Airline Tickets to Atlanta

Atlanta is located in the North of Georgia. Its landscape is represented by hills wedged between mountains and a flat coastal plain. Due to its unique geographical position Atlanta used to be the transportation centre of the South. All types of transport have always been highly developed there: railroads, highways and airport that made Atlanta accessible to other parts of the country and contributed to the city serving as a crossroads one.

General William Sherman ordered to burn all the railroad facilities in order to break supply lines. It happened in 1861 during the Civil War.

The situation changed some years later when the Georgia capital was moved from nearby Milledgeville to Atlanta and Atlanta ruins became to be reconstructed and the city made a first attempt to start a new business.

A new headache and hangover tonic called Coca-Cola which production and selling began in 1886 by Jacob's Pharmacy was one of such businesses. It got its development some years later when Asa Candler bought rights for selling the drink and launched the Coca-Cola Company.

Atlanta hosted hosted 800,000 visitors for the Cotton States and International Exposition in Piedmont Park in 1895 and Olympics in 1996.

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Airport Address: Department of Aviation, 6000 North Terminal Parkway Suite 435, Atlanta, Georgia 30320, USA
Distance and Location: The airport is located 16km (10 miles) south of Atlanta
Airport Website: www.atlanta-airport.com
Airport E-mail: webmaster@atlanta-airport.com
Airport Telephone: 404 209 1700 or 404 530 7300
Country Code: 1
Time Zone: GMT - 5 (GMT - 4 from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October)
Total Number of Terminals: 2 (6 concourses)
Moving between Terminals: The airport transit system in the underground Transportation Mall transports passengers between terminals and concourses (journey time to furthest of the six concourses: 5 minutes). There is also a travelator, which connects the terminals and carries passengers around the airport.