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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 […]

Porsche’s Digital Arm to Set Up Atlanta Office Within HQ

Porsche Digital GmbH, a subsidiary of the German car manufacturer focused on bringing the company’s online customer experience up to the standards of its performance automobiles, is setting up an office in Atlanta. The outpost within the Porsche Cars North America headquarters near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is to hire up to 15 people over the […]

BMW Set to Open $17M Training Center Near Atlanta Airport

BMW is set to open a $17 million training facility near the Atlanta airport next week, the latest in a series of investments in the German auto maker’s training capabilities in the U.S. One of the 53,000-square-foot College Park facility’s aims will be to prepare recent graduates from auto technician programs for employment throughout the […]

Delta Picks New York, not Atlanta, for Nonstop India Flight

Last year, Delta Air Lines Inc. announced that it would restart flights between the U.S. and Mumbai, India, but left up in the air whether New York or its hometown hub in Atlanta would win the connection again. The wait ended Tuesday as Delta announced that the route would take off from New York’s John F. […]

How Delta Could Help Kenya Airways Launch an Atlanta-Nairobi Flight

Atlanta is in the flight plan for Kenya Airways, a SkyTeam partner of Delta Air Lines Inc. which could eventually fulfill the latter’s decade-old effort to link its hometown and Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Kenyan Ambassador to the U.S. Robinson Njeru Githae told Global Atlanta that his country’s the flag carrier is eyeing links with Washington, […]

Thailand Courts Georgia Aviation, Manufacturing Investors With Incentives

Georgia’s business relationship with Thailand operates with little fanfare, with only a few Thai-owned companies working here and little public knowledge of how locally based multinationals are tapping into the Southeast Asian economy of 70 million people. But the Thailand Board of Investment sought to change that this week. Officials held an Atlanta event on the sidelines of […]

Hartfield-Jackson Hopes Prague Airport Agreement Will Spur Nonstop Flight

A new agreement between the Atlanta airport and its counterpart in Prague aims to improve aviation collaboration, but it was clear during Friday’s signing ceremony that both sides had an ulterior motive: spurring business interaction. Not one speaker let the prospect of reviving a nonstop flight to the Czech Republic capital, which Delta postponed for […]

PVH Corp. to Hire Nearly 600 at Warehouse Near Atlanta Airport

The company that owns Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and other iconic clothing brands is set to invest $77.6 million in a new distribution center near the Atlanta airport that will create 575 jobs. New York City-based PVH Corp. has operations in 40 countries and imports products sourced from all over the world through the Port […]

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