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By Jennifer Ogunsola<\/strong>
Communications Manager<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you walk through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), you feel the love from everywhere and everyone. Maybe it\u2019s the focused traffic officer making sure that you are safe as you walk under the canopy into the terminal. Or it’s a fellow passenger helping you with your bags as you\u2019re rushing onto the Plane Train to get to your gate and make your flight. Or it could simply be a customer service representative greeting you with a smile while directing you to the fastest Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are thousands of scenarios that we can add to this list and they are all wrapped in ATL LOVE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATL volunteer Catherine McGinnis and her therapy dogs\u2014 QB, the Friendly Lion and George, a real Southern Gentleman in a poodle suit\u2014show some love to ATL\u2019s passengers and employees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each year, more than 107 million passengers fly through the world\u2019s busiest airport, a heavyweight title that ATL has held for 21 consecutive years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On average, more than 275,000 people move through the 4,700-acre transportation hub daily, and that doesn\u2019t include its 63,000 employees who work to do the impossible day after day after day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impossible? Yes, think about it. ATL is a 24\/7 operation\u2014always on, never off. It\u2019s no easy feat for airline handlers to check 95,000 bags daily. Air traffic control ensures that all five runways run efficiently so that the 250 flights entering and exiting the friendly skies each hour do so safely and systematically. And there are so many more hidden secrets that makes ATL the most efficient airport in the world for the past 16 consecutive years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you\u2019re wondering what\u2019s the secret to staying on top, you may be surprised by the response from ATL leadership. \u201cATL customers are the reason that we exist,\u201d says Jan Lennon, ATL\u2019s Assistant General Manager of Public Safety and Security. \u201cFebruary reminds us that love can be found everywhere we go, and in everything we do. Our hope is that our customers feel that in how we do our best to meet their needs every day. We want to do more than express that love, but show it in action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does ATL love you? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you love ATL.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n