Tag: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

Designit and LAX raise the bar with airport worker experience tool, Altitude

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has teamed up with Wipro-owned global experience innovation consultancy Designit to launch a proprietary digital airport worker experience solution called Altitude, aimed at providing better tools, services and information at the world’s busiest origin and destina...

LAX passenger traffic tops pre-pandemic numbers

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has announce the airport surpassed pre-pandemic passenger levels for the first time since 2019 during a two-day October travel period. The milestone was first reached on Monday, October 9 when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported screen...

Balfour Beatty announces major milestone on the modernization of the LAX

Balfour Beatty, as part of LINXS Constructors, announces another major milestone on the ongoing modernization of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with the placement of the last structural steel beam for the Automated People Mover (APM) train stations. This achievement signifies substan...

Los Angeles airport to test new drone tracking technology

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 ...

Qatar Airways Expands Flights to U.S. with Boston, NY, LA and Washington, D.C.

Qatar Airways Expands Flights to U.S. with Boston, NY, LA and Washington, D.C.

Qatar Airways commitment to the U.S. market has not waivered throughout this unprecedented crisis. While other airlines from the Gulf stopped operating, Qatar Airways has continued to work closely with the U.S. Government and airports to take over 160,000 stranded people home from Australasia, Afri...

LAX to Restrict Access to Central Terminal Area

LAX’s Central Terminal Area (CTA) will restrict access 24 hours a day 7 days a week to only: Ticketed airline passengers and persons meeting, accompanying or assisting them (airline check-in counters and federal passenger security screening will be open depending upon flight schedules for each...

American Airlines Becomes the Only Carrier to Fly from the U.S. to the South Island of New Zealand

American Airlines Becomes the Only Carrier to Fly from the U.S. to the South Island of New Zealand

A trip to the breathtaking landscape of the majestic Southern Alps will become much shorter when American Airlines launches the only nonstop service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Christchurch, New Zealand (CHC), next October. The airline is also adding the only direct service ...

New LAX-it will reduce traffic for guests using taxis and ride apps for pickup

New LAX-it will reduce traffic for guests using taxis and ride apps for pickup

As Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ramps up work on its modernization program, the airport today announced plans for “LAX-it,” a convenient, amenity-rich, centralized area for guests to pick up a taxi or ride app service, and avoid traffic in the Central Terminal Area (CTA). LAX-it will...

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta retains spot as busiest airport for passenger traffic

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta retains spot as busiest airport for passenger traffic

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport retained its spot as the world’s busiest airport for passenger traffic in 2018 but Chicago O’Hare International Airport has taken over as the busiest for aircraft movements, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). The world’s ...

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

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 ...

American Airlines to apply for additional service at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport

American Airlines to apply for additional service at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport

American Airlines yesterday (21 February) submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation to operate additional services to Tokyo Haneda (HND) from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX) and Las Vegas (LAS) in 2020. American’s application is a result of the US and Japan re...

American’s first-ever biometric boarding program arrives at LAX

American’s first-ever biometric boarding program arrives at LAX

American Airlines yesterday (5 December) launched its first-ever biometric boarding pilot program at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). American customers traveling on select international departures from LAX Terminal 4 can now enjoy additional convenience during the departure process via t...

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