Hartsfield-Jackson’s outgoing general manager leaves a long to-do list
Balram Bheodari is departing an airport that’s a work in progress, with massive construction projects underway and congestion during peak periods
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s outgoing general manager, Balram Bheodari, stepped into the role in 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when air travel was still in recovery mode.
He’s leaving as the airport grapples with rapid growth in passenger traffic coming out of the pandemic that drove complaints in the last year about long security lines and shuttle waits at the world’s busiest airport.
Balram Bheodari (left), General Manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens react as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (not pictured) speaks at D Modular Unit Construction Yard near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday, April 25, 2024. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined local leaders Thursday at the world’s busiest airport to mark a milestone in one of the country’s major airport infrastructure initiatives. Buttigieg joined Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at the construction site where work is underway to build pieces of an expansion of Hartsfield-Jackson’s Concourse D. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)
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