Additional Gates Promised at LAX

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Responding to revelations that airlines are increasingly taking lucrative international flights to cities with newer facilities, Los Angeles officials on Monday announced they will build more parking spots for aircraft on the back of LAX’s aging international terminal, the Los Angeles Times reports.


Under pressure from airlines, who have threatened to take additional flights elsewhere, lawmakers agreed to resurrect the project, which would install 11 new gates on the west side of the facility. The work, which will be separate from the remodeling project that got underway Monday at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, is expected to take years.


At a groundbreaking ceremony for the $723.5-million modernization of the overcrowded Bradley terminal, lawmakers emphasized they will not concede Los Angeles International Airport’s standing as the premier U.S. gateway to the Pacific Rim.


“Let the games begin,” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said, as weary travelers pushed overloaded luggage trolleys behind him. “When we’re finished with this modernization project, this is going to be a world-class facility.”


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