May 17 2010, 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RANKED BEST FOR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AMONG NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS
(Los Angeles, California – May 14, 2010) Los AngelesInternationalAirport(LAX) ranked best among the nation’s busiest airports (more than 40 million annual passengers) for on-time performance for flight arrivals and departures, according to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics released this week.
May 13 2010, 12:00 AM
DELTA AIRLINES TO FLY LAX-HANEDA TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; NEW INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM TOKYO’S PREFERRED BUSINESS AIRPORT TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMY
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa today cheered the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that Delta Airlines has been granted authority to operate daily nonstop service between Tokyo International Airport, also known as Haneda Airport, and Los Angeles and Detroit. Haneda is considered Tokyo’s preferred business airport for its convenient location in Central Tokyo.
May 05 2010, 12:00 AM
MULTIMEDIA ART ADVENTURE ARRIVAL BEGINS AT LAX AT THE TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
(Los Angeles, California – May 5, 2010) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, announces a new exhibition titled Arrival consisting of fourteen video monitors embedded into a forty-foot long, cartoon-style drawing of an aircraft interior, through cutout airplane windows, seatback-mounted video screens, and magazine pages, by Los Angeles-based artist Kim Abeles, on display at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) until July 12, 2010.
May 05 2010, 12:00 AM
ARTIST BENDS SPACE BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXHIBIT AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(Los Angeles, California – May 5, 2010) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, announces a new exhibition titled Twisted Under Sideways Down consisting of brightly colored vinyl flagging tape tied and fastened into a three-dimensional installation by Megan Geckler, on display at Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) until July 26, 2010.
Apr 29 2010, 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ANNOUNCES FIRST-QUARTER PASSENGER VOLUME UP 5.4 PERCENT
(Los Angeles, California - April 29, 2010) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) today announced passenger volume at Los AngelesInternationalAirport(LAX) increased 5.4 percent to 13,314,854 during the first three months of this year.
Domestic traffic rose 4.5 percent to 9,574,185 passengers from 9,153,763 during first quarter last year.
Apr 27 2010, 12:00 AM
ALITALIA TO FLY LAX-ROME BEGINNING IN JUNE – NEW INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO LAX GENERATE TENS OF MILLIONS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMY
(Los Angeles, California – April 27, 2010) Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa today cheered the announcement that Alitalia will resume nonstop service from Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) to Rome five times a week beginning June 5, 2010. The returning air service on wide-body aircraft is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually in economic activity in Southern California.
Apr 22 2010, 12:00 AM
LAX RECOGNIZES TOP-PERFORMING GUIDES AND AMBASSADORS FOR USING N.I.C.E. SKILLS TO IMPROVE AIRPORT TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
(Los Angeles, California – April 22, 2010) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) area hotels today recognized seven top-performing LAX Guides and Ambassadors who used N.I.C.E (“Neutralize Irritations (during) Customers’ Experience”) skills to improve travelers’ airport experience as part of “Resilience Edge,” a customer service training program for employees that was launched at LAX.
Apr 21 2010, 12:00 AM
LAX REPORT ON EUROPEON FLIGHTS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
With the airspace over the U.K. and the rest of Europe open today, LAX's regular schedule of 17 departing flights to the U.K. and Europe are expected to operate today, along with 16 arriving flights (there is only 1 cancelled arriving flight). However, many of the flights are expected to be significantly delayed fdepending upon the time flights from Europe arrive and the planes are cleaned and prepared for turn-around to Europe.
Apr 19 2010, 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS, LAX TWO CORP. REACH SETTLEMENT ON LITIGATION FOR TERMINAL 2 AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today approved a settlement agreement among Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA); LAX Two Corp.; Delta Air Lines, Inc. for itself and as successor to Northwest Airlines, Inc.; Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.; and Air Canada regarding a lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles concerning the lease with LAX Two Corp. for Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Apr 19 2010, 12:00 AM
MONDAY REPORT: LAX FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO VOLCANIC ASH
Flight operations to the UK and Europe are still being disrupted today, Monday, April 19, due to temporary closure of air space over that area of the world resulting from the volcanic eruption in Iceland on Wednesday, April 14.
Apr 18 2010, 12:00 AM
SUNDAY REPORT: LAX FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO VOLCANIC ASH
Flight operations to the UK and Europe are still being disrupted today, Sunday, April 18, due to temporary closure of air space over that area of the world resulting from the volcanic eruption in Iceland on Wednesday, April 14.
At LAX today, April 18, 18 arriving flights and 15 departing flights (33 total) have been cancelled by airlines serving London/Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Zurich.
Apr 17 2010, 12:00 AM
SATURDAY REPORT: LAX FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO VOLCANIC ASH
Flight operations to the UK and Europe are still being disrupted today, Saturday, April 17, due to temporary closure of air space over that area of the world resulting from the volcanic eruption in Iceland on Wednesday, April 14.
At LAX today, April 17, 15 arriving flights and 14 departing flights (29 total) have been cancelled by airlines serving London/Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Zurich.
