AMERICAN AIRLINES AT LAX TO RELOCATE FOUR AIRCRAFT GATES, AMERICAN EAGLE SHUTTLE BUS GATE TO TERMINAL 5 ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 31
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) officials announce that American Airlines will switch four boarding gates and its American Eagle shuttle bus gate to Terminal 5 from their current location in Terminal 6, beginning 3 a.m. on Tuesday, January 31. These changes do not affect American’s primary operations in Terminal 4. The airline will have a new check-in lobby at the east end of Terminal 5 to serve passengers departing from that terminal.
Starting Tuesday morning, American Airlines passengers who check in online for their flights and are assigned to Gates 50A, 50B, 52 (American Eagle bus gate), 53A or 53B, should arrive at Terminal 5.
American’s new Terminal 5 gates are now closer to the airline’s base in Terminal 4, and more easily accessible using a tunnel that connects these two terminals.
Delta Air Lines will temporarily add American’s vacated gates at Terminal 6 to their existing operations in that terminal. This is the first step in the months-long process that will eventually relocate all of Delta’s operations from its current Terminals 5 and 6 to Terminals 2 and 3, as soon as this May.
Starting Tuesday morning, Delta Air Lines passengers who check in online for their flights and are assigned to Gates 60 through 63, 68A, 68B or 69B, should arrive at Terminal 6. Delta installed eight check-in counters at the west end of Terminal 6 to serve its passengers departing from that terminal.
Passengers are advised to always check their flight and gate status on the flight information display boards found in each terminal.
In collaboration with American’s and Delta’s operations teams, LAX Guest Services Division will deploy additional staff in topaz blue sweaters on the Upper/Departures Level in front of Terminals 5 and 6 to assist passengers with information and way-finding. Airline location signs on the curbs and changeable message signs on the roadways will assist motorists and passengers in finding the correct terminal.
Last year, the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners approved a lease and license agreement for Delta Air Lines to relocate from Terminals 5 and 6 to Terminals 2 and 3, as part of a plan valued at up to $1.9 billion to modernize and connect Terminals 2 and 3.
For more information on Tuesday’s airline gate changes, as well as other upcoming changes related to Delta’s terminal relocation, or follow LAX on Twitter at @flyLAXairport.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States. LAX served more than 80.9 million passengers in 2016. LAX offers 742 daily nonstop flights to 101 cities in the U.S. and 1,280 weekly nonstop flights to 77 cities in 42 countries on 64 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.2 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled 697,138 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2016.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,610 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is part of a system of two Southern California airports – along with 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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