Latest Issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter Now Available
(L os Angeles, California – May 4, 2017) The latest issue of LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available .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 Delta Airlines and other airlines relocating LAX terminals beginning May 12, 14, 16; new TSA screening checkpoint opening in Terminal 1; future airport Metro connector station improving LAX traffic; Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) construction underway and under budget; Boingo internet provider working to improve passenger satisfaction; Copa Airlines now operating from Terminal 6; Hainan Airlines now operating from Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT); LOT Polish Airlines inaugurating at LAX with nonstop service to Warsaw, Poland; Virgin Australia beginning direct LAX–Melbourne service; Austrian Airlines launching at LAX with nonstop service to Vienna, Austria; and Alaska Airlines announcing nonstop service to Philadelphia beginning Sept. 1.
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 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.
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Alternative formats in large print, braille, audio, and other forms (if possible) will be provided upon request.
