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Don't know much about International air hubs do you?
ATL is one of the primary International airports in the US and the biggest in the SE US. It's world #1 for passengers transiting it since 1998 and has been #1 for take offs and landings since 2005 minus 2014 where O'Hare got that title. It's a huge deal.
Charlotte is provincial by comparison does it even really get international flights?
Yes, dear, I know it is an international airport. So is Tampa. There are other airports. I actually avoid Atlanta as it is usually chaotic.
I also know that no company should let some government bully try to force them to give discounts to specific organizations.
It would be very impressive if Delta stood their ground, just like the NRA promotes.
I don't support this. In fact, it incenses me that he would veto a bill that would protect businesses from being persecuted by the Gaystapo (a veto that Delta happened to support, so I'm not feeling too sorry for them now....) yet will threaten to veto a bill supporting Delta now, basically trying to punish a business for its own private actions.
The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines after the Atlanta-based company severed ties with the National Rifle Association.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said he would not support tax legislation that helped the airline “unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the NRA.” He echoed a growing number of conservatives who opposed the measure over the weekend.
It came after Delta desperately sought to find neutral ground in a gun debate that has very little, trying to soothe concerns among conservative lawmakers infuriated by the company’s decision to end discounted rates for NRA members in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school.
That move forced Gov. Nathan Deal and other supporters of the $50 million jet fuel sales tax exemption to shift to the defensive, and prompted a growing number of Republicans to try to strip the provision out of a broader tax-cut bill that has already passed the state House.
Says alot about how little those republicans really value the free market they are always talking about huh?
Delta’s tax break may not take flight after Georgia Senate blocks it
Greg Bluestein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2:58 p.m Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 Georgia Politics and Government
The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines after the Atlanta-based company severed ties with the National Rifle Association.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said he would not support tax legislation that helped the airline “unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the NRA.” He echoed a growing number of conservatives who opposed the measure over the weekend.
It came after Delta desperately sought to find neutral ground in a gun debate that has very little, trying to soothe concerns among conservative lawmakers infuriated by the company’s decision to end discounted rates for NRA members in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school.
That move forced Gov. Nathan Deal and other supporters of the $50 million jet fuel sales tax exemption to shift to the defensive, and prompted a growing number of Republicans to try to strip the provision out of a broader tax-cut bill that has already passed the state House.
Nobody is going to to anything to Delta, especially in Georgia. The only thing more southern than Delta is sweet tea, BBQ and mild racism. The entire notion comes under the category of the most southern of phrases: "Bless their hearts."
Yes, dear, I know it is an international airport. So is Tampa. There are other airports. I actually avoid Atlanta as it is usually chaotic.
I also know that no company should let some government bully try to force them to give discounts to specific organizations.
It would be very impressive if Delta stood their ground, just like the NRA promotes.
It's not just an international airport it's an International hub.
Delta schedules from ATL. But their schedules arrive on BA, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, Qantas, Emirates and Delta themselves. They can move, but those other airlines ain't gonna move (and probably couldn't get landing space elsewhere) with them and will use other partners. It would cut Deltas revenue by a sizeable percentage probably 15% to 50%.
Duh! Don't you feel stupid now, knowing what you now know. It's not the airport, it's the traffic arriving on other airlines that transfer to Delta for last leg from ATL.
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