Over a year after purchasing AirTran Airways specifically for its valuable foothold in Atlanta, Southwest Airlines began its first service at the Georgia airport on Sunday.
Aeromexico and Volaris will add flight frequencies and at least one new route to the U.S. after the U.S. Department of Transportation's FAA restored Mexico's Category 1 safety classification.
Passenger safety improved significantly last year as the numbers of accidents and fatalities reached the lowest in aviation history, the IATA said on Tuesday.