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There are high hopes for a celebratory Fourth of July. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Fourth of July expected to bring near record travel volumes
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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
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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
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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
Passengers wait to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Dallas Love Field on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Southwest No. 1 in Airline Quality Rating
The ATL West deck at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Hartsfield-Jackson debuts new parking deck Saturday
Delta CEO Ed Bastian arrives to unveil the new A220 aircraft while celebrating the 10-year anniversary of merging with Northwest at the Delta Air Lines TechOps on October 29, 2018, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Delta CEO Bastian took pay cut in 2020, but still got stock incentives
A Delta Air Lines employee handles a passenger's luggage while wearing goggle, gloves and a face mask in the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Customer scores for Delta, US airlines hit record in pandemic - study
Flint River south of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with the approach lights of the fifth runway in the background.
Hartsfield-Jackson fined for sewage spills
ExpressJet, which shut down, filed documents to begin operating as an independent carrier.
Defunct ExpressJet seeks to return as independent airline
Travelers wearing face masks make their way to security checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
China airport passes Hartsfield-Jackson as world’s busiest in passengers
The Delta Sky Club that opened in 2016 on Concourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson
Hartsfield-Jackson budgets $33 million to fund new Delta Sky Club
A Delta plane sits at the International Terminal at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport with a solitary traveler waiting for a flight amid new European travel restrictions on Monday, March 16, 2020, in Atlanta. International and domestic air travel were hammered by the coronavirus in 2020. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Average airfares fell to a record low in 2020
A sign reading, 'masks required in this area,' is seen as travelers prepare to check-in for their Delta Air Lines flight at the Miami International Airport on Feb. 1, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)
UPDATE: Delta turns corner, generates cash after burning through it
Delta Air Lines is bringing more snacks back to its in-flight service starting April 14, 2021. Source: Delta
Delta brings back more in-flight beverages, snacks
The ATL West deck at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Hartsfield-Jackson using new ATL West parking deck as lots fill up
FILE - In this Friday, March 19, 2021 file photo, an airliner lands at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. On Sunday, March 21, more than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints, the largest number since the pandemic tightened its grip on the United States more than a year ago. However, passenger traffic remains far below 2019 levels. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
AAA: More Georgia residents willing to travel as vaccinations expand
04/14/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Frontier Airlines self check-in kiosks at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Frontier Airlines to expand in Atlanta this summer
Travelers wearing face masks check in through plexiglass dividers at Delta counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020.(Hyosub Shin /Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Delta’s Easter flight cancellations trickle into Monday
11/23/2020 � Atlanta, Georgia �Airport guests crowd the North Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta , Monday, November 23, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Spirit Airlines seeks more gates at Hartsfield-Jackson
Balram Bheodari (right) will be interim manger of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Atlanta mayor names Balram Bheodari interim manager of Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian speaks during profit sharing event at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Coke, Delta oppose Georgia’s ‘unacceptable’ voting law
Travelers check in through plexiglass dividers at Delta at Hartsfield-Jackson. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Delta to fill middle seats again, ending pandemic distancing policy
Voting-rights activists call for a boycott of Delta Air Lines during a protest at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, March 25, 2021. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
Delta, Coke face boycott campaigns over new Georgia voting law
A Qatar Airways Boeing 787 airplane transporting medical protective gear donated by the government of Qatar, lands at Sarajevo International Airport on May 19, 2020, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Elvis Barukcic/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
Airlines adding summer flights
Travelers check in through plexiglass dividers at Delta at Hartsfield-Jackson. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson was busiest U.S. airport in 2020
Hartsfield-Jackson general manager John Selden. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Hartsfield-Jackson general manager to leave job
Signs posted along the broadwalk on the beach in Hollywood Florida advocate for people to wear a mask unless exercising 6 feet away from others in September 2020. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)
Vacation innovation: Pandemic has Georgians reroute plans for time off
It was a smooth process Monday, March 15 afternoon at the mass vaccination site at Habersham County Fairgrounds in Clarkesville. With expanded eligibility, the daily number of vaccines administered was more than doubled to 2,100.
Delta offers miles for donations toward Lyft rides to vaccine sites
File photo of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
FAA extends strict policy for unruly air passengers amid mask clashes
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