For Immediate Release
July 18, 2019
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Hartsfield-Jackson Named Most Efficient Airport in the World for 16 Years
ATL tops 200 other airports in international study
ATLANTA – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was recently honored as the world’s most efficient airport for the 16th consecutive year.
Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), the world’s leading research network and academic society in the air transportation industry, recently awarded ATL with the 2019 ATRS Airport Efficiency Excellence Award.
“It is our goal to provide a safe, efficient, and outstanding customer travel experience for all of our guests,” said Airport General Manager John Selden. “This award reflects the exceptional efforts of our aviation professionals along with our airline and federal partners in achieving that goal. While we will enjoy this honor, we will continue to strive to improve our operations to remain the most efficient airport in the world.”
The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Project measures and compares the performance of several important aspects of airport operations: productivity and efficiency, unit costs and cost competitiveness, financial results and airport charges. Its top award is based on factors such as passenger and cargo traffic plane movements, flight bookings, landing fees and terminal charges, and percentage of airport revenue generated from non-aviation services.
Led by the ATRS Airport Benchmarking Task Force, which is comprised of 16 leading professors and researchers from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America, they performed a yearlong research study and reviewed the productivity and efficiency of more than 200 airports and 24 airport groups of various sizes and ownership forms in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
The ATRS annual Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Project was initiated in 2000 and ATRS has presented its Airport Benchmarking Awards since 2002.
The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking reports can be ordered at www.atrsworld.org.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is the world’s busiest and most efficient airport, serving more than 107 million passengers with nonstop service to more than 150 U.S. destinations and 75 international destinations in more than 50 countries. ATL boasts a direct economic impact of $34.8 billion in metro Atlanta and $64.3 billion for the region. The Airport is the largest employer in Georgia, with more than 63,000 individuals working on-site. ATL is a frequent recipient of awards of excellence for concessions, operations, sustainability, architectural engineering and construction. In 2016, ATL set in motion a multibillion-dollar capital improvement program, ATLNext, which will modernize the Domestic Terminal, extend two concourses, construct several parking decks, expand cargo facilities and pave the way for a new hotel. For more information, visit www.atl.com.
