One of ATL's problems is the fact that a lot of domestic
flights going north arrived too late at the various hubs for onward domestic connections. Try going EDI-ATL-SLC-IDA
for instance without having to overnight in SLC! I thought
I had a good range of flights getting me into IDA same day when I originally booked but Delta managed to change
my original booking SIX times. Hopefully JFK will be better
for a same day range of flights throughout the USA.
DL would have fared better year-round on EDI-ATL if the flight departed EDI a few hours earlier to enable better connections at ATL.. btw..DL's loads were in excess of 75% year-round at EDI, not bad for a new route in it's first year? Did MAN-ATL achieve that?