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Mar 02 2005, 12:00 AM

LAWA POSTS STRONG FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004

(Los Angeles, California – March 2, 2005) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) today released audited financial results for fiscal year 2004 (12 months ending June 30, 2004).LAWA’s total net assets were approximately $2.3 billion as of June 30, 2004, representing an increase of $122.5 million, or 5.6 percent over June 30, 2003. Net assets, the amount by which LAWA’s total assets (which include its buildings, land, equipment, cash, investments and all receivables exceed its total liabilities), serve as the key indicator of LAWA’s strong financial position.

Feb 25 2005, 12:00 AM

LAX, ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL POST HIGHER JANUARY PASSENGER VOLUMES; LAWA REPORTS FIRST TOTALS FOR PALMDALE REGIONAL AIRPORT

(Los Angeles, California -- February 25, 2005) Los Angeles World Airports today announced January 2005 traffic statistics for its three passenger airports with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Ontario International Airport (ONT) posting solid gains over the same month in 2004 and Palmdale Regional (PMD) reporting its first full month of traffic statistics since the recent resumption of airline service.

Feb 22 2005, 12:00 AM

LAX POLICE CHIEF RECEIVES HIGHEST LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATION FROM STATE COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING

(Los Angeles, California -- February 22, 2005) Chief of Los Angeles Airport Police Bernard J. Wilson received an Executive Certificate from the State of California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). It is the highest level of certification awarded by the agency to a California police chief or sheriff following completion of rigorous education, training and testing at the law enforcement executive level.

Feb 22 2005, 12:00 AM

"CLIFTON A. MOORE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING" NAMED IN HONOR OF FORMER AIRPORT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(Los Angeles, California – February 22, 2005) In recognition and memory of Clifton Albert Moore, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) named its administration building after the world-renown leader in civil aviation who served for 25 years as executive director of Los Angeles’ vast four-airport system.

Feb 08 2005, 12:00 AM

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS AND AIRPORT POLICE PARTNERSHIP

(Los Angeles, California – February 8, 2005) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and its Los Angeles Airport Police each received recognition today from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for their performance as partners in ensuring safety and security at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Feb 07 2005, 12:00 AM

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR RESIDENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING NEAR LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

(Los Angeles, California -- February 7, 2005) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today awarded NSA Construction Group of Tarzana, a contract for residential soundproofing near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The contract, totaling $937,200 will cover sound-insulation modifications on a total of 64 single and multi-family residences located within the noise-impacted area of Council District 11.

Feb 07 2005, 12:00 AM

MEDIA ADVISORY ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO CONDUCT EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER DRILL

Ontario International Airport (ONT) will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise to test the effectiveness of the airport's emergency plan, provide a realistic training scenario for emergency response personnel, and determine the effectiveness of outside agency capabilities in response to an aircraft emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires FAA certificated airports such as ONT to hold an exercise a minimum of once every three years to review and evaluate the airport's ability to respond to an actual emergency.

Feb 02 2005, 12:00 AM

OPERATION USA, LAWA, ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZE FIRST ALL-CARGO SOUTH ASIA-BOUND AIRLIFT 100 TONS OF MEDICAL, SHELTER AND FOOD SUPPLIES WORTH $7 MILLION FOR TSUNAMI-DEVASTATED SOUTH ASIA

(Los Angeles, California – February 2, 2005) Operation USA, in partnership with Polar Air/Atlas Air and Islamic Relief USA, today sent off Los Angeles' first dedicated all-cargo airlift of 100 tons of pharmaceuticals, medical, shelter and nutritional supplies worth more than $7 million to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, en route to Sumatra's Aceh province, South Asia's region hardest hit by the December 26 tsunami.

Jan 27 2005, 12:00 AM

LAX AND ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL POST HIGHER PASSENGER VOLUMES IN 2004; LAX'S GROWTH RATE HIGHEST SINCE 1978; ONT SETS PASSENGER RECORD

(Los Angeles, California – January 27, 2005) Airport officials today announced that in 2004 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) posted its highest rate of increase in passengers since 1978 and Ontario International Airport (ONT) served a record number of travelers. Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the City of Los Angeles department that owns and operates LAX, ONT and two other

Jan 27 2005, 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS ISSUES NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR PALMDALE REGIONAL AIRPORT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

When all agency and public comments are received on the NOP, LAWA will consider those comments and prepare the joint draft EA/EIR. The EA/EIR will analyze potential adverse impacts of the PMD Master Plan, identify potential mitigation measures where reasonable and feasible, and analyze reasonable and feasible alternatives to the PMD Master Plan that could reduce or avoid identified impacts while still achieving basic objectives.

Jan 20 2005, 12:00 AM

CRIME RATE DOWN AT LAX FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

(Los Angeles, California – January 20, 2005) Law enforcement officials at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) reported that violent crime dropped 62 percent and property crime dropped five percent last year – the fourth consecutive year of declining crime – even as passenger volumes increased approximately 10 percent. The number of arrests rose 33 percent.

Jan 20 2005, 12:00 AM

CRIME RATE DOWN AT LAX FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR DESPITE JUMP IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC

(Los Angeles, California – January 20, 2005) Law enforcement officials at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) reported that violent crime dropped 62 percent and property crime dropped five percent last year – the fourth consecutive year of declining crime – even as passenger volumes increased approximately 10 percent. The number of arrests rose 33 percent.