Los Angeles International Airport officials announced a program Tuesday designed to encourage commercial airlines to operate as quietly as possible to cut down on airport noise in surrounding communities. The Fly Quieter program will evaluate airlines annually on their compliance with LAX noise-abatement procedures and their use of quieter aircraft and new technology. They will also be evaluated on their…

A man yelled “That man’s got a gun” at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday, causing panic and leading to an arrest, NBC News reported. The incident took place at Terminal 6 and the terminal was back to normal operations soon after the gun scare, according to LAX Airport Police. One person was arrested but no gun was found, police said….

Some 60 people were treated for skin irritation Tuesday after a plane dumped jet fuel over an elementary school east of Los Angeles International Airport. Seventeen children and nine adults at Park Avenue Elementary School in the 8000 block of Park Avenue in Cudahy complained of skin irritation, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Students and staff members…

American Airlines announced today that is testing technology at Los Angeles International Airport that interprets 29 languages to help passengers in its airport lounges. American Airlines officials said testing of Google Assistant’s “interpreter mode” began last week at LAX in the Admirals Clubs in Terminals 4 and 5. LAX is only location where the airline has conducted testing so far….

A 27-year-old man who apparently died by suicide at Los Angeles International Airport was identified Wednesday by the coroner’s office. The apparent suicide occurred about 8:15 p.m. Sunday in the Tom Bradley Terminal, according to Airport Police Sgt. Rob Pedregon and Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “It appears the man (Alexander Rivera) was on an upper...

A 27-year-old man apparently jumped to his death tonight at Los Angeles International Airport in Westchester, said Los Angeles Airport police. The apparent suicide occurred about 8:15 p.m. in the Tom Bradley Terminal, according to Airport police Sgt. Rob Pedregon and Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. “It appears the man was on an upper level when he jumped,”…

A child died of cardiac arrest at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday on a plane that returned to the airport when the medical emergency was reported shortly after takeoff, officials said. Paramedics responded to provide medical aid for a girl at LAX but “all efforts were futile and the child was beyond medical help,” the Los Angeles Fire Department said…

Three buses caught fire near a runway at LAX Saturday evening, affecting both air traffic and a rideshare lot. Luckily, nobody was aboard any of the buses and no injuries were reported.

On any given night, up to 130 homeless people are camping out in the terminals at Los Angeles International Airport, according to an internal LAX document obtained by NBC4’s I-Team. The document says the majority of LAX’s homeless population suffers from mental illness and/or substance abuse and some could be a threat to themselves or to others. Police records...

The seemingly ever-present blue and yellow vans have been part of the blur of activity at LAX for nearly four decades. SuperShuttle, the shared ride service founded in 1983 to serve the airport, is coming to a stop — for good. The service will cease operations by the end of the year, according to a letter from the company to…

Taking a Lyft, Uber or taxi from Los Angeles International Airport is about to get more complicated. Starting at 3 a.m. Oct. 29, taxi and ride-hailing services will be barred from picking up passengers at LAX terminals. Instead, passengers will have to take a shuttle bus to a nearby parking lot, called LAX-it, to pick up a ride.

LAX plans to ease congestion within the terminals with the new Automated People Mover (APM). The electric train system is an elevated guideway with three stations outside the terminal loop and three inside.

Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that manages LAX, and United Airlines Wednesday will welcome the arrival of “Flight for the Planet,” billed as the most “eco-friendly” commercial flight of its kind.

Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday they have confirmed a fourth case of measles involving someone who traveled through the county, this one centered around a passenger who flew in and out of Los Angeles International Airport, the third such incident at LAX in the past two months.

Air Italy Friday began operating at Los Angeles International Airport, offering four nonstop flights per week between LAX and Milan’s Malpensa International Airport.

A Hawaiian Airlines flight departing from Honolulu to Los Angeles returned to Honolulu due to two “unruly passengers.”

Los Angeles World Airport announced Thursday that its FlyAway bus service will be free to all federal workers during the ongoing partial government shutdown, and it also will defer billing for federal employees parking at its lots.

Wait times at Los Angeles International Airport security lines appeared to be unaffected by the continuing partial government shutdown, which has prompted a higher-than-usual number absentee rate among Transportation Security Administration workers.

A pickup carrying what appeared to be firearms and replica grenades prompted access road closures and brought the LAPD bomb squad to Los Angeles International Airport and shut down traffic on Friday morning. Some of the “weapons” turned out to be movie props, police said.