(Los Angeles, California – October 3, 2005) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today completed the election of its officers by selecting Valeria C. Velasco as vice president. Today’s action follows the Sept. 14 election of Alan Rothenberg as president.
(Los Angeles October 3, 2005) The Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) today announced the appointment of Lydia H. Kennard as executive director of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the City department that owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and three other airports.
(Los Angeles, California – September 14, 2005) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded NSA Construction Group, Inc., and Karabuild Development and Construction, Inc., both of Los Angeles, separate contracts totaling over $1.7 million for residential soundproofing.
(Los Angeles, California -- August 30, 2005) Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX's) busy summer travel season concludes with the four-day Labor Day weekend. An estimated 785,000 travelers are expected to depart and arrive on flights at LAX from Friday, Sept. 2, through Monday, Sept. 5, about the same as during last year’s Labor Day weekend.
(Los Angeles, California -- August 30, 2005) Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX's) busy summer travel season concludes with the four-day Labor Day weekend. An estimated 785,000 travelers are expected to depart and arrive on flights at LAX from Friday, Sept. 2, through Monday, Sept. 5, about the same as during last year’s Labor Day weekend.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/05/2005 -- Los Angles World Airports (LAWA) today hailed the announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that it will provide $38.8 million for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) South Airfield Improvement Project as a significant step in improving public safety at the City's international air gateway.
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today said it would provide $38.8 million to help reconfigure the southside runway complex at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in order to reduce the potential for runway incursions at the airport. The project is necessary for the construction of a parallel taxiway between the two runways, part of an effort to improve safety at the nation’s fourth-busiest airport.
LOS ANGELES – Continuing to build a results-orientated administration inclusive of the best and brightest, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced key senior staff appointments who will oversee Homeland Security and Public Safety; Energy and the Environment; Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Communications as well as his Director of Finance and Performance Management.
(Los Angeles August 2, 2005) – Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the South Airfield Improvement Project at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/26/2005 -- International passenger traffic at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) increased 6.7 percent in the first half of 2005 to a record 8,476,355, compared with the same period last year. The previous record was 8,442,592 international passengers in the first six months of 2001, prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
(Los Angeles, CA) – Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa continued his efforts to create a more accountable and ethical government today by appointing candidates with outstanding qualifications to the City’s Board of Airport Commissioners. The seven-member Board will get a fresh start with the addition of six new members.
