ATL Operations Numbers Increase

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 jULY 26, 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.  

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