ATLANTA — Nearly everyone who has flown into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is familiar with the famous Fly Delta Jets sign seen near ATL’s international terminal. The sign is an Atlanta landmark, perched high above one of the city’s most high-tech facilities – Delta TechOps, the facility that keeps “Atlanta’s Airline,” Delta Air Lines (DL), flying.
Airways received an invitation to tour the facility and talk with managers and staff about the mind-blowing work they do. Of course, we said yes and spent a day learning about the facility.
Over the next several days, Airways has a series of articles on the facility, taking a look at one of the largest engine test beds in the world, the engine shop (the only facility in North America authorized to do all work on all next-generation platforms), the hangars where technicians work on the aircraft structures themselves, and more…