Emma Hurt
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As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Latest from Emma Hurt
PDK expansion continues to anger neighbors

Residents blast DeKalb Commission for approving PDK hangar expansion

Hartsfield-Jackson ATL centennial canopy

How the AJC covered Delta, Hartsfield-Jackson over their 100-year histories

Ribbon cutting Concourse D expansion

Two centennials, one story: Delta and the Atlanta airport

Louisville-US Plane Crash

UPS hit with first wrongful death lawsuits from Louisville plane crash

Mass cancellations hit Atlanta airport, shutdown causes uncertainty

Delta took a nine-figure hit from the fed shutdown. But holidays look strong.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A321neo

Delta expects ‘limited’ impact from required Airbus modification

long lines at hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport

Atlanta airport security waits could be worst these Thanksgiving travel days

Travelers make their way through TSA checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. 
(Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Flying for Thanksgiving? Here are tips for navigating Atlanta’s airport

PHOTOS then and now: Hartsfield-Jackson at 100

Atlanta airport’s troubled Concourse C food court gets new management

Mass cancellations hit Atlanta airport, shutdown causes uncertainty

The busiest days at the Atlanta airport this Thanksgiving