Tag: LAX

LAWA and Delta open $2.3b Delta Sky Way project

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Delta executives, members of Los Angeles’s Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) and other key stakeholders have celebrated the opening of the Delta Sky Way project at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The project represents a joint $2.3b investment of...

EASIER inaugurates biometric boarding gates at LAX

EASIER inaugurates its biometric SkyLanes in the new West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) As part of the Los Angeles International Airport modernization plan, the management of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and EASIER signed on November 7...

Los Angeles airport to test new drone tracking technology

Los Angeles International Airport has been selected as the test site for new technology that can detect, track and identify (DTI) drones encroaching on restricted airspace. The US Transport Security Administration (TSA) selected the airport thanks to its diverse aviation operations, large number ...

Los Angeles World Airports selects EASIER’s automated biometric boarding gates

EASIER, expert in airport, airlines and public transportation equipment, and LAWA, the airport authority that owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY) for the city of Los Angeles, have signed a 3-year contract covering automated biometric boarding gate eq...

LAX and Van Nuys Airports receive accolade for greenhouse gas reduction

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys general aviation airport (VNY) have been certified by ACI-Europe as “Level 3-Optimisation” as part of their Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme; the highest certification before a facility becomes carbon neutral. This marks the fi...

LAX breaks ground on new passenger transportation facilities

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has begun work on its Intermodal Transportation Facilities (ITF East/West), designed to be the main connection point for passengers arriving by public transport. A key component of the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), work on the project o...

Finnair teams up with Vision-Box to offer biometric boarding at LAX

The Portuguese travel technology company Vision-Box has announced a partnership with Finnair to roll out its biometric self-boarding solution at Los Angeles Airport. The biometric system enables passengers to fly out of the country without the need to show their boarding passes or passports, as ...

Alliance Ground International adds new business to LAX and ORD

Alliance Ground International (AGI) LLC commences full warehouse and office handling services for Japan Airlines at ORD and services at LAX, with Nippom Cargo Airlines (NCA), where AGI will manage the warehouse and office functions. The ramp handling for NCA at LAX will commence in February 2019. ...

LAX opens new United Polaris business class lounge by United Airlines

United Airlines has opened its United Polaris business class lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US. The new lounge, which imitates the distinct culture of Southern California, is located in Terminal 7 between Gates 73 and 75A and offers a host of food and beverages to member-p...

Gemalto pilots biometric boarding at Los Angeles International Airport

Gemalto announces a joint pilot with a leading airline to bring additional convenience and security to the traveler’s experience via biometric boarding in Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The test will confirm that passenger needs and expectations are met through use of fa...

SSP America opens new concession at LAX

SSP America, a division of SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide, has opened a modern day food and beverage Marketplace at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The portfolio of brands introduces a new mix of local celebrity and chef-led favori...

Los Angeles International celebrates $516m overhaul of Terminal 1

Today, Mayor Eric Garcetti joined Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Southwest Airlines to unveil the new Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 1. Completion of the Terminal 1 redevelopment comes as part of LAWA’s multibillion-dollar Capital Improvement Program, considered the largest ...

dnata expands handling operations at LAX

dnata has expanded in the US after launching operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and now provides ground handling and cargo services at 20 airports in the country. The handler has invested $8 million in infrastructure and resources at LAX, creating more than 350 local jobs. Servin...

LA airports continuing efforts with greenhouse gas emission reduction

For the third year in a row, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has been recognized as a leader in reducing carbon emissions as LAX also welcomes breaking ground on a major modernisation plan this week. This week, both Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys general aviation (VNY) airports we...

LAX ‘reimagined’: American Airlines, LAWA break ground on $1.6bn project

Yesterday, American Airlines and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) officially broke ground on a $1.6 billion modernization project to 'fully reimagine Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Terminals 4 and 5'. The project marks American’s largest individual investment at an airport in its 92-...

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