Tag: Atlanta
NEWS May 19, 2026 Atlanta Just Voted to Study Replacing TSA at the World's Busiest Airport The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously on Monday, May 18, 2026, to commission a formal feasibility study into replacing federal TSA security screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with a private contractor under the government's existing Screening Partnership Programme. Read More →
NEWS Apr 30, 2026 A Delta Passenger Snapped During a Weather Delay in Atlanta and Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison What began as a frustrating but routine weather delay at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of April 27, 2026, ended with a passenger in federal custody, a planeload of 168 travellers stranded for more than five hours on the tarmac. Read More →
ROUTES Mar 25, 2026 Delta Air Lines Scraps All Israel Flights Through Summer and Pauses Boston Service Indefinitely Delta Air Lines has delivered a significant blow to summer travel plans by extending its suspension of flights to Israel through at least September 5, 2026. Read More →
NEWS Mar 16, 2026 Chaos in the Skies as Millions Stranded by Ground Stops at Key US Hubs Ground stops paralyzing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) today have plunged the US aviation network into a state of acute distress. Read More →
NEWS Jan 07, 2026 LATAM Boeing 767 Immobilised in Atlanta After Catastrophic Eight-Tire Blowout There is a fragile physics to the moment a 150-ton machine transitions from the grace of flight to the friction of the earth. On the evening of January 6, 2026, that transition turned violent for LATAM Airlines Peru flight LA2482. Read More →
ROUTES Dec 22, 2025 Delta Sets Firm October 2026 Launch for Historic Atlanta–Riyadh A350 Service Delta Air Lines has officially locked in the launch date for its highly anticipated nonstop service to Saudi Arabia, marking a milestone as the first U.S. carrier to offer direct flights to the Kingdom's capital. Read More →
ROUTES Dec 15, 2025 Frontier Airlines Wraps Up 2025 with Major International Expansion from Atlanta Frontier Airlines, an Ultra-Low-Cost Carrier (ULCC), is launching six new nonstop routes from ATL this month. Read More →
ROUTES Oct 30, 2025 Delta to Launch Nonstop Flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Delta Air Lines is breaking new ground with a non-stop Atlanta (ATL) to Riyadh (RUH), Saudi Arabia route, operations of which will commence in October 2026. The move is Delta's foray into the Middle East and banks on Saudi Arabia's growing travel and tourism ambitions. Read More →
NEWS Oct 16, 2024 FedEx ‘Panda Express’ Carries 6 Giant Pandas Between Atlanta, Washington DC, and China FedEx just operated a special series charter flight between Chengdu, China, Washington DC, and Atlanta, transporting six giant pandas! Read More →
NEWS Oct 05, 2024 Delta Unveils Bold Plans for Summer 2025 at Its Atlanta Superhub When people think of the phrase "Atlanta airport", many immediately think of Delta and their incredible presence at the airport. Well, this summer, Delta plans to not only reaffirm that position as Atlanta's hometown airline, but create the biggest schedule ever to be offered from the airline's fortress hub.  Read More →