Expansion At Hartsfield-Jackson Will Cost 1,000 Parking Spaces

Construction to add five gates to Concourse T at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is slated to begin May 1, eliminating nearly 700 spaces in the airport’s North Economy parking lot as part of the process.

More than 350 spaces will eliminated two weeks later at the same parking lot on May 15. Initial construction efforts will mostly consist of preparations to make the site ready to begin the extension process.

Tom Nissalke, Hartsfield-Jackson’s assistant general manger of planning, told Atlanta Business Chronicle in March the airport needs more gates to add capacity, and in order to make room for the extension, the airport must demolish and relocate the North Economy parking exit plaza, a segment of the Terminal North exit road, a Delta ground handling equipment shop and an airport fire station. The additional gates will mostly accommodate larger planes such as Delta Air Lines’ (NYSE: DAL) A350.

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