Delta Flight Museum reopens to the public

The Delta Flight Museum, which closed last year because of the pandemic, has reopened.

Delta had converted the museum, located on its headquarters campus next to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, to a makeshift reservations call center to allow for more social distancing between agents.

A car pulls into the mass COVID-19 vaccination site outside of the Delta Flight Museum in Hapeville on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2021. Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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A car pulls into the mass COVID-19 vaccination site outside of the Delta Flight Museum in Hapeville on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2021. Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Credit: Ben Gray

A mass COVD-19 vaccination site set up by the state was operated for several months in the museum’s parking lot, while there is a smaller vaccination site inside.

The museum, which reopened July 1, will operate Thursdays through Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and its 747 plane will be open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to its website. Masks are required inside.

Museum officials also hope to open on Mondays and Tuesdays starting later this summer. Group reservations are on hold until the museum returns to its normal schedule, but the museum is booking meetings and events.

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Kelly Yamanouchi

Business reporter Kelly Yamanouchi covers airlines and the airport including Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, one of the world's largest carriers, and Hartsfield-Jackson, ranked for years as the world's busiest airport. She has covered airlines for more than 15 years, graduated from Harvard and has a master's degree from Northwestern.