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Lawmakers in Georgia removed a $38 million tax exemption for jet fuel from tax-cut legislation on Thursday in a move that will punish Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.
Republicans vowed to remove the exemption after the airline cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Georgia's Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (R), who is also running for governor, had threatened to kill any tax legislation that benefits Delta after the company's decision to end a discount program for NRA members.
[...] "I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA," Angle tweeted earlier this week.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:50AM (2 children)
No, but Delta has a hub in Atlanta. This could be a large incentive for them to move it to somewhere else.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:10PM
Wonder if this might have an effect on any Georgia Amazon HQ2 bids?
(Score: 1) by MachineShedFred on Saturday March 03 2018, @09:39PM
I doubt there are any airports built out enough to take on all of Delta's Atlanta hub operations. It's one of (if not the) busiest airports in the world.
That being said, a move like this may have them consider opening up connection flights to airports that they currently have service and gates at, but are under-utilized, such as Cincinnati (which used to be a Delta hub). They mostly pulled out of there except regional service, and CVG is like a ghost town these days - massively overbuilt even after tearing down Terminal 1. There's a reason DHL and Amazon Prime Air are using it as a global cargo hub - 4 nice long 10,000+ foot runways, and 7 million less passengers annually then there was before the Delta / Northwest Airlines merger.
CVG knows where the money is at too - they're expanding the cargo terminals and widening the runways to accommodate larger aircraft, mostly for cargo.