Atlanta-based Delta Airlines and discount carrier AirTran Airways are threatening to move flights from Atlanta as they negotiate new lease agreements with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
They say if their costs can’t remain competitive with the fees they must pay at the Atlanta airport, they could take their connecting flight business elsewhere.
Their lease agreements with Hartsfield-Jackson don’t expire until September 2010.
Neither Delta nor Airtran are thinking about pulling out altogether.
The two carriers represent roughly 93 percent of the traffic at the Atlanta airport. According to the airport, their business with all airlines is expected to generate about 160 million dollars in revenue for 2009.
(Associated Press)
They say if their costs can’t remain competitive with the fees they must pay at the Atlanta airport, they could take their connecting flight business elsewhere.
Their lease agreements with Hartsfield-Jackson don’t expire until September 2010.
Neither Delta nor Airtran are thinking about pulling out altogether.
The two carriers represent roughly 93 percent of the traffic at the Atlanta airport. According to the airport, their business with all airlines is expected to generate about 160 million dollars in revenue for 2009.
(Associated Press)
