As DIA barrels toward 100 million projected annual visitors, vendors do their best to keep things running smoothly
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Denver International Airport adding 100 more gates by 2045 to accommodate double the passengers served today
The country’s third-busiest airport has plans for four new walkable concourses to help handle an increasing number of travelers, officials said
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Record number of passengers traveled through Denver International Airport in June
The first half of the year saw 36.5 million passengers at DIA, with June accommodating the most monthly passengers in the airport’s history
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Air controller staffing shortages add to potential travel delays as summer season starts
Airline travelers expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels this weekend in Denver, so it’s best to plan ahead for multiple reasons.
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We’ll have a Blu(cifer) Christmas at DIA
What would happen if the giant blue horse at the airport got control of Santa’s sleigh and other holiday travel traffic in Denver?
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United Airlines needs more workers as it undergoes one of its largest Denver expansions in years
In the past year, United Airlines touted hiring bonuses as high as $10,000. It upped its starting wages to nearly $20 an hour. Earlier this week, it held an in-person job fair at the United Club at Empower Field at Mile High stadium — its second in eight months. The company needs extra help in […]
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Aspen airport passenger arrivals are down more than 50% from last year
By Alex Hager, Aspen Public Radio The pandemic took a heavy toll on Aspen’s tourism industry during the December holidays, usually the airport’s busiest time of year. In the two-week period around Christmas, the number of arriving passengers at Aspen-Pitkin County airport was down 53% from the year before. During the same winter holiday period […]
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Eagle County rolls out welcome mat, says “summer of the part-time resident” will aid coronavirus recovery
GYPSUM — Carlos Gomez stepped off the jet and took a breath while admiring the view of snow-capped peaks in the distance. The Miami resident was only a short drive from his vacation home in Pitkin County. “It’s good to be back home,” he said on Memorial Day, minutes after arriving on an American Airlines […]
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Coronavirus has left Denver International Airport little more than an airplane parking lot
United Airlines slashed its flight schedule out of Denver in half. The number of people making their way through the airport’s security checkpoints last week dropped by more than 94% compared to the same stretch last year. And DIA’s normally jam-packed concourse trains have been so empty lately that officials haven’t had to worry about […]