Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is at the top of the 2023 rankings in both passenger traffic and aircraft movements in Airports Council International (ACI) World’s latest ACI World Airport Traffic Dataset, which was released on July 16. ATL was followed by followed by Dubai International Airport and Dallas Forth Worth in terms of passenger traffic. In […]
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Paradies Lagardère wins restaurant/retail contract at ATL Concourse T-North
Paradies Lagardère has been awarded a new 10-year concessions contract for three new restaurants and a new hybrid retail brand at Concourse T-North at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The new contract was approved by the Atlanta City Council on May 3, and features Starbucks, a Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a new version of the award-winning Vino […]
U.S. airports dominate ACI’s 2021 busiest airports rankings
Eight of the top 10 airports for passenger traffic in the 2021 rankings complied by Airports Council International (ACI) World are in the United States with the two remaining in China. All top 10 airports have a significant share of domestic traffic, the traffic segment that has been leading global recovery. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport […]
Delaware North and Grab launch virtual kiosks in a U.S. airport
Delaware North has installed airport food and beverage e-commerce platform Grab’s first virtual kiosk offering at several restaurants at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The virtual kiosks – which went live in July at the Delaware North-operated airport restaurants Grindhouse Killer Burgers, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Mustard Seed BBQ – are some of the first in […]
Atlanta City Council votes to extend rent relief at Hartsfield-Jackson for concessionaires
The Atlanta City Council has voted to approve a request by Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to extend rent relief to airport restaurant and shop operators for a year, as the concessionaires continue to suffer from drastically reduced passenger traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. The Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee recommended to the Atlanta City Council […]
Chicago O’Hare and Atlanta battle for title of busiest airport — again
Chicago O’Hare International Airport is once again officially the busiest airport in the U.S. in terms of aircraft operations, jumping ahead of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson for the first time since 2014. According to Federal Aviation Administration data, O’Hare handled more than 903,000 arrivals and departures during 2018, just ahead of Atlanta which had 895,000 arrivals and […]
ATL unveils $6 billion expansion plan
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has unveiled details of a $6 billion, 20-year capital plan that includes modernizing the domestic terminal, building a new concourse and expanding several others, overhauling parking facilities, building a $500 million hotel, and numerous airfield and support facility improvements. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and ATL General Manager Miguel Southwell announced […]
ATL busiest airport worldwide for passengers and aircraft ops in 2015
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has regained its number one spot in the airport race, serving more passengers and handling more aircraft operations than any other airport in the world in 2015. ATL has retained the title as the World’s Busiest Airport for 18 years. “Hartsfield-Jackson is once again leading the global aviation industry and […]
ATL becomes first airport to serve 100m pax in a single year
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) ended 2015 by making history as the first airport ever to serve 100 million passengers in a single year. On Sunday morning, December 27, the Delta Air Lines flight from Gulfport, Mississippi carried ATL’s 100 millionth passenger in 2015. “What a year it has been,” ATL General Manager Miguel Southwell […]
WDFG completes acquisition of North American concessions from HMSHost travel retail division
With speculation about the interest in the sale of World Duty Free Group dominating the headlines for the past two weeks, World Duty Free announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining three concessions of 45 stores from HMSHost’s travel retail division in North America, for the price of US$ 19 million. The […]