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On January 31, 2017, American Airlines relocated these 4 gates to Terminal 5 as part of the larger LAX Terminal relocation program. [36] In April 2011, Alaska Airlines agreed to a deal with Los Angeles World Airports to renovate Terminal 6 and build an Alaska Lounge for first-class passengers.
After the end of the War, four temporary terminals were quickly erected on the north side of the airport and, on December 9, 1946, American Airlines, Trans World Airlines (TWA), United Airlines, Southwest Airways and Western Airlines began passenger operations at the airport, with Pan American Airways (Pan Am) joining the next month.
American Airlines' 707-123s flew the first jet passengers out of LAX to New York in January 1959; the first wide-body jets were TWA's Boeing 747s to New York in early 1970. [ 8 ] In 1958, the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the " jet age ".
These include a $1.6-billion project to update Terminals 4 and 5; a $477.5-million project to extend Terminal 1 and a $230-million project to improve Terminal 6 — all part of a $30-billion ...
On July 4, 2002, a lone gunman opened fire at the ticket counter of El Al, Israel 's national airline, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the terrorist attack, two people were killed, and four others were injured before an El Al security guard fatally shot the gunman.
October 30, 1941: American Airlines Flight 1, a Douglas DC-3 en route from New York City to Detroit with two stopovers at Buffalo and Chicago, stalled and dived into a plowed field over St. Thomas, Ontario, in Canada killing all 20 on board after circling to look for a place to land. Cause undetermined.
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1927 American Airways FC-2 A Stinson Trimotor first operated by Century Airlines DC-3 "Flagship", American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period. American Airlines was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines through acquisitions in 1930 [2] and reorganizations; initially, American Airways was a common brand used by a number of independent carriers.