Delta Air Lines flight 295 bound for Tokyo was the first plane to leave from Atlanta’s new Maynard H. Jackson, Jr. International Terminal Wednesday afternoon.
In some ways, its departure was more than a decade in the making.
When airport officials announced plans for a new International terminal back in 2000, they pegged the cost at $719-million.
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