Emma N. Hurt
Business Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Editor @axios Local. [email protected]
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20 hours ago |
ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
In January of last year, the director of the Atlanta airport‘s concessions program, Scott Knight, wrote a warning email to the businesses that operate the airport‘s 165 food and beverage establishments. The airport‘s internal inspectors had just temporarily closed three locations for food safety violations on the same day, he said, representing a “new poor performance record for our community,” Knight wrote. “This is your Alarm Bell” to “recover the required performance standards,” he said.
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5 days ago |
ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has been direct about tariffs: the company has “no intention of paying” them on new aircraft, he said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month. “Airplanes are expensive enough. If you add another 20% it just makes them uneconomic.” The Trump administration‘s tariffs have come amidDelta’s long-term fleet enhancement plan; the company has nearly $18 billion worth of future aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing in the coming years.
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5 days ago |
ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
Delta Air Lines is buying a 15% stake in Calgary, Canada-based WestJet for $330 million, the company announced Friday. Another Delta partner, Korean Air, is also acquiring 10% of WestJet for $220 million. Both are purchasing their stakes from Onex Group, a Canadian private equity firm.
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6 days ago |
ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday announced a multibillion-dollar plan to build an entirely new air traffic control system and ramp up air traffic controller hiring. “The system we have here is not worth saving,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. “I don’t need to preserve any of this. It’s too old.” The country needs a “brand new system,” he said. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said a new system would have meaningful impact on delays and the airline’s ability to maximize its schedule.
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Emma N. Hurt
Arguably Atlanta’s most famous train, the airport’s automated Plane Train is taking a major step forward on its long-promised, nearly $370 million upgrade. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport unveiled its first new Plane Train car in 15 years on Wednesday. By early 2026, the inaugural batch of new cars will start to hit the tracks, and the entire fleet will ultimately be replaced and expanded over the next two years.
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