exwannabe

Hopefully they could also provide a bus shuttle from E to the new terminal groundside.

This would help connectors also by reducing the TSA load.

A very easy improvement to the existing setup that would help somewhat is a direct line post immigration that bypasses baggage claim and TSA rescreen. All it would take is a blocked off line and a single customs agent. In return, all the pax w/o bags avoid the TSA.

PRWeezer

Again, just my opinion, but not going to happen. There's so much about the new terminal that hasn't been worked out, I don't see radical changes happening on E between now and 2012. Unless you want to sneak on to the employee shuttle somehow. But I hear that can be a long wait too.

boeingATL

Welcome to ATL immigration early morning! At lease I don't have to connect. Most times it works quite well, unless there's a snag. Just like late afternoon when the European flights start swarming in.

Tomphot

More new info for me - as I use Park-N-Fly, I'm wondering how all of these logistics will work.

Tomphot

Regardless - on this subject I'm learning something new.

Jaimito Cartero

ATL is on my ....-list for worst US airports. JFK beats them, though, and LAX is a bit below.

DTW, MSP, IAH and DFW are on the good list. I can feel confident scheduling a 90 minute connection at these airports, but usually try for 120 just to err on the side of safety. I'd need 2.5-3 hours at JFK or ATL. 2 hours would usually work for LAX.

atl runner

All passport control will be in the new international terminal--the current area on E will no longer exist. Obviously if an international arriving flight comes into E instead of the new terminal, they will have some provision in place to get people directly over there. If your final destination is Atlanta, you will not need to go through security upon arrival.

PRWeezer

Which I suppose means for most of us who fly DL we'll be shuttling over, unless we win the gate lottery for the 12 new ones...if DL even uses those new gates. I haven't read about any definitive system for getting folks between terminals, to rental cars, MARTA, etc. but will be curious to see how it all works out. If anybody has updated info I'd love to hear it. I've tried to monitor the latest news, but could have missed something.

As to the post RE: OP is a troll...can't the mods block users who continually post nonsense? Though seems other thoughts have steered this thread beyond the original grievance.

thesaints

Passengers who stay in ATL should be let out after immigration/customs, without having to rescreen.

Passengers connecting without checked baggage also should have their own channel, with no re-screening, since they can be kept sterile.

By implementing these two simple (and very reasonable) policies ATL would be a much better place.

That said, you've gotta re-screen at JFK as well...

PRWeezer

IIRC the rationale for re-screening all pax is because you could be coming from somewhere w different security procedures than the US, hence even carry-on bags need to be screened.

LALAland

This is about all I can fin of late... http://enr.construction.com/infrastr...lExpansion.asp

Rest-assured, these engineers and designers are not stupid. Anyone here who thinks that there is not a plan to move people where they need to go at the world's busiest airport have some serious ego issues.

thesaints

They think the Evildoers would pass on crashing a widebody on NYC or ATL in order to crash a CRJ somewhere in Kansas ?

atldlff

Here is the latest article on the new International Terminal in ATL - click here. This also includes a new virtual tour of the facility. Pretty impressive.

I read somewhere that the plan is for all international arrivals to happen in the new terminal and international departures will be from both Terminal E and F. Between E & F there will be 46 gates capable of handling the wide body international aircraft.

Yes, ATL is busy and has a ton of people flowing through it, but there isn't another Delta HUB airport that can handle the volume of ATL. It has the daily total volume of DTW, MSP and SLC combined!

PRWeezer

Hey thanks for the update. My subscription to Engineering News Record lapsed when my PR client in the building industry went belly up and stopped paying their bills. (sincerely, I used to read it regularly) This still doesn't address if/how the new terminal will connect w rental cars, MARTA transit, etc w/out going back through the original terminal. My eco ego often takes public transit to ATL. If I'm going to have to go through the existing system w the new terminal, my time ego will surpass my eco ego and I'll drive. But I'll be sure & drive our car that gets 35+ MPG for better eco ego.

andrewpartyman

Perhaps I should have been more clear:

My problem is not necessarily Customs/Immigration. I am well aware that they are a mess almost anywhere. My point is that when I fly Delta, pretty much everywhere in the world, I always seem to have a Sky Priority security line to go through. I find it odd that in Atlanta, their main hub, after clearing immigration and customs, Delta does not provide a Sky Priority lane for their most frequent travelers to go through when having to go be re-screened by U.S. security (i.e. TSA) for connecting flights after arriving from overseas.

As for Global Entry, no thanks. I am not going to pay the government for the privilege of having my fingerprints on file. I am one of those people who don't trust the government, and the less they know about me, the better.