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Foreign airlines cutting flights to Los Angeles International Airport
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Flights are posted this month at LAX, which is slated to lose at least 15 long-haul flights this fall. Fliers may face higher fares and crowded planes.
The reductions would add to troubles for the local economy and fliers.
Los Angeles International Airport, battered by financially devastated domestic airlines, is now headed for trouble from overseas.
Foreign carriers, until now a bright spot for the airport in an increasingly dismal year, are slashing flights at LAX amid high fuel costs and slowing international demand, dealing yet another blow to Southern California's economy.
Foreign carriers, until now a bright spot for the airport in an increasingly dismal year, are slashing flights at LAX amid high fuel costs and slowing international demand, dealing yet another blow to Southern California's economy.
For Southern California passengers, the cuts would add to travel woes including fewer nonstop flights to overseas destinations, higher fares and crowded planes, experts said.
"It's kind of sad," said Bob Covington, a Mid-Wilshire district resident who often flies out of LAX for trips overseas because of his job as an event manager for photo agency Getty Images. "I'm learning to live with less and pay more."
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"It's kind of sad," said Bob Covington, a Mid-Wilshire district resident who often flies out of LAX for trips overseas because of his job as an event manager for photo agency Getty Images. "I'm learning to live with less and pay more."
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