Airports capacity

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Delta airline’s main hub is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (H-JAI), located ten miles from downtown Atlanta. It is one of the busiest airports in the world; it services over 90 million passengers and 700,000 tons of cargo every year. The majority of the flights serviced by this airport are domestic flights within the US. The airport also services international direct flights to 95 cities in 57 countries. The airport, as a hub, serves as a large transfer point (in and out) of most small cities in the Southern United States. Therefore, 70 percent of all passenger connections are done at this hub and 80 percent of those are served by Delta airlines. According to a study conducted by the city of Atlanta in 2000, the airport is expected to serve over 121 million passengers by 2015. This study resulted in the city introducing a program called the Hartsfield Development Plan (HDP). Initially, the city allocated 5.4 billion dollars for the project with the intended purpose of preparing the airport for future growth; improving and expanding the outdated infrastructure would accomplish this. This project was hailed as the biggest investment in the history of Georgia. The City of Atlanta chose law firms Kilpatrick Stockton and Johnson and Freeman to assist the law department on legal aspects concerning the airport expansion. The HDP did not meet its original expectation as planned due to cost and time over-runs, as a result the program was extended under the new name Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The new program also increased the funds required to 6 billion dollars. The CIP was instrumental for the following expansions: new fifth runway, expansion of the east international terminal, new consolidated rental car ...

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