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UPS and its pilots union have struck a tentative agreement on a two-year labor contract extension. (Dreamstime/TNS)

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UPS pilots ratify two-year labor contract extension

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Passengers walk through Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson’s Concourse D widening project to cost $1.4 billion

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Passengers walk through Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson adds $160 million to Concourse D widening project

A box of DHL packages is prepared to be shipped on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at DHL Express in Atlanta. Workers at the shipping center worked to fulfill orders during the holiday rush. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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DHL Express hires for Atlanta hub expansion

Table Mountain stands beyond the harbor area in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 20, 2016. (Photo: Dean Hutton/Bloomberg)

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Delta to launch flights to Cape Town, relaunch route to Tel Aviv

Braves and Delta representatives pose for photographs during a ceremony that revealed the Delta Air Lines jet dedicated to the Braves championship Thursday, July 28, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Delta unveils plane dedicated to Braves and World Series championship

A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

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JetBlue-Spirit deal to combine two competitors at Hartsfield-Jackson

ELLABELL, GEORGIA - MAY 20, 2022: Hyundai Motor Group President and CEO Jae Hoon Chang speaks to during the announcement that the South Korean automotive giant is building an electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Ga. It is the second major electric vehicle factory announcement in Georgia since December as state economic development officials try to turn the Peach State into an important manufacturing hub for battery-powered automobiles. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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How Georgia’s Korean connections helped fuel Hyundai EV plant deal

Delta testing free Wi-Fi on some flights this summer

July 5, 2022 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Airline travelers on the North Domestic Terminal made their way through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at the domestic terminal on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 after managing through a busy Fourth of July weekend for air travel with storms and cancellations, airlines face the challenge of navigating through the rest of a busy summer. Pilot unions, travelers and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines had raised concerns about staffing issues and flight disruptions over the holiday weekend. Delta ended up canceling dozens of flights a day throughout the weekend, as did other major carriers as thunderstorms hit Georgia and the East coast. But the Independence Day weekend flight cancellations weren’t as severe as during Memorial Day weekend and some other nightmare travel days so far this summer. On Friday, the busiest day of the holiday weekend, Delta canceled 117 flights, or 3.9% of scheduled flights according to FlightAware.com. On Saturday, it canceled 81 flights, followed by 54 cancellations on Sunday and 41 cancellations on Monday. Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines and Delta have had the worst cancellation rates in the U.S. airline industry in recent weeks, according to FlightAware.com data. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Delta had worst cancellation rate among U.S. airlines in May

A Delta Air Lines Airbus 220-300. Source: Airbus

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Delta boosts order for Airbus A220 jets

The final version of the 737 Max, the Max 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times/TNS)

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Delta orders 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets

Participants of Delta’s Dream Flight 2022 event board a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, July 15, 2022. Around 150 students ranging from 13 to 18 years old will fly from Atlanta to the Duluth Air National Guard Base in Duluth, Minnesota. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

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Aviation camp targets next generation of pilots

People wait to get their flight tickets at the Delta Air Lines check kiosks. Atlanta-based Delta cut flights over the Memorial Day holiday period and through the summer. Thursday, May 26, 2022. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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To limit cancellations, Delta halts flight growth for rest of year

Passengers walk through Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Atlanta airport gets $40M from feds for Concourse D expansion

July 5, 2022 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Airline travelers on the North Domestic Terminal made their way through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at the domestic terminal on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 after managing through a busy Fourth of July weekend for air travel with storms and cancellations, airlines face the challenge of navigating through the rest of a busy summer. Pilot unions, travelers and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines had raised concerns about staffing issues and flight disruptions over the holiday weekend. Delta ended up canceling dozens of flights a day throughout the weekend, as did other major carriers as thunderstorms hit Georgia and the East coast. But the Independence Day weekend flight cancellations werenÕt as severe as during Memorial Day weekend and some other nightmare travel days so far this summer. On Friday, the busiest day of the holiday weekend, Delta canceled 117 flights, or 3.9% of scheduled flights according to FlightAware.com. On Saturday, it canceled 81 flights, followed by 54 cancellations on Sunday and 41 cancellations on Monday. Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines and Delta have had the worst cancellation rates in the U.S. airline industry in recent weeks, according to FlightAware.com data. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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After powering through July 4th weekend, airlines face tough summer

Passengers check in for Delta flights in the domestic terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

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Delta offers $10,000 to passengers to give up seats on overbooked flight

The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

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Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July

Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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200 guns caught at Hartsfield-Jackson so far this year, most in nation

Delta airplanes are seen on the tarmac at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia on January 16th, 2022 as a winter storm impacts travel.

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Delta to pay $10.5 million to settle probe into mail delivery times

Delta Air Lines pilots hit the picket line demanding working better conditions on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The pilots are members of the Delta Airlines Pilots Association, pushing for a new labor contract among their demands. Miguel Martinez / Miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Delta pilots picket at Hartsfield-Jackson

Passengers make their way through Concourse A at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Delta warns of challenges over 4th of July weekend, allows rebookings

Workers prepare a hall in the Georgia World Congress Center on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, for a Primerica convention that will begin on Wednesday in both the Congress Center and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Primerica, a Duluth-based financial services company, expects 35,000 attendees from across North America for its biennial convention. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

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Biggest corporate convention since pandemic opens in Atlanta this week

Delta Airlines pilots are seen picketing at the south terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday, March 10, 2022. The pilots are members of the Delta Airlines Pilots Association and protesting fatiguing schedules. (Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Delta pilots union to picket in Atlanta and around the country

Passengers make their way through Concourse A at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Summer travel crowds swell, but tripping isn’t like it used to be

Centurion lounge planned for Concourse E at airport

Airport terminal for the rich and famous coming to Hartsfield-Jackson

Passengers walk through Concourse B as they travel through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Ga., April 23, 2013.

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Hartsfield-Jackson completes repairs on Concourse B water main break

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: The Lomboy Family (Left to right) Jandre-16, Michelle, Jerric and Jervin-21 had their Delta flight to Los Angeles cancelled by email over the Memorial Day holiday. The family, traveling eventually to the Philippines, was able to rebook the domestic leg of their journey on Southwest. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Travel crowds expected on roads, in skies for Fourth of July holiday

April 27, 2021 Hartsfield-Jackson Airport: Delta Air Lines has turned a corner as it starts filling middle seats again May 1, 2021 and looks for a travel rebound this summer. Average airfares hit a 25-year low in 2020 as the number of travelers on U.S. airlines dropped dramatically because of the pandemic, according to a federal report. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport also had ranking changes in 2020. Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport unseated the Atlanta airport for the first time in more than two decades, according to Airports Council International's preliminary world airport traffic rankings. Seven of the 10 busiest airports in the world in the pandemic year of 2020 were in China. However, Hartsfield-Jackson was the busiest airport measured by flight counts in 2020, taking that title back from Chicago O'Hare. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Water main break at Hartsfield-Jackson disrupts services on Concourse B

Lead pilot Ivory Johnson from Drone Express accommodates the pizza box to the drone during the presentation to a pilot drone delivery test on Thursday, June 16, 2022. As a result, customers within a one-mile radius will soon choose to have their pizza delivered by drone. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

Papa John’s tests pizza delivery by drone in Powder Springs

Delta Air Lines pilots are seen picketing at the south terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday, March 10, 2022. The pilots are members of the Air Line Pilots Association at Delta and protesting fatiguing schedules. (Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Delta pilots voice frustration over schedules, flight cancellations

Delta and American Express are rolling out a limited-edition 747 SkyMiles Reserve credit card.

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Delta debuts limited-edition Amex Reserve card, made from a Boeing 747

People walk around the domestic terminal atrium during the ATL Airport Career Fair at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson vendors recruit workers as travel surges

UPS, pilots union strike deal on two-year labor contract extension

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Delta adds cold brew coffee, exclusive canned wine to in-flight menu

April 29, 2022 Atlanta - International travelers wait in line to checking-in at Delta Air Lines counter in Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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U.S. to lift COVID-19 testing requirement for international travel

June 9, 2022 Atlanta - Crews work on a 700-foot-long tunnel under construction beneath Hartsfield-Jackson International on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Sixty feet below the world's busiest airport, crews from the Clark Construction-led joint venture of Clark/Atkinson/Technique have been excavating a 833-foot extension for the Plane Train tunnel. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson makes headway on extension to speed Plane Train

People pass through a security checkpoint entrance at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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TSA investigates if screening missed firearm at Hartsfield-Jackson

May 27, 2022 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Delta Ticket counter on the South terminal. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson to host job fair June 14

People gather inside the Holiday Inn & Suites near the Atlanta airport, where the Transportation Security Administration held a job fair. TSA offers a $1,000 signing bonus for Atlanta airport jobs during the recruiting event Tuesday and Wednesday, June 7-8. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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TSA ramps up hiring with Atlanta recruiting event as travel rebounds

Air Canada airplane arrives at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport moments after Officials from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Air Canada celebrate Air Canada's resumption of nonstop service between Atlanta and Montreal on Wednesday June 1, 2022. The last time Air Canada had a connection between the two cities was in 2008. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Air Canada launches Atlanta to Montreal route

April 29, 2022 Atlanta - International travelers wait in line to checking-in at Delta Air Lines counter in Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Delta says air fares up as much as 30% this summer

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Hundreds of flights canceled over Memorial Day weekend

People approach the entrance of the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, May 26, 2022. About 2 million passengers are expected to pass through its concourses during the Memorial Day holiday from May 26 to June 1. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Delta cutting flights due to staffing, COVID, weather disruptions

Mary Ellen Anton (center) calls for a vote as the Morgan County board of assessors approve the Rivian tax exemption proposal in Madison on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. John Artz (center right) opposed the measure. (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Rivian incentive deal approved by Morgan County board

People are seen at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport domestic terminal in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson to spend down relief funding over next two years

People are seen at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport domestic terminal in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson expects 2 million passengers in Memorial Day period

Parked cars are seen from the Hartsfield-Jackson domestic terminal south parking deck in Atlanta on Friday, April 8, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Atlanta City Council approves airport parking management contract

International travelers rest at the Autrium in Atlanta's Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal on Friday, April 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Hartsfield-Jackson’s international terminal turns 10 with turbulence

A rendering of a Southern National Market planned by Paradies Lagardère to open on an extension of Concourse T.

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New food options coming to Hartsfield-Jackson’s Concourse T

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