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Job seekers meet with recruiters at ATL Airport Career Fair at Georgia International Convention Center on June 20. Airport concessionaires are having difficulty hiring enough workers to reopen all the shops and restaurants. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Some airport restaurants and shops still closed amid labor shortage
A flight attendant closes the overhead compartment on a flight to Tokyo from Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Unruly passengers causing havoc on some flights
Delta Air Lines passenger jets rest on the tarmac, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston. Airlines say the current rise in new cases of coronavirus aren't scaring away travelers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Delta loosens ticket restrictions after customers can’t reach agents
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A UPS delivery truck in May 2018 in Chicago. (Jonathan Weiss/Dreamstime/TNS)
UPDATE: UPS 2Q sales, profit soar despite fewer packages
Timothy Hosea, regional manager with Hallmark Aviation Services, meets with job seekers at ATL Airport Career Fair at Georgia International Convention Center on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Hartsfield-Jackson, short airport workers, to host job fair next week
The ATL West deck at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
New Atlanta airport parking deck to accept Peach Pass
The Frontier Airlines self check-in kiosks were empty on Tuesday April 14, 2020 as the ticket counter was temporarily closed inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. After scaling back flights early in the pandemic, the airline is expanding routes from Atlanta, including international flights. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Frontier Airlines to expand in Atlanta, include international flights
Delta pilot Craig Alexander. Source: Morgan & Morgan.
Pilot files intellectual property lawsuit against Delta
A U.S. ten dollar bills sits among ten and twenty euro banknotes in this arranged photograph taken inside a Travelex store, operated by Travelex Holdings Ltd., in London, U.K., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
New company taking over currency exchange locations at Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta’s Airbus A350. Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Delta adding more used jets to its fleet
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for the Memorial Day weekend travel period as seen on Thursday, May 27, 2021. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
UPDATE: Delta books 2Q profit with govt aid; airline recovery choppy
Crowds swelled in Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s domestic atrium on July 2, 2021 with travelers heading out on the Fourth of July holiday weekend. John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Biden order targets airline fee refunds for delayed bags, Wi-Fi issues
Balram Bheodari (left), General Manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport talks with Dwayne Mitchell, artist, during an event to announce the exhibition of the Atlanta Children's Memorial Portraits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Hartsfield-Jackson’s new manager Bheodari to get $310,000 salary
A motorist at a gas station
Fourth of July road trippers face higher gas prices than last year
With the launch of a nonstop Eastern Airlines flight from Atlanta to Mexico City 50 years ago in 1971, Atlanta marked its arrival as an international city. EASTERN AIRLINES COLLECTION / GA. STATE UNIV. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES
Atlanta airport went international 50 years ago with Mexico City flight
Cars line up at the Delta Air Museum when it was one of the four mass COVID-19 vaccination sites, Monday morning, February 22, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Delta Flight Museum reopens
June 30, 2021 Atlanta - Airport travelers appreciate the exhibition of the Atlanta ChildrenÕs Memorial Portraits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Hartsfield-Jackson Honors Atlanta Child Murder Victims with Portrait Art Exhibit ATLÕs award-winning art program is hosting the Atlanta ChildrenÕs Memorial Portraits exhibition from June 25 Ð Sept. 8, 2021. Selected from a competition of over 100 regional visual art professionals, artist Dwayne Mitchell was commissioned to create 30 portraits memorializing each victim of the Atlanta Child Murders. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Art exhibit at Hartsfield-Jackson honors Atlanta Child Murder victims
June 30, 2021 Atlanta - Timothy Hosea, regional manager with Hallmark Aviation Services, meets with job seekers at ATL Airport Career Fair at Georgia International Convention Center on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The ATL Airport Career Fair will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center. This is the perfect opportunity for qualified applicants to apply for positions including managerial roles, jobs with airlines, cargo, maintenance, concessions, and other companies that make Hartsfield-Jackson an industry leader. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Hartsfield-Jackson officials see lighter turnout for job fair
Hartsfield-Jackson deputy general manager Balram Bheodari. File photo. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
City Council committee backs Balram Bheodari as Atlanta airport chief
Passengers walk through the domestic terminal during an early morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Hartsfield-Jackson calls for all restaurants, shops to reopen by August
A Feb. 13 hearing will concern the transfer of almost 3 acres from Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport to the state of Georgia for an aircraft mechanic school. AJC file photo
Developer fights cancellation of lease to commercialize Paulding airport
Travelers walk into the Domestic Terminal off the escalators early Tuesday morning, June 15, 2021, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Business travel faces long road to recovery from pandemic
09/04/2020 -Atlanta, Georgia - Delta Air Lines employees work the ticket counter in the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, September 4, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Delta hiring as air travel bounces back from COVID-19
There are high hopes for a celebratory Fourth of July. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Fourth of July expected to bring near-record travel volumes
11/23/2020 � Atlanta, Georgia �Delta Air Lines pilots talk amongst themselves as they walk through the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta , Monday, November 23, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Delta to hire 1,000 pilots as pandemic recovery continues
The parking lots start to fill up at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, May 9, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Amid parking crunch, Hartsfield-Jackson opens new park-ride lot
In this file photo, cleaning crew thoroughly wipe down aircraft cabin on Concourse A at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Despite recieving the CARES Act funding from the goverment, the aviation still laid off and furloughed its employees. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Hartsfield-Jackson to hold job fair
A member of a Delta ground crew prepares a jet for departure at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in this file photo. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Delta shareholders vote for climate lobbying transparency
06/15/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Individuals ascend to the Domestic Terminal during an early morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Centurion lounge planned for airport
Delta Air Lines is restarting in-flight meals in first class on some flights.
Delta restarts in-flight meals in first class on long flights
06/15/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Delta Air Lines patrons check-in at the electric kiosk during an early morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Delta booking glitch added to customer frustrations Monday
A passenger who started a fracas on a Delta flight, causing the flight to be diverted to Oklahoma City, was a flight attendant who had been placed on leave prior to the event.
Unruly passenger who caused Delta flight diversion was attendant on inactive status
Hartsfield-Jackson deputy general manager Balram Bheodari (right). HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Interim Hartsfield-Jackson head Balram Bheodari gets permanent position
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To tackle hours-long reservations phone waits, Delta hiring back agents
A Delta Air Lines flight was diverted after an unruly passenger caused a disturbance by attempting to get into the cockpit on Friday, June 4, 2021. (AJC file photo)
Delta flight diverted after unruly passenger attempts to enter cockpit
After the shutdown of CNN Airport Network, screens at Hartsfield-Jackson will show different programming.
Hartsfield-Jackson to get new programming on old CNN screens
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: The Delta ticket counters were swarmed as crowds have returned to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for the Memorial Day weekend travel period as seen on Thursday, May 27. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
After staff cuts, Delta CEO to keep lid on costs as travel recovers
Qatar Airways relaunched flights to Atlanta on June 1, 2021, in a recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel.
Qatar Airways relaunches Atlanta flights
People wait for their luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, May 9, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
More COVID-19 relief for airport concessionaires, taxis moves forward
The main security checkpoint was full as lines at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport stretched through the domestic terminal atrium and down hallways early Monday morning, May 17, 2021. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson readies for Memorial Day airport crowds
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is waiving fees and rents to help airlines and airport shops to reestablish services as people return to traveling. Lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport stretched through the domestic terminal atrium and down hallways early Monday morning as travel ramps up in a recovery from the effects of COVID-19. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Hartsfield-Jackson to waive landing fees, cut rent for concessionaires
Atlanta police officer, J. Overbaugh overlooks lines of travelers in the atrium at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport early Monday morning, May 17, 2021.
UPDATE: Lines snake through Hartsfield-Jackson as travel ramps up
Delta Sky Club check-in. Source: Delta
Delta asks headquarters employees to help clean airport lounges
Delta CEO Ed Bastian during a press conference following a tour of the Covid-19 vaccination site set up at the Delta Flight Museum in Hapeville on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2021.Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta CEO: Vaccination to be required for new employees
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)
Delta names new chief customer experience officer
Jet fuel tanks at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in 2011. Johnny Crawford
Hartsfield-Jackson, Delta: Backup jet fuel supplies keep planes flying
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)
Delta gets long-coveted top spot in J.D. Power airline ranking
Long lines form at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, May 9, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
AAA predicts rebound in travel for Memorial Day
Long lines form at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, May 9, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
As Georgians return to skies, it’s not travel as usual
Hypersonic plane startup Hermeus plans to open a factory in Atlanta. Source: Hermeus
Hypersonic plane startup plans Doraville aircraft factory
A Surfliner train by Amtrak travels along the collapsing bluffs in Del Mar, California. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)
Amtrak’s new catchphrase might sound familiar
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