ALASKA AIR. Alaska Air’s big Eskimo shows his face at ATL for the first time in October. Alaska now offers a single daily round trip to its main hub in Seattle, in direct competition with AirTran and Delta flights.
BIG BUCKS AT ATL. Ever wonder what the biggest source of income is for ATL? Landing fees? Concessions? Nope. The single largest source of revenue for ATL is parking, which produces $105 million every year (of which the parking contractor keeps about $25 million). Recently, the airport turned over all parking operations (a total of 30,000 spaces) to Standard Parking Corp out of Chicago. It says that the transition will not affect customers.
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PROS AND CONS OF THE NEW CAR RENTAL CENTER. While it may be rare that TICKET readers rent cars at ATL, it’s interesting to note that the new car rental center (CONRAC) will open on Nov 10. To get there, passengers will board the new monorail for the ride across I-85 to the new consolidated car rental center. What’s best about this? Getting in and out of the airport is going to be a LOT less congested with all those car rental buses and shuttles out of the way! Potential headache: While the city is investing hundreds of millions on the new international terminal, it’s going to be a LONG slog for arriving international visitors who rent cars, who must take the airport train all the way through the airport, then walk over to the ATL SkyTrain for the ride to the CONRAC.
HALF OFF BOOKS AT AIRPORT. Buy a book from any Paradies shop at ATL, read it, then return it within six months and you’ll get a 50 percent refund. Books can be returned at any Paradies location across the United States.
ALLIGATOR OR CROCODILE? So which is it…. An alligator or a crocodile on those trendy Lacoste shirts? You’ll find out if you go by the new Lacoste boutique on Concourse B at ATL. (If you prefer Italian designers, Concourse A has now got a Ferragamo, Bulgari and Zegna.) Who needs to go to Phipps or Lenox anymore?
AIRTRAN MOVES AT PHILLY’S PHL: AirTran flights now operate from gates on Philadelphia’s E Concourse…but the ticket counter and baggage claim area for AirTran is still in the D concourse.
DID YOU KNOW that in the original plan for ATL, the main terminal atrium was going to be a hotel? This makes sense to me…. When you look up and see all those balconies, it feels sort of like a big Hyatt or Marriott. (Thanks to WABE for pointing this out!)
DELTA SKYCLUB AT RALEIGH-DURHAM. This long-awaited opening will not, in fact, happen before Thanksgiving as previously reported here. Delta is now aiming for the first week in December…
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