Recently, two interesting new international flights for Atlanta have been announced. As you might expect, one involves Delta Air Lines. The other involves a SkyTeam partner that would generally be similarly unsurprising. What was unexpected was the destination and aircraft for that flight.
Read MoreQatar Airways launched its Doha-Atlanta service with an A380 superjumbo. While the airliner was greeted with the usual inaugural flight festivities, there was drama surrounding the arrival. Delta Air Lines, which it has been feuding with Qatar, controls the only gate that can handle an A380 and was not able to make it available to Qatar. The solution? Unloading the world's largest airliner with airstairs. Welcome back to 1963.
Read MoreDelta was upset that the Atlanta institution, the Fox Theatre, which the airline has sponsored for over 20 years, hosted a gala by Qatar Airways that celebrated the launch of Qatar's Doha-Atlanta route. Delta took affront at this and decided to cancel its sponsorship of the theater, effective next year. I find this utterly childish and petty.
Read MoreTurkish Airlines has launched daily service (until October 30) between Istanbul and Atlanta utilizing a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The airline becomes the eighth foreign carrier to serve Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Read MoreDelta Air Lines was in the news this past week with reports that the airline would modernize 85 gates at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and has now grown to be the second largest U.S. airline as measured by passenger traffic.
Read MoreFamed architect John Portman has unveiled a new Hotel Indigo in downtown Atlanta. He has now renovated one of his earliest buildings, 230 Peachtree "into a 206-room Hotel Indigo, upscale restaurant JP Atlanta and office space."
Read MoreAtlanta's TWELVE Atlantic Station and TWELVE Centennial Park hotels will soon join the Marriott Autograph Collection. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that an investor group will buy the hotels, renovate them and convert them to the new branding.
Read MoreLast week Delta Air Lines announced that it would cease its Atlanta-Dubai service in February 2016. Since that announcement, Emirates and Delta have engaged in a war of words over the motivations behind the Atlanta-based carrier's move.
Read MoreDelta Air Lines will cease operating its Atlanta-Dubai route in February 2016 citing unfair competition from Middle East carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar. However, Air Transport World suggests Delta is playing politics with an operational decision. Does Delta have a point?
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