LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/31/08 -- The October issue of the LAX Connection E-newsletter is now available online at http://www.lawa.org/lax/laxConnection.cfm. The newsletter provides information and news about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) passenger services and new air service to the public and the travel-tourism industry.

This month's issue features news about the opening of new restaurants by three brands in LAX terminals, the arrival of the first A380 passenger service to Los Angeles by Qantas, the Jan. 1 increase in LAX FlyAway fares, and the effect of the merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Oct. 29.

LAX, the fifth busiest airport in the world, offers more than 600 daily flights to 85 destinations in the U.S. and over 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 65 international destinations.