Atlanta air traffic
Jun 6, 2019, 2:43 am
#31
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because under my breath, I am coming up with my own wordage.. which of course annoys my wife when we travel together
Jun 6, 2019, 2:47 am
#32
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Hey, my wife who was a PLT on DL for years and years, she joined with me on AA, now she is EXP,
her upgrades are so far this year 100%, while she was with DL. about 5%.(and she works for a major shipping company based out ATL)
Jun 6, 2019, 9:55 am
#33
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A good site to peruse for “then & now” photos is here:
https://www.sunshineskies.com/atl-history.html
The footprint of the old hub and spoke terminal design is visible is some satellite images today on the north side of the field, where the Renaissance Hotel and Delta HQ campus are currently.
The 5 parallel runways were designed for the jet age in the late 1970s and this has served ATL well with managing and recovering from major weather delays, etc.
https://www.sunshineskies.com/atl-history.html
The footprint of the old hub and spoke terminal design is visible is some satellite images today on the north side of the field, where the Renaissance Hotel and Delta HQ campus are currently.
The 5 parallel runways were designed for the jet age in the late 1970s and this has served ATL well with managing and recovering from major weather delays, etc.
). I learned a lot - for example, I never knew ATL had the IAD-like mobile lounges at one point. The city and airport planners were amazingly very forward-thinking a few decades ago.I echo the sentiment here, ATL is almost incomprehensibly huge, and is certainly not perfect, but it generally does an amazing job of moving such a massive volume of passengers and aircraft through it every day. (No way will I book less than an hour connection there though - I am amazed at some of the short connection times I see on many itineraries when I go to book on Delta's website. I think I have seen like 39 mins., and I think the dom-dom MCT is :35?? Very risky IMO - the place is just too big.)
Jun 6, 2019, 10:21 am
#34
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I def applauded the change in announcements. Are the longer announcements overkill? Maybe, but remember that ATL has to move a LOT of people around, and anything that can be done to make things absolutely clear helps that movement to be efficient. I'll take annoying over inefficient any day.
Jun 6, 2019, 12:34 pm
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complaining about "A as in Alpha" on the plane train announcement is a shoe-in hall of fame entry Hall of Rants: Whats the Most Random and Pathetic Thing You Can Complain About?
Jun 6, 2019, 1:11 pm
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ATL is a great airport for connecting. Not so much for an end point, but I rarely stop there. Every time I go somewhere else and walk much farther at a much smaller terminal, or have to take a bus to the other terminal (yeah, that's you JFK and LAX) I salute ATL in my head.
Oh, and it's the one place I go where there is a small chance my gate is not at the very end of the terminal
Oh, and it's the one place I go where there is a small chance my gate is not at the very end of the terminal
Jun 6, 2019, 5:01 pm
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And it might not be there in its current form if Birmingham did not "fumble" it away...
https://www.cbs42.com/news/cbs-42-in...lta/1180005047
https://www.cbs42.com/news/cbs-42-in...lta/1180005047
Jun 6, 2019, 5:32 pm
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I read once that there are vague, long range plans for yet another concourse, presumably to be named concourse G. Given how spread out the airport is from T to F already, G would end up in near Birmingham anyway so the city might still get their chance for a piece of the pie, LOL.
Jun 6, 2019, 6:33 pm
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I read once that there are vague, long range plans for yet another concourse, presumably to be named concourse G. Given how spread out the airport is from T to F already, G would end up in near Birmingham anyway so the city might still get their chance for a piece of the pie, LOL.
The additional terminals will be east of the international terminal. Therefore we’ll be in Augusta.
Ok, I’ll do it for you:
Jun 6, 2019, 7:07 pm
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Concourse T expanding in both directions is the most likely next step
https://www.ajc.com/business/hartsfi...dd-more-gates/
The South extension of T rumored to be new home for Jet Blue.
https://www.ajc.com/business/hartsfi...dd-more-gates/
The South extension of T rumored to be new home for Jet Blue.
Jun 6, 2019, 7:30 pm
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It was the international concourse in the beginning. When E was built it no longer served as the international concourse so it needed a letter. It is very close to Ticketing so T.
Otherwise they could have renamed all the concourses.
Jun 6, 2019, 8:08 pm
#44
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I like T for Ticketing as well.
Jun 6, 2019, 9:28 pm
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So "T" likely is a nod to that history as well.
It was always "T". When it was "International" and afterwards.