LA Council approves Delta's LAX relocation plans

(Source: Internet)

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a lease and license agreement that would allow Delta to relocate to Terminals 2 and 3 at Los Angeles International Airport, the carrier said. The relocation would come as part of Delta's planned $1.9 billion renovation at LAX.

The city council approval came just over a month after Los Angeles World Airport's Board of Airport Commissioners gave its own approval to the lease.

Under the project, Delta is slated to renovate and connect Terminals 2 and 3 over the next seven years. Delta would then relocate to those terminals from its current LAX home at Terminals 5 and 6.

The move is designed to expand Delta's gates at LAX, where it has increased its service from 70 to more than 175 daily departures since 2009. It would also allow Delta to operate alongside many of its airline partners, including Aeromexico, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia.

Later in the project, Delta plans to build a secured connector between Terminals 2 and 3 and LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal.