Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest airport , and the largest hub for Delta Air Lines . It served nearly 110 million passengers last year, bringing it back to pre-pandemic levels. Airport management, via its multi-billion dollar ATLNext capital improvement program, is focused on modernizing the airport's infrastructure and increasing operational capacity, with a goal of being able to serve 140 million passengers within a few years.

The obvious question is: Why doesn't Atlanta just build a second airport to relieve the pressure on a single hub? After all, most large US cities have more than one airport. But at a recent event, Delta CEO Ed Bastian shot down the idea, saying "a single airport in Atlanta has been one of the keys to our city's

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