Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is the world's busiest airport..again

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September 1, 2015 3:30 PM

The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which is also the Delta Air hub has consistently remained at the top of the world's busiest airports.

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Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is officially the busiest airport in the world - for the 17th time in a row!

According to the Airports Council International's World Airport Traffic Report, 96 million passengers went through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2014, an increase of 1.9% over 2013.

The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which is also the Delta Air hub also retained the title of busiest domestic passenger airport in the world, with 85.4 million passengers, followed by Beijing (68.9 million) and Tokyo (62.9 million).

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The report further revealed that airport traffic remained resilient in the face of global uncertainties like growing insecurity which plagued several countries around the world.

According to a statement from Angela Gittens, ACI's Director General, the 5.7% overall global passenger traffic rate "is above the 4.3% average annual growth rate in passenger traffic from 2004 to 2014."

Also, Dubai was the busiest airport in the world for international passenger traffic, with 69.9 million passengers while London Heathrow came in second place with 68.1 million and Hong Kong was in third place with 62.9 million.

Check out the top 10 busiest airports in the world.

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