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LOS ANGELES, CA -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and executives from
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA) announced non-stop FlyAway bus service between Westwood - University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus and airline terminals at Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX).
The service departs from both LAX and Westwood simultaneously every 30 minutes
on the hour and half-hour from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily, including weekends and
holidays. From June 14 to 30, 2007, passengers can ride the bus for free.
Beginning July 1, the cost will be $4 one-way for adults. The service, provided
through a partnership between LAWA and UCLA, will connect the world’s fifth
busiest airport to the West Los Angeles campus and area residences and
businesses. Airport officials forecast that more than 167,000 passengers will
use the LAX FlyAway in Westwood during the
first year of service.
The LAX FlyAway in Westwood is the third bus route on a network that is expected
to expand to a total of nine locations
throughout Southern California by 2015. LAX FlyAway bus departed in June 2007
from bus stop on Kinross Avenue for its initial press launch.
SOURCE: Los Angeles World Airports
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