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Airport solicits proposals for barbershop

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is holding a pre-proposal conference for companies interested in building and operating a barbershop in the airport terminal. The pre-proposal conference will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the airport’s Technical Support campus at 1255 South Loop Road in College Park. The airport held a similar ...

Airport’s environmental efforts face many challenges

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s director of sustainability, Michael Cheyne, envisions airport solar arrays, an airport composting center and electric vehicle charging stations.But for the world’s busiest airport, it’s not easy going green.Challenges abound in the many other efforts the Atlanta airport is making to improve its environmental standing, and it has ...

A pay phone is shown in the North Terminal baggage claim area at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., September 12, 2013. The world’s busiest airport wants to set its pay phones free. Hartsfield-Jackson International plans to replace all of its payphones with phones that allow free calls supported by advertising. All of these pay phones will be replaced with free phones.

Airport to replace pay phones with free ones

The world’s busiest airport wants to set its pay phones free. Hartsfield-Jackson International officials plan to replace all pay phones with phones that allow free calls, with advertising providing the revenue. It’s a reflection of changing times: Cell phones have turned pay phones into relics from an earlier age. Many ...

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport recently put up new signs indicating that guns and other weapons are not allowed past security checkpoints at the terminal. The Atlanta airport had more guns found at security checkpoints than any other airport in the nation last year, and is on pace for even more guns found at checkpoints this year.

Airport tries to combat guns found at security

Licensed gun owners who bring their firearms to the security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport will generally end up in Clayton County jail. But they’re free to carry them anywhere else in the terminal, ever since a 2010 state law allowed it. Hartsfield-Jackson has now become the No. 1 airport ...

Independent airport lounge opening at Hartsfield-Jackson

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s first independent VIP lounge opens Thursday, offering a respite from the crowds to anyone willing to pay an entrance fee. The Club at ATL on Concourse F in the airport’s international terminal will offer snacks, beverages, alcoholic drinks, two showers, a business center and wi-fi — in ...

Independent airport lounge to open at Hartsfield-Jackson

An independent airport lounge called “The Club at ATL” is set to open at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on July 18. Airport Lounge Development operations director Graham Richards said the lounge on Concourse F of the Atlanta airport’s international terminal will offer food, beverages and alcoholic drinks, a business center and ...

Atlanta airport tops for guns found at security checkpoints

At Hartsfield-Jackson International, the world’s busiest airport, the sheer volume of passengers contributes to its position as the airport with the most guns found at security checkpoints nationally. Even without counting connecting passengers who don’t pass through security, Hartsfield-Jackson is still among the busiest airports in the nation. The 96 ...

Water bottle filling stations coming to airport

The next big travel accessory could be a reusable water bottle.Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is installing about 52 free water bottle refilling stations over the next month throughout the concourses and terminals. It’s a way to address two issues: The airport security liquids ban that forces travelers to dump beverages before ...

Delta plane wing hits pole in Nashville

A Delta Air Lines plane bound for Atlanta hit a pole while taxiing at Nashville International Airport on Thursday morning. After the plane’s wing struck the pole, the 141 passengers on Delta flight 1066 disembarked from the MD-88 aircraft and were taken back to the terminal by bus, according to ...

Atlanta airport expects 3 percent rise in holiday traffic

More than 1.6 million passengers are expected to pass through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport over the long Memorial Day weekend, kicking off the busy summer travel season. Hartsfield-Jackson forecasts weekend traffic over the holiday travel period running from Thursday through Tuesday will be up 3 percent this year compared with 2012. ...

May 24, 2012 - Atlanta, Ga: Passengers load onto a shuttle bus on their way to the domestic terminal at the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Harstfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., May 24, 2012. Atlanta's new international terminal has been open just over a week, and some returning travelers are steamed waiting an hour in some cases to catch overwhelmed shuttle buses back to their parked cars or MARTA. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

Bill rises for shuttles at Atlanta airport’s new terminal

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is boosting spending to nearly $4.4 million annually on shuttle buses serving its one-year-old international terminal — more than three times the original amount it expected — to keep average wait times at five minutes or less. The Atlanta City Council is set to vote Monday to ...

New terminal brings pleasures, perturbances

In the year since the Atlanta airport’s $1.4 billion international terminal opened, its spacious, airy feel and the elimination of the dreaded baggage recheck for Atlantans have received raves. But the quirks of the new facility still irk some travelers. The terminal, which opened last May 16, marked an historic ...

New trusted traveler lane to open at Atlanta airport north security checkpoint

A new “trusted traveler” lane will open Tuesday at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s domestic terminal north security checkpoint, adding another path for qualified frequent travelers to take for expedited security. The TSA program known as PreCheck allows those who qualify for expedited security screening and opt in to the program to ...

UPS reports $1 billion quarterly profit

UPS posted a profit of about $1 billion for the first three months of the year, saying strong post-holiday online shopping shipments drove the results.The first quarter figure, announced Thursday, was an improvement over the Sandy Springs shipping giant’s $970 million profit in the first quarter of 2012.Results in January ...

With the control tower in the background, a traveler walks toward the north terminal from the parking deck at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Ga., April 23, 2013.

Airport sees need for expansion in coming years

Nearly a year after Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport opened its new international terminal, it is already planning for the next expansion — which could mean more concourses and a sixth runway.Forecasts show the Atlanta airport expects millions more travelers to fill the terminal, concourses, roads and garages. Last year, more than ...

Ecco restaurant opens at Atlanta airport

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport plan to celebrate the opening of showcase restaurant Ecco, marking the completion of restaurants for the international terminal and its Concourse F some nine months after the terminal opened. Ecco opened its doors Feb. 11, while the $1.4 billion international terminal began operations last May. The European-themed ...

Payphones fading from landscape

They sit, silent and unnoticed, amid crowds of people rushing by. You may never notice them, but there are still some 4,600 payphones lurking throughout Georgia, including at least 250 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport alone. And every once in a while, they get called into action. Ron Szulwach, who flew ...

Delta adding outdoor terraces to two airport clubs

Delta Air Lines is adding its first outdoor terraces to airport Sky Clubs in Atlanta and New York, the Atlanta-based carrier announced Monday.The “Sky Deck” balcony next to the Delta Sky Club at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s Concourse F will open this summer and will offer “unprecedented outdoor runway views,” Delta ...

Concessionaire drops legal challenge to airport contracts

A concessionaire that challenged contracts for new restaurants at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has dropped that litigation, the city of Atlanta said Wednesday. SSP America took the city to court after it did not win airport contracts. That led to an expensive legal battle for both sides and added to the ...

Passenger counts at the Atlanta airport were up 3.3 percent for the year through October, on track to top last year’s record of 92.4 million passengers. Just as the holiday period ends, heavy business travel is set to resume Jan. 7.

Atlanta airport readies for surge this weekend

Hartsfield-Jackson International expects more than 5 million travelers to use the world’s busiest airport over the next three weeks, with some of the the biggest crowds at the end of this week. The holiday travel period for the airport runs from Dec. 17 until Jan. 6, with surges Thursday, Friday ...

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