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Delta First to Restart China Passenger Flights From U.S.

Delta Air Lines Inc. restarted service to China June 25, launching flights to Shanghai from Seattle with a stopover in Seoul-Incheon. With the new service, Delta became the first U.S. carrier to reconnect the U.S. with China; it had suspended service in January. For a time in June, the Atlanta-based airline was caught in the […]

Hartsfield-Jackson GM: International Air Traffic Will Be Slowest to Recover

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s January and February numbers spurred projections for another record year of traffic, with signs pointing to 113 million passengers by the end of 2020. Then came the coronavirus pandemic — labeled as such by the World Health Organization March 11 — which brought about a precipitous decline in air traffic as governments around […]

Aerotropolis Atlanta Distributes 2,000 Medical Masks Donated by Beijing Partner

Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance, the economic development collaborative helping the region around Hartsfield-Jackson capitalize on its growth, is now sharing more than best practices with its partners in Beijing. During the pandemic, the organization received some 2,000 masks donated from the Beijing New Aerotropolis Holding company, which have been distributed to cities around the Atlanta airport […]

Chinese Airlines Now Allowed Two Flights Per Week Into U.S.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has walked back a proposed ban on all Chinese airlines flying into the U.S., now saying the country will be immediately allowed with a total of two round-trip flights here per week. The relaxation from a full ban came after the Civil Aviation Authority of China revised a policy the DOT […]

With Europe Ban Extended to U.K. and Ireland, Delta Is Still Operating These Trans-Atlantic Flights From Atlanta — for Now

With the U.S. travel ban now in effect for the United Kingdom and Ireland, Delta Air Lines has further trimmed service from Atlanta to the continent, with only a limited number of direct flights operating out of its hometown hub. As of March 15, Delta is still offering daily service from Atlanta to Amsterdam, Paris […]

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Coronavirus: Delta Cuts International Flights as Trump Bars Most of Europe From U.S. Entry

Delta Air Lines announced capacity cuts as travel demand nosedived amid the coronavirus outbreak and an order by President Trump in an Oval Office address Wednesday to bar U.S. entry from most of Europe. Mr. Trump’s order affects all foreign nationals that have traveled in any of the 26 European countries within the Schengen area (which is […]

Delta Reducing South Korea Flights as COVID-19 Cases Grow

Delta Air Lines Inc. is reducing its weekly flights from the U.S. to South Korea, which has quickly become the country worst hit by the novel coronavirus outside of China. COVID-19 cases rose to nearly 1,300 in the country Feb. 26, mostly concentrated around Daegu, a city home to about 2.5 million people about 150 miles […]

Atlanta Airport Trails Other ‘Megahubs’ on Global Connectivity Ranking

Atlanta may boast the busiest airport in the world, but Hartsfield-Jackson trails other “megahubs” around the world in global connectivity, according to research firm OAG. ATL ranks seventh in the world Megahubs International Index, which ranks the top 200 hubs based on the ratio of scheduled international connections and total number of destinations served. Out […]

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Retains Busiest Airport Crown, Sees Growth Potential Globally

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport remains the busiest in the world, growing 3.3 percent to reach nearly 107.4 million passengers in 2018, according to Airports Council International. New numbers released by the trade group Sept. 16 confirmed a prediction earlier this year that ATL would retain its crown. Hartsfield-Jackson once again again fended off a challenge from second-ranking Beijing […]

Held in New York, Liberia Investment Forum Offers Gateway to Africa for Atlantans

While the inaugural Liberian Business and Investment Forum will be held in New York later this month, Atlanta is to be well represented both behind the scenes and in front of an audience set to include honored guest President George Manneh Weah. The logistics of the Sept. 26 forum, which is to be held on […]

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