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Travelers line up at check-in counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Nov. 17, 2021. Credit: John Spink / AJC
Transportation officials weigh new rules on airline refunds
Travelers go through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, November 21, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Airport conducts analysis of response to gun discharge in terminal
November 19, 2021 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Travelers were abound on Friday, Nov.19,2021 at the domestic side of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the Airport is preparing for an expected 2.22 million passengers for the Thanksgiving travel period starting this Saturday and running through the Monday after the holiday, a rebound from last year when passenger counts were down 40% during the period. The holiday rush will be one of the biggest tests for airlines, which have struggled with staffing shortages and occasional operational meltdowns this year. ÒWe expect it to be very busy and even a bit frenetic at times,Ó said Priceline CEO Brett Keller during a Washington Post Live event this week. With hotels and airlines trying to re-staff after pandemic cutbacks, ÒitÕs going to be a bit crazy this year.Ó Wednesday before the holiday and the Sunday afterward are expected to be the busiest days of the Thanksgiving period, according to travel experts. AAA predicts 1.6 million people in Georgia will travel for Thanksgiving, including more than 108,000 taking flights. That will bring total traveler counts to a level just 3% shy of 2019 levels, with airline passenger counts within 13% of 2019 levels. Domestic leisure air travel has almost completely recovered to 2019 levels, according to AAA and travel experts. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines expects to handle as many as 5.6 million passengers from this Friday through the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, nearly three times the 2.2 million it saw during the holiday period last year but still short of the 6.3 million for Thanksgiving 2019. ( John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Atlanta City Council votes on raising concessions price caps
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A Delta plane sits at the International Terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in March 2020. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Johannesburg-Atlanta passengers offered test to monitor for omicron
Some foreign airlines check in counters remain closed at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Monday Nov. 29, 2021. The World Health Organisation urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concern over the new omicron variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Delta to continue Atlanta-Johannesburg flights amid restrictions
October 5, 2021 Atlanta - Delta Air Lines employees work the ticket counter in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Delta saw spike in employees withdrawing 401(k) funds during pandemic
Warren Machan (L) greets his son Nick who flew in from Houston at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Wednesday, November 24, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
UPDATE: Thanksgiving travelers fill Atlanta’s airport
Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Delta resuming more, but not all, international routes
Travelers go through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Sunday, November 21, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Airport gun discharge occurred despite TSA safety protocols
November 19, 2021 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Travelers were abound on Friday, Nov.19,2021 at the domestic side of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the Airport is preparing for an expected 2.22 million passengers for the Thanksgiving travel period starting this Saturday and running through the Monday after the holiday, a rebound from last year when passenger counts were down 40% during the period. The holiday rush will be one of the biggest tests for airlines, which have struggled with staffing shortages and occasional operational meltdowns this year. “We expect it to be very busy and even a bit frenetic at times,” said Priceline CEO Brett Keller during a Washington Post Live event this week. With hotels and airlines trying to re-staff after pandemic cutbacks, “it’s going to be a bit crazy this year.” Wednesday before the holiday and the Sunday afterward are expected to be the busiest days of the Thanksgiving period, according to travel experts. AAA predicts 1.6 million people in Georgia will travel for Thanksgiving, including more than 108,000 taking flights. That will bring total traveler counts to a level just 3% shy of 2019 levels, with airline passenger counts within 13% of 2019 levels. Domestic leisure air travel has almost completely recovered to 2019 levels, according to AAA and travel experts. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines expects to handle as many as 5.6 million passengers from this Friday through the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, nearly three times the 2.2 million it saw during the holiday period last year but still short of the 6.3 million for Thanksgiving 2019. ( John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
FAA fining passengers for alcohol-fueled behavior on planes
An artist's rendering of the Home2 Suites and Tru dual-branded hotel to be built next to the Georgia International Convention Center. Source: Premier Petroleum Hospitality
Airport hotels expand in face of pandemic challenges
Travelers line up at check-in counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Nov. 17, 2021. Credit: John Spink / AJC
Airport crowds expected as Thanksgiving travel rebounds
Delta Air Lines employees assist customers in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Holiday travel guide to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Intl Airport
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Uber, Lyft pickup zone to open at Hartsfield-Jackson
A Delta Air Lines plane sits at the International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with a solitary international traveler trying to get a flight home amid new European travel restrictions on Monday, March 16, 2020, in Atlanta. International and domestic air travel has been hammered by the coronavirus. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
Delta sees 450% increase in bookings from outside U.S. as travel ban lifts
Copa Airlines to launch service at Hartsfield-Jackson
Copa Airlines to launch service at Hartsfield-Jackson
Gordon Rogers, Riverkeeper and Executive Director of Flint Riverkeeper, drives a boat on the Flint River near the Decatur/Mitchell County line in 2019. Rogers says that on the Flint, "you’re seeing so much biology, so much life right in front of your face, that it’s just stunning.” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Environmentalists: Timely alerts needed when airport toxins enter river
Democrats introduced a bill in early 2021 to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
Atlanta council committee urges $15/hr pay for airport cleaning staff
Delta's managing Director of Airport Experience, Greg Forbes, demonstrates self check-in during a tour of Delta's facial recognition system at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.
Delta to roll out facial recognition in Atlanta domestic terminal
An XpresCheck COVID-19 testing location has opened at Hartsfield-Jackson.
XpresCheck COVID-19 testing location opens at Hartsfield-Jackson
Trooper First Class Young, with the Georgia State Patrol, trains with his K-9, Appa, on the luggage carousel in E Concourse. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Port of Atlanta hosted a two-day K-9 training conference at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). K-9 detection dogs from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Georgia Department of Correction, Georgia State Patrol, Union City, Newnan, Bowden Police and Clayton County Police participated in training exercises. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.
Drug-sniffing K9s get training at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson
TSA works to increase 60% employee vaccination rate ahead of mandate
TSA works to increase 60% employee vaccination rate ahead of mandate
October 7, 2021 Atlanta - Mayoral candidates (from left) Felicia Moore, Andre Dickens, Antonio Brown, Kasim Reed and Sharon Gay during City of Atlanta Mayoral Debate at The Gathering Spot in Atlanta on Thursday, October 7, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Atlanta’s next mayor could determine future of airport
TSA detected a record number of guns at airport security checkpoints this year to date. Source: TSA
Hartsfield-Jackson No. 1 in firearms uncovered at checkpoints
Delta Air Lines employees work the ticket counter in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Delta is requiring new hires to be vaccinated. But for existing employees it is instead penalizing unvaccinated workers with a monthly $200 health insurance surcharge starting in November, along with requiring them to take weekly COVID-19 tests and wear masks. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Delta says 90% of employees are now vaccinated
A Delta Air Lines airplane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Friday, September 4, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
UPDATE: Hartsfield-Jackson rebids five land parcels for development
Delta Air Lines employees assist customers in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Updated: Delta posts 3Q profit but warns of future losses
Southwest Airlines canceled some of its flights at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Monday after a weekend operational meltdown. Credit: John Spink / ajc.com
Southwest Airlines flight cancellations carry into Monday
Runners cross the finish line in the inaugural 5K on the 5th Runway. The race will be run again this year after a hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM
Hartsfield-Jackson prepares for return of 5K on the 5th Runway
At the security check point at Hartsfield-Jackson's international terminal, TSA employee Phillip Oree clears a passenger who used facial recognition for screening. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
Delta to expand facial recognition to Atlanta domestic passengers
October 5, 2021 Atlanta - A Delta Air Lines employee works in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Delta is requiring new hires to be vaccinated. But for existing employees it is instead penalizing unvaccinated workers with a monthly $200 health insurance surcharge starting in November, along with requiring them to take weekly COVID-19 tests and wear masks. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
All major U.S. airlines but Delta now have employee vaccine mandate
The Flint River just south of Hartsfield-Jackson.
Jet fuel spill into Flint River requires no public notice, officials say
2017 file photo of downtown Reno, Nev. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
ExpressJet relaunches as aha! with Reno-based leisure flights
AJC file photo of Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport
Paulding deal blocks county airport commercialization for 25 years
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo of Frontier Airlines self check-in kiosks inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Frontier Airlines to start Atlanta flights to Punta Cana
Flint River south of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with the approach lights of the fifth runway in the background.
Hartsfield-Jackson fuel spill kills fish in Flint River
A rendering of a hotel to be built next to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Source: Majestic Realty Co.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson scales back ‘Airport City’ plans
06/11/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Convention goers walk around as they explore The USA-CBD Expo convention at the Georgia World Congress Center, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Atlanta convention business disrupted by delta variant concerns
Delta Air Lines wants all air carriers to share no-fly lists with the FAA. Unruly passengers have become a problem for airlines during the pandemic. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Delta pushes airlines to share no-fly lists names
Casa Alterna volunteer Yehimi Cambrón speaks with an American Airlines customer service representative in order to change the flight of an immigrant at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Thursday, August 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Survey: Satisfaction with airports fell as traffic returned this year
The skyline of midtown Atlanta is visible from Atlantic Station on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta hotels hurt by steep drop in business trips
Margherita Pizza from Antico Pizza / Photo by Chris Hunt
Delta adds Antico Pizza to international business class menu
UPS plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers beginning in October. It is taking applications now. Source: UPS
UPS hiring 100,000 temporary workers for holiday shipping season
010721 DORAVILLE: Moderna COVID-19 vaccines sit on a tray as they are prepared to be administered to health care workers at the DeKalb COVID-19 BrandsMart USA drive through testing site on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Doraville. Curtis Compton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
More Delta employees get vaccinated after insurance surcharge announced
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Delta sees slower recovery amid surge in COVID-19 cases
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Decades-old airport Sheraton imploded
May 17, 2021 Atlanta: The main security checkpoint was full for Memorial Day travel at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Delta variant adds variable for Labor Day travel
Delta is hiring 1,500 flight attendants as it ramps up after the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the industry.
Delta hiring 1,500 flight attendants
Crowds swelled in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s domestic atrium in early July with travelers heading out on the Fourth of July Holiday. John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Air travel recovery loses steam amid delta variant, EU restriction
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