Parking Structure 2B across from Terminal 2 reopening; Qantas completing Business Class Lounge in the new Tom Bradley International Terminal; New terminal art exhibition featuring diverse influences debuting in Terminals 3, 7, and 8; Dunkin’ Donuts opening in Terminal 1 Southwest Airlines; BUILT Custom Burgers opening in Terminal 2; BizAir Shuttle launching commuter service to Carlsbad, CA June 17; Ethiopian Airlines beginning LAX–Dublin–Ethiopia service June 20; Alaska Airlines announcing three new routes from Los Angeles starting in the fall; Spirit Airlines adding flights to Oakland, CA November 12; and Qatar Airways inaugurating service at LAX to Doha January 2016.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States. LAX served nearly 70.7 million passengers in 2014. LAX offers 692 daily nonstop flights to 85 cities in the U.S. and 928 weekly nonstop flights to 67 cities in 34 countries on 59 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with over two million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $96.3 billion. An economic 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.
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