JUNE ISSUE OF LAX CONNECTION E-NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
(L os Angeles, California – June 30, 2017) The June issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online at https://www.lawa.org/en/lawa-employee-portal/news/newsletter/airport-environmental-connection. 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 identity platform CLEAR now available in Terminals 2 and 3; Book Soup bookstore now open at Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT); Shake Shack landing in Terminal 3; American Airlines committing $1.6 million to renovate Terminals 4 and 5; LEVEL now offering flights between LAX–Barcelona; Allegiant beginning OKC–LAX flights; Norwegian Air beginning LAX–Barcelona route; Xiamen Airlines inaugurating at LAX with service to Xiamen; Allegiant Air starting flights between OGD–LAX Oct. 5; Norwegian Air starting LAX–Rome flights Nov. 11; Allegiant adding nonstop flights from Cincinnati to Los Angeles Nov. 16; and Viva Aerobus announcing launch of service between LAX–GDL Dec. 16.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fourth busiest airport in the world, second in the United States, and was named Skytrax’ 2017 Top 10 Most Improved Airports. LAX served more than 80.9 million passengers in 2016. LAX offers 737 daily nonstop flights to 100 cities in the U.S. and 1,386 weekly nonstop flights to 88 cities in 44 countries on 73 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 620,600 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 also the second most popular airport in the world to appear on Instagram according to wego.com. 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.
For more information about LAX, please visit www.lawa.aero/lax or follow on Twitter
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www.YouTube.com/laxairport1 . Information about LAX’s ongoing multi-billion-dollar LAX Modernization Program, as well as tips and shortcuts to help navigate LAX during construction, are available at www.LAXisHappening.com.
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