(Los Angeles, California – January 23, 2012)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today approved the purchase of seven 12-passenger, alternative-fuel vans as part of Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA’s) ongoing Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Program.

 (Los Angeles, California – January 19, 2011) Air New Zealand’s newest Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted all black, will touch down on Runway 24R at Los Angeles International Airport today, Jan. 19, at approximately 2 p.m. The aircraft (flight number NZ 2) will then taxi to Terminal 2.

 After over 30 years of public safety  service, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) 

Police Chief George R. Centeno transitions to a new  role before his scheduled retirement at the end of February.  Chief Centeno has spent more than 30 years of public service including time spent in the United States military and three decades in law enforcement.  During the past five years he has led the LAWA Police Division, which is responsible for ensuring public safety and security at LAWA’s three airports: Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT), and Van Nuys (VNY) general aviation.     

CRIME DROPS 27 PERCENT AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN 2011

            (Los Angeles, California – January 5, 2012)  The number of overall crimes reported at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) dropped 27 percent last year, and major crime continues to decline as well, according to 2011 statistics released today by Los Angeles Airport Police. 

      (Los Angeles, California – January 1, 2012)  Two quick thinking Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA) Police officers save the life of a woman who has a heart attack at LAX. 

Around 10:15 on the evening of December 30, 2011, two Airport Police officers rushed to a call of a woman feeling sick at Terminal 2.  Little did they know, soon they would be saving her life.