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Billion-Dollar LAX Gate Complex to Serve Giant Jets

New facility is long overdue, everyone admits

By Dan Schlossberg
ConsumerAffairs.com

August 20, 2007

Poor roadway access, inadequate parking, cramped terminals, and long waits for both security and baggage have caused both airlines and passengers to look for alternative airports – putting a small but noticeable dent in the city’s economy.

The city council’s approval of the new docking station should help.

It will be used primarily by large jets from international destinations. One of those new giants, the Airbus A380, visited LAX on a practice flight earlier this summer, in advance of its first flights for Singapore Airlines later this year.

The new Los Angeles facility, located west of the Tom Bradley International Terminal, will be connected by an underground tunnel and people-mover.

All 10 gates at the new structure will be capable of handling both the A380 and its chief competitor, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

The design and construction of the futuristic complex and a central car-rental facility is the responsibility of Los Angeles World Airports, which operates Los Angeles International.

LAX is the nation’s fifth-busiest airport, trailing Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, New York’s John F. Kennedy International, and Newark Liberty.

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