Busy Airport Summer Travel Season Ends With Labor Day Weekend

LOS ANGELES, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX) busy summer travel season
concludes with the four-day Labor Day weekend. An estimated 825,000
travelers are expected to depart and arrive on flights at LAX from
Friday, August 29 through Monday, Sept. 1, approximately the same number
as Labor Day weekend last year.

LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is expecting to serve approximately
79,000 travelers over the four-day holiday weekend, five percent less than
last year.

In the first seven months of calendar year 2008, LAX passenger traffic
totaled 36,020,612, a decrease of 1.3 percent from last year. Traffic is
down five percent at ONT for the first seven months of the year, declining
from 4,150,687 in 2007 to 3,940,024 in 2008. Declines at both airports are
due to reductions in domestic travel.

Antelope Valley and Northern Los Angeles County travelers have a choice of
airports with service also available at LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
(PMD). United Express flies twice daily from PMD to United Airlines' San
Francisco hub, permitting onward connections to many cities.

With airlines forecasting passenger load factors above 90 percent,
travelers should allow enough time before their flights for parking,
airline check-in, and passenger and checked-luggage security screening.
The current guidance for LAX and ONT is to arrive two hours before
domestic flights and three hours before international flights.

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) officials suggest passengers observe
several other travel tips during the last holiday of the summer:

-- Reduce traffic congestion and enjoy the ride by taking alternative
transportation to LAX. The LAX FlyAway's service locations from Van Nuys,
Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and Westwood are convenient for many
travelers. The fare is $4 each way.
-- Wait for incoming travelers at the free LAX Cell Phone Waiting Lot,
located at 9011 Airport Blvd. Parking is free to drivers waiting in their
cars, who then can go right to the terminal curbside to pickup a passenger
who has called them by cell phone.
-- Safety and security are paramount at LAX, LA/Ontario and LA/Palmdale.
Passengers should always watch their baggage and belongings anywhere in the
airport, especially in airline gate boarding areas and during passenger
screening.
-- With weather having the possibility of causing flight delays in other
cities, passengers should contact their airline if there is the potential
for storms to cancel or delay their airline flights. Passengers also can
check the airport in their destination cities by visiting the Federal
Aviation Administration website www.faa.gov for real-time airport status
information.
-- Additional information about LAX, LA/Ontario and LA/Palmdale is
available at LAWA's website www.lawa.org

CONTACT:
Thomas Winfrey
(310) 646-5260

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