Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport by Stephen-KarenConn
The Mission Statement of the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is: "to be the world's best airport by exceeding customer expectations!" I don't know if it's the world's best airport, but Atlanta is the busiest passenger airport in the world. I've flown in to, out of and through the Atlanta Airport scores of times over the years and although it is BIG it is also operated very efficiently. So many flights connect through Atlanta that there is a saying in the South that you can't get to either Heaven or Hell without first passing through Atlanta.For many years the airport was known as Hartsfield. It was named for William Berry Hartsfield, who served as Atlanta's mayor for a total of 24 years and is credited with developing Atlanta's airport into a national aviation center.
Later the airport was renamed Hartsfield-Jackson, to also honor Mayor Maynard Jackson, who in 1974 became Atlanta's first African-American mayor. I had the opportunity to meet Mayor Jackson once - on a Delta airliner flying between Atlanta and Frankfort, Germany. The Mayor seemed pleased that I recognized and spoke to him, and as a true politician he didn't miss the opportunity to shake my hand. Maynard Jackson was good for Atlanta. Among his accomplishments was leading in the modernization of the airport in the 1970s.
