Hello,
Today's lesson is about the busiest airport in the world - Hartsfield-Jackson Airport ATL.
The airport is located in the city of Atlanta, which is the capital city of a state in the US.
Q1. Which state is Atlanta located and can you find it on the map?
Q2. Check out the official website of the airport:
what is their mission?
Q3. Look in ATL FactSheet and find the answers to:
a) How many runways does the airport have?
b) How many concourse buildings are there? Which ones are for domestic flights and which ones are for international flights?
c)How many gates in total are there?
d)How are passengers transported between concourses and gates?
e) What is the Sky Train?
f) How do you understand the word concessions? Give examples of different concessions.
g) How many parking positions for cargo aircraft are there?
h) How many people work at the airport?
i)How many consecutive years has Atlanta airport been announced the busiest passenger airport in the world?
j) How many international destinations does it serve?
k) How many domestic destinations does it serve?
l) How many passengers are processed every day?
m) What information is given about the control tower?
n) Look at the list of airlines. How many airlines are customers of this airport?
o) Can you find which airlines (United Airlines UA, American Airlines AA, Delta DL) use the airport as their main hub?
o) Can you find which airlines (United Airlines UA, American Airlines AA, Delta DL) use the airport as their main hub?
p) What kind of airline is UPS?
Q4. Would you like to work in an airport like Atlanta airport? Why/ Why not?
Write a short summary of the airport to support your choice.
Regards,
RV
Hartsfield-Jackson international airport considered as one of the most busiest airports in the world, and is located in the United States, Georgia.
ReplyDeleteThe number of employees at the airport more than 58 000 and this large number, which indicates the abundance of movement at the airport by the airlines to transport passengers and freight.
There are six terminals for travelers , five of them for domestic passengers and one for international passengers.
And also provides the airport with control tower and classified as one of forth tallest control towers in North America.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL, the world's largest & busiest airport by passenger traffic and number of flights .
ReplyDeleteThe airport is the primary hub of AirTran , Delta Air lines and GeorgiaSkies . Of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta's accommodating 89.3 million passengers (240,000 passengers daily) and 970,235 flights .Many of the nearly one million flights are domestic flights from within the United States where Atlanta serves as a major hub for travel throughout the Southeastern United States .
it has five runways and the new fifth runway has provided increased capacity that is helping airlines save millions in operating expenses .