CNN: ATL still the busiest passenger airport in the world
 

ATL again:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel...html?hpt=hp_c2


I still can't wrap my head around that one.

CNN has run out of stories so they keep recycling the same stuff. This article is a year old. CNN needs to stop laying off it's reporters if it wants to come back to the top.

The date of the link and the source article from ACI are just a few days old.

OLD news! CNN has become tired and lazy in their reporting. Does anyone still watch their recycled news these days?

Only people stuck at airports!

Atlantan's and CNN love to talk about their busy airport, Peachtree this, Coca Cola that and Turner the other.

Is having an insanely-busy airport something to be proud of? In ATL's case, my mind immediately goes to thousands of RJ's scurrying all over the place.

A more general question: do Atlantans like Delta? DL has more fortress hubs than either UA or AA do - in part because UA and AA share ORD and therefore tend to play nice with Chicagoans. My friends who have spent time in Cincinnati or Detroit grew to hate DL over time because of monopolistic practices.

I know ATL also has a lot of WN, but is that enough to force DL to play nice?

I live in Atlanta and hate Delta. I fly every week and connect rather than take a direct flight b/c Delta is rubbish

My experience is the opposite. I live here for years now, and most people I talk to like DL alot. Friendly FA's, a huge amount of direct flights, and even though the airport is huge is has a good layout and works well, and it doesnt feel like such a huge airport. 5 Parallel runways and one of the few airports in the world to be able to handle 3 sim landings/takeoffs. Downtown is a 10 min drive. Less weather delay than the northern airports. Its not perfect, but its really not bad.

So...

I used to fly Delta a lot, and really liked the Atlanta airport. Efficient for connections, and easy to find the gates. Unlike, say, Minneapolis where the layout is confusing. Huge detractor of the Skymiles program, but like their hard product and FAs. I'd much rather connect in ATL than say ORD.

Exactly. None of that appeals to the airplane nerd in me. FRA on the other hand...

Cant stand that airport. Its been a building block for over a decade now, and I still have to bus out to a/c half of the time.

don't forget TV show "Family Feud." At the end of show, there's a "Made in Georgia" jingle.

ATL is a lot better than ORD or MIA. I will do almost anything to avoid MIA.