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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 7:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Fly_Delta_Jets
More so that it doesn't confuse the Kettles! Ma and Pa hear "Concourse D as in Delta" and get off the train thinking that all DL departures go out of D. It's an airport-wide thing...even the FAA tower refers to DL flights as "Dixie" to avoid confusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta...rt#Other_notes
Close. They call any taxiway D as "dixie". Delta flights still get called Delta
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