Jun 01 2010, 12:00 AM
LAX TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL RENOVATION PROJECT RECOGNIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS
The recently completed $737-million Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) Renovation Project has received two prestigious awards from construction and engineering professional associations. The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE) recognized the TBIT Project Management Team for “Project Controls – Project of the Year” and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) 2010 Constructor Award for “Meeting the Challenge of the Difficult Job - Builder Classification.”
May 27 2010, 12:00 AM
LAX OFFICIALS FORECAST SLIGHT INCREASE IN PASSENGERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND SUMMER
(Los Angeles, California – May 27, 2010) Air travelers passing through Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) over Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer can expect busy passenger terminals and mostly full flights due to an increase in travel demand.
May 26 2010, 12:00 AM
$737-MILLION LAX TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL RENOVATION COMPLETED IN TIME AND UNDER BUDGET TERMINAL UPGRADES REDUCE CONGESTION, IMPROVE PASSENGER CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was joined today by City Councilmembers Bill Rosendahl, Janice Hahn and Tom LaBonge, airport commissioners, airlines and business leaders in a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) Renovation Project atLos AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX).
May 26 2010, 12:00 AM
MODERNIZED TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT LAX ACHIEVES LEED SILVER CERTIFICATION
(Los Angeles, California – May 26, 2010) The recently completed $737-million renovation of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has achieved LEED-EB (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Building) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council – the first-ever for a renovation project at a U.S. airport.
May 24 2010, 12:00 AM
NEW CATEGORY 6 CROSSFIELD TAXIWAY AT LAX COMPLETED ON TIME, ON BUDGET; ONE MILLION-PLUS POUND QANTAS AIRBUS A-380 BECOMES FIRST AIRCRAFT TO USE TAXIWAY
(Los Angeles, California – May 24, 2010) A one-million-plus pound QANTAS Airbus A-380 super jumbo jet today became the first aircraft to travel on the just-completed $88-million, 3,437-feet Crossfield Taxiway (new Taxiway R) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). After arriving from Sidney, Australia and taxiing to its gate at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, the aircraft was greeted with a water cannon salute by two fire trucks.
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.
