| For Immediate Release
August 28, 2017 |
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| Reese McCranie Director of Policy and Communications (404) 886-2334 reese.mccranie@atl.com |
Andrew Gobeil Deputy Director of Policy and Communications (404) 227-2884 andy.gobeil@atl.com |
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Hartsfield-Jackson to Sign Sister Airport Agreement With Liberia Airport |
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| Agreement aims to increase travel, trade with African country | |
| ATLANTA – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with their counterparts from Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Tuesday, Aug. 29. The agreement will allow both airports to share their expertise and experience while working to increase travel and trade.
This will be the fifth international MOU ATL officials have signed with sister airports and the second such agreement with an African airport. In February, ATL signed a similar agreement with Airports Authority of Jamaica. In addition, ATL signed MOUs with leaders from Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) in Israel andMonseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (SAL) in El Salvador in 2016 and Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (ABJ) in Cote d’Ivoire in 2015. WHO: Roosevelt Council, Jr., General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Candace L. Byrd, Chief of Staff for Mayor Kasim Reed – City of Atlanta Will Freeman, Managing Director, Roberts International Airport Cynthia Blandford, Honorary Consul General, Republic of Liberia WHAT: Memorandum of Understanding Signing – Sister Airport Agreement between ATL and ROB WHEN: Noon Tuesday, Aug. 29
WHERE: Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 2600 Maynard H. Jackson Jr. Blvd Atlanta, GA 30354
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) is the world’s busiest and most efficient airport, serving more than 104 million passengers annually with nonstop service to more than 150 U.S. destinations and 70 international destinations in more than 50 countries. ATL boasts a direct economic impact of $34.8 billion in metro Atlanta and a total direct economic impact of $70.9 billion in Georgia. The Airport is the largest employer in Georgia, with more than 63,000 employees. The Airport is a frequent recipient of awards of excellence for concessions, operations, sustainability, architectural engineering, and construction. ATL is now in the midst of a $6 billion capital improvement program, ATLNext, that will modernize the Domestic Terminal and concourses, create new parking decks, construct a 440-room hotel, Class A commercial office space, add a new runway, new concourse and expand cargo facilities. For more information, visit www.atl.com.
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