US. Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) today announced a healthy increase in passenger volumes at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from January to June 2012.
Total passenger numbers reached 30,943,155 for the half-year period, +3.6% up from the same period in 2011.
International passenger numbers rose +3.0% to 8,333,316, with domestic traffic up +3.8% to 22,609,839 compared to the first half of 2011.
For June 2012, total passenger volume reached 5,742,834, an increase of +1.9% compared to June 2011. Domestic traffic increased by +1.0% over June 2011 to 4,181,350 passengers, with international traffic up +4.6% to 1,561,484 passengers.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third busiest in the US, offering more than 600 daily flights to 91 domestic cities and more than 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 58 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers. In 2011, LAX served more than 61 million passengers and handled 603,912 aircraft operations. LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles.
