Originally Posted by
rucksack
Besides, ATL is hardly the worst offender when it comes to high airfares. Looking at Q1 2019 BTS data, Delta has only the 10th highest average domestic airfare of the top 30 airports by domestic passenger volume, behind CLT, IAH, DFW, EWR, MSP, SLC, DTW, JFK, and PHL in that order.
For a city of metro Atlanta's size, ATL is a terrible offender.