World’s most traveled airport may exceed passenger record set in 2015
ATLANTA, 2016-Jul-29 — /Travel PR News/ — One year after becoming the first airport ever to serve 100 million passengers in a single year, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials announced today that passenger numbers for the first half of 2016 exceeded passenger numbers for the same period in 2015. In addition, ATL, which hosted more aircraft operations than any other airport in the world in 2015, is currently exceeding operations numbers over the same period last year.
“We work every day to ensure our passengers are provided a safe, enjoyable and efficient travel experience,” interim Airport General Manager Roosevelt Council Jr. said today. “Maintaining our status as the world’s most traveled and efficient airport is a testament to relationships we have with our tenant airlines, our concessionaire partners and all involved in the day-to-day operations at ATL.”
As of June 30, 2016, ATL hosted 51,293,666 passengers year-to-date. That number represented a 4.48 percent increase over the same period in 2015. ATL recorded 447,677 aircraft operations from Jan. 1, 2016, to June 30, 2016, a 3.46 percent increase over the same time frame in 2015.
The complete report can be accessed here www.atlanta-airport.com/docs/Traffic/201606.pdf .
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is the world’s most traveled and most efficient airport, serving more than 101 million passengers annually with nonstop service to more than 150 U.S. destinations and nearly 70 international destinations in more than 45 countries. ATL boasts a direct economic impact of $34.8 billion in metro Atlanta and a total direct economic impact of $70.9 billion in Georgia. The Airport is the largest employer in Georgia, with more than 63,000 employees. The Airport is a frequent recipient of awards of excellence for concessions, operations, sustainability, architectural engineering, and construction. ATL is about to embark on a $6 billion capital improvement plan, ATL Next, that will modernize the domestic terminal and concourses, create new parking decks, construct a 300-room hotel, Class A commercial office space, add a new runway, new concourse and expand cargo facilities. For more information, go to www.atlanta-airport.com.
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