![]() Itself the world’s largest), the Georgia Aquarium holds more than 8 million gallons of water and provides habitat toĪround 120,000 animals, according to aquarium statistics.īig companies also offer behind-the-scenes tours popular with all kinds of Rivalled only by the new SEA Aquarium in Singapore (which also calls ![]() Non-business visitors, Atlanta is also home to perhaps the world’s largest aquarium, where visitors can find the biggest fish on Earth. Massive home improvement retailer), UPS (the United Parcel Service) and, of Of 10 Fortune 500 companies, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot (a The nearest major airport to Hartsfield-Jackson, isĢ50 miles northwest, in Nashville, Tennessee.Īlso happens to be located in a city that attracts its fair share of travellers.Ītlanta has been ranked the seventh most visited city forīusiness travel in the US – unsurprising, since it is home to the headquarters Most other major hub cities, such as New York, split traffic between Is also the only airport located in Atlanta and by far the biggest airport in Population, making the city a major port of entry into the US and a logical stopover Out of this, Delta runs about 1,000 flights daily, serving more than 200Īccording to data collected by Hartsfield-JacksonĪirport, Atlanta is located within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US More than 250,000 passengers a day, and sees nearly 2,500 arrivals andĭepartures per day. (The second and thirdīusiest by number of passengers in 2011 are Beijing Capital InternationalĪirport, with 77.4 million and London Heathrow Airport with 69.4 million) Passenger numbers – with 66.6 million passengers in 2011. With 882,627 in 2010 – and the world’s fourth busiest as measured by sheer Sense, then, that Chicago, home to United’s headquarters, hosts the world’s second busiest airport as measured by aircraft movements – The 2010 merger between United and Continental Airlines. In 2012 though, Delta’s RPM was beaten by United Airlines, which had grown in size following The metric of RPMs takes into account both the number of passengers carriedĪnd the distances an airline flew during a given year. Passenger miles” (RPM) – of any airline in the world. Passenger flights under the name Delta Air Service in 1929).ĭelta held the record for most annual traffic – measured by “revenue Headquarters about 85 miles north to Atlanta in 1941 (after running its first Delta Air Lines was founded in the city of Macon, Georgia (originally as aĬrop-dusting company called Huff Daland Dusters) and later moved its Home to one of the world’s largest airlines. Takeoffs and landings) than any airport in the world – with about 950,000 in 2010, also the last yearīegs the question, why is Atlanta the busiest hub for air travel in the world? Last full year on record), it also manages more aircraft movements (that is, more The world (with about 92.4 million passengers passing through in 2011, the Not only does it attract more travellers than any other airport in Matter which way you calculate it, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world’s busiest International Airport, located in the southern US city of Atlanta, Georgia. Expect the world’s busiest airport to be located in New York or London orīeijing, but the distinction actually belongs to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
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