[glowrock]

Well, since the old DIA thread seems to have been pruned, I figured it was high time for another one. To start off, here's an article in the Denver Business Journal about United and Frontier adding several new flights, including Louisville, Dayton, and Kalispell, MT...

Aaron (Glowrock)

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Airlines add DIA flights
The Denver Business Journal - 11:16 AM MST Tuesday
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Denver International Airport is about to get busier with two airlines adding flights.

United Airlines, the largest carrier operating out of DIA, said it is adding nonstop flights between Denver and Dayton, Ohio, on April 24, and between Denver and Kalispell, Mont., on June 7. The airline also said it will resume flights between Denver and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., on April 24.


United (NASDAQ: UAUA) recently announced it would begin flying between Denver and Huntsville, Ala., on Feb. 14.

Meanwhile, Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT), the second-largest carrier at DIA, said it will begin flying between Denver and Louisville, Ky., on April 1.

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[glowrock]

And here's another article, this time concerning smaller airports attempting to woo Frontier Airlines, now that they're in the midst of acquiring a fleet of regional jets to supplement their Airbus fleet... This one could be interesting for me, because I might, perhaps, be able to fly out to see my dad in Spartanburg, SC finally without at least one layover! :)

Aaron (Glowrock)

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Small airports eye Frontier
Communities in and out of Colorado have applied for the airline to fly there. Monday was the deadline.
By Kelly Yamanouchi
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 01/15/2007 09:41:54 PM MST


Small airports around the country have thrown their names into Frontier Airlines' hat in the hope that the Denver-based airline will start flying to their communities.

Monday was the deadline for airports to reply to Frontier's request for proposals.

The airline sent the requests to about 65 communities throughout Colorado and within a radius of about 1,200 miles of Denver for flights on the airline's regional jets or turboprop planes that are on order. Frontier has received proposals from almost all of them.

The Aspen/Pitkin County Airport submitted its proposal last week, said Stay Aspen Snowmass president Bill Tomcich.

"We put a lot of time and energy in this proposal, and I believe we had a very compelling case," Tomcich said.

Steamboat is still in discussions with Frontier, said Andy Wirth, vice president of sales and marketing for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp., with hope of flights starting in the winter of 2007-08. Steamboat is targeting the Q400 turboprop planes for year-round flights, with additional service during the busy winter season.

"The primary scenario that we seem to have come to a verbal agreement on is daily service," Wirth said. Steamboat plans to use funding from the Local Marketing District and the business-backed Fly Steamboat Air Program and, if talks are successful, would eventually like to strike a marketing agreement with Frontier, he said.

Minot International Airport in North Dakota sent its proposal to Frontier last week, offering $251,000 in incentives.

Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming submitted its proposal to Frontier earlier this month.

"Frontier carries a good reputation," said Jackson Hole Airport director Ray Bishop. But due to the seasonal fluctuation of tourist traffic, he said Jackson Hole's chances may be "moderate at best."

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport submitted its proposal to Frontier for service with regional jets.

Greenville-Spartanburg, like some other airports, is conducting a study of the market but isn't offering incentives to Frontier.

The proposals have come in as Frontier starts up a subsidiary to fly 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop planes. It is also expanding its regional jet fleet. Frontier expects to announce new routes with its Q400s starting in May.

Staff writer Kelly Yamanouchi can be reached at 303-954-1488 or kyamanouchi@denverpost.com.

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[glowrock]

Okay, one last article. Looks like DIA's YTD (January-November) passenger totals are up roughly 10% over 2005. Of course, with December's blizzards and accompanying airport closures, my guess is that December will be roughly even or a bit lower than 2005, but that still doesn't detract from the fact that DIA will certainly show a 9% or more year over year increase from 2005 to 2006!

Aaron (Glowrock)

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DIA sets passenger traffic records
By Kelly Yamanouchi
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 01/16/2007 11:14:40 AM MST


Denver International Airport set a record for passenger traffic in 2006, with about 43.9 million passengers for the year through November, up 10.1 percent from the same period in 2005.

It was a record for November traffic, and the year-to-date total already surpasses 2005 full-year total of nearly 43.4 million passengers using DIA.

If passenger traffic increased 10 percent for the year, the count could total nearly 48 million passengers in 2006. However, the numbers have not yet been released and the December snowstorms, the nearly two-day closure of DIA and the cancellation of thousands of flights affected passenger traffic at the airport in December.

More than 3.6 million passengers used DIA in November, up 9.3 percent from the year-ago month.

DIA also announced that it is reducing the passenger traffic count by 0.62 percent for May through September, after United Airlines submitted revisions to its traffic numbers for the period. The changes are reflected in the year-to-date count for November, according to DIA.

Staff writer Kelly Yamanouchi can be reached at 303-954-1488 or at kyamanouchi@denverpost.com .

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[soonermeteor]

That total is about as much as we had last year with a month to go! :tup: However, like you said, the totals for December will probably be reduced greatly.

[FrancoRey]

I wish I could find it, but I read in The Rocky Mountain News about a week ago an article about Denver's continued desire to court airlines for international routes. Our city gave Lufthansa some millions of dollars (or some huge-ass amout of money) as well as waived gate costs at DIA as part of their plan to start non-stop flights to Munich in March. I guess we have other euro-cities in our sights as well. Including Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, and Birmingham. I even heard through contacts at UAL of the small talk of a Tokyo flight from Denver, but thats only speculatory. Cmon, United and British Airways! Incentives to fly non-stop to Europe? Stop holding back! I said it before: I was on the Frankfurt and London flights a fair amount last year and they are ALWAYS full. Let's get a move on!

[glowrock]

Here's another recent article, this one concerning Frontier's expansion of its regional jet service... Let's hope this means many more destinations in the near future!

Aaron (Glowrock)

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By Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News
January 12, 2007
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. has tapped Republic Airways Holdings Inc. to provide regional jet service as Frontier seeks to expand its regional flights.
Terms weren't disclosed. Republic, a regional carrier for several major airlines, will fly 17 Embraer 170 jets on behalf of Denver-based Frontier.

Republic replaces Alaska Air Group Inc.'s Horizon Air, which now operates nine Bombardier Inc. CRJ-700 jets for Frontier. Horizon's contract expires at the end of 2007, Frontier said in a news release.

Horizon has served such cities as Boise, Tucson and El Paso, Texas.

Frontier will control the routing, scheduling and ticketing. Republic is scheduled to deliver the first of the 76-seat jets in March.

The deal follows Frontier's decision in September to buy 10 Bombardier Q400 turboprops to ferry more passengers from the Rocky Mountain region to its Denver hub, where it faces growing competition from discounters Southwest Airlines and United Airlines' Ted.

The contract with Indianapolis-based Republic is "another component of our strategy to pursue major regional expansion," Frontier CEO Jeff Potter said in the release.

The agreement is slated to last 11 years once Republic delivers the last of its jets in December 2008.

Frontier can extend the pact for up to six more years.

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[EngiNerd]

More international direct flights would be amazing, especially if we could finally get one to Asia (mainland or not). I believe it would greatly increase the exposure of our fine city. Especially the Euro routes, since it seems like more and more of Europeans are coming to the States to go skiing (at least from talking to a few up on the slopes).

[blm3034L!fe]

More international direct flights would be amazing, especially if we could finally get one to Asia (mainland or not). I believe it would greatly increase the exposure of our fine city. Especially the Euro routes, since it seems like more and more of Europeans are coming to the States to go skiing (at least from talking to a few up on the slopes).


I agree EngiNerd, although would it be possible for a flight to leave here and land in?... Say Indonesia? I mean Denver is pretty much Centraly located in the U.S. So if a plane was to originate from Denver would it be able to make it all the way to the orient? Without having to refuel? I'm no aviation expert, but that just seems like a very long distance? I don't know. :shrug:
Would anyone else be able to add some depth to the idea? :(

[twellsie]

Denver SO NEEDS a flight to Tokyo. You can go almost anywhere in asia from Narita and Haneda airports. I don't see why, technically, they couldn't fly direct to Tokyo from Denver. It takes 9 hours 30 minutes from SF, but flights to places like Hong Kong and Australia take over 12 hours from California. Maybe they'd have to use 747s?

[blm3034L!fe]

Denver SO NEEDS a flight to Tokyo. You can go almost anywhere in asia from Narita and Haneda airports. I don't see why, technically, they couldn't fly direct to Tokyo from Denver. It takes 9 hours 30 minutes from SF, but flights to places like Hong Kong and Australia take over 12 hours from California. Maybe they'd have to use 747s?


So technically adding 2 hours on to the flight vs leaving from California that really would'nt be all that bad IMO. I wonder if the Denver market and region is not considered strong enough for that type of commitment yet? In 2 or 3 yrs the Metro Denver area will surpass the 3+ Million mark, with the State passing the 5+ Million mark in population terms. There should be enough international buisness to persuade something you would think? I don't know but I am still banking on my theroy that Denver will attempt to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and if that "does happen" then already having some international flights taking place here is great however there should be more IMHO also to add some from central Europe and Asia too would make sense IMHO. And Denver would really shine in the eyes of the "World" not just America. Besides it's not like DIA would have any problem what-so-ever in making the proper adjustments/improvements to make those type of international flights possible...Right???.....

[pablosan]

Business will dictate international travel to Asia and Europe more than population. Although Colorado is growing more internationally diverse, it's industries are not very mature, internationally. That said, tourism may help bring in more international flights. Colorado needs to promote itself more in Europe and Asia.

I think its just a matter of time before Frontier petitions for flights to South America. That would seem to fit into their current business model. Maybe Buenos Aires or Rio de Janiero.

[EngiNerd]

I don't think its a technological issue of getting flights to Asia, its like pablosan said, a financial one. I believe the only thing "technically" holding us back from getting those flights was the 6th runway. The Boeing 747 has a range of roughly 8000 miles, which is more than enough for a direct flight to Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai (Sydney would be a stretch for the 747, although I believe the newer 777-200LR can do it).

Unfortunately, there is just not enough demand yet for these direct flights. But here's to hoping that will change in the near future :cheers:

[navyweaxguy]

The problem is that because the air is thinner in Denver they cant load the 747's down as much. Especially during the summer months. Less cargo means money means less long international flights.

[wong21fr]

Hence the new runway, Navy, it is long enough for a fully loaded 747 to take off during the summer months. So that issue is out of the way.

[glowrock]

Exactly. That 16,000 ft. runway tends to eliminate those former issues...

Aaron (Glowrock)

[navyweaxguy]

Ok even with that you are still looking at mainly more cargo flights. The majority of the country lives near United's other hubs... so they have no reason to add a whole bunch here.

[soonermeteor]

Exactly. That 16,000 ft. runway tends to eliminate those former issues...

Aaron (Glowrock)

Plus it can be used for those jumbo airbus flights, if any long distance flight required them.

[wong21fr]

Oh, and the space shuttle could land it's fat ass there for some freakish reason if need be.

[twellsie]

checkout this picture of DIA when it was buried in snow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Denver_Airport_Snowcover_Dec_22_2006.jpg

[twellsie]

Here is an old article from November related to this discussion of a future flight to Tokyo. Sounds like there is some chance Lufthansa could want to use an A380 out of DIA.

Flight of fancy no longer: DIA lands Munich nonstop

By Kelly Yamanouchi
Denver Post.com
11/20/2006

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Flight of fancy no longer: DIA lands Munich nonstop
By Kelly Yamanouchi
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated:11/20/2006 10:41:33 PM MST
German airline Lufthansa will begin daily nonstop service to Munich from Denver International Airport on March 31, adding a third European destination to Frankfurt and London.

Next up, according to local economic-development officials, is Tokyo.

"Now we can turn all of our emphasis to Asia," said Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. executive vice president Tom Clark.

Interest in such a connection has been growing, particularly because of the growth of China's economy. And while a daily flight to Denver from Europe generates more than $90 million in annual economic impact, a daily flight to Denver from Asia would generate $142.4 million in annual economic impact, more than 1.5 times that of a Europe flight.

"Any time we can announce a nonstop daily international flight that brings people in and out of Denver, it is a huge deal," Mayor John Hickenlooper said during a news conference Monday. "Part of the goal of having more international flights ... is so that people create more commerce between countries.

"I am a believer that that raises everyone's standard of living."

Denver has longed for more international flights since DIA opened in 1995 and has spent years lobbying Lufthansa to start flights to Munich.

When businesses were asked which new routes would help them most, Hickenlooper said, "Outside of Asia, Munich was the No. 1 choice."

The daily Munich flight will be on an Airbus A340-300 airplane with 241 seats and will take about 10 hours. A check of April round-trip fares Monday showed a range of $885 to $2,508, not including taxes.

Munich is the 18th nonstop international destination for DIA. Aside from flights to London and Frankfurt, Germany, other international flights go to Mexico and Canada.

About 82 companies in Colorado have German affiliations, and eight Colorado companies have offices in Bavaria.

Companies with a presence in Colorado and international operations, including CH2M Hill, Nestlé, Gambro and Johns Manville, could benefit from the Munich flight, according to Lufthansa.

Gambro spokeswoman Anne Bonelli said the Munich flight "offers us more options, more flexibility to get our employees to where they need to go."

Gambro has 1,600 employees at its Lakewood campus. Munich flights make it easier for employees to reach Valencia in Spain, where the medical-technology company is doing some clinical trials.

Lufthansa is seen as the most likely airline to begin Denver service with the new Airbus A380 super-jumbo jet that is currently in development.

Lufthansa is interested in airports that can accommodate dual-deck loading of the A380, a change the airline said DIA would be willing to make.

Efforts also are ramping up to attract a Denver-Tokyo flight, with local officials traveling to Tokyo last month. Earlier this year, the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, Colorado Ski Country USA, the city and DIA contracted a marketing company to investigate the Japan marketplace and potential for Denver and Colorado.

"Denver and Colorado evoke the Rocky Mountains and skiing," said Jayne Buck, vice president of tourism for the Denver visitors bureau. But the Japanese "don't know what else we have to offer."

It's a bigger hurdle to get an Asia flight because it's farther away - two planes are needed for daily service because the flights are so long. And the market is not as strong as Europe because of cultural differences, said DIA marketing head Sally Covington.

The airport could offer $1.5 million in marketing incentives for an Asia flight, Covington said. The new Boeing 787 in development would be a "perfect plane" for the route, she said.

Covington said DIA is staying in contact with Japanese carrier ANA and United, and she is hopeful for a Tokyo nonstop flight in 2008 or 2009.

"We're continually pressing that market and hopeful that we'll have a nonstop," said DIA manager Turner West. "That's what we're working on."

Lufthansa already flies from Denver to Frankfurt, which has the second-largest airport in Europe. Flights on that route have been running quite full, according to Lufthansa regional sales manager Harry Huff.

"We've argued for the past four or five years that we needed one more nonstop to Europe, and Munich was always the target," said Clark, of the Denver Economic Development Corp.

The most popular destinations for Lufthansa passengers from Denver are Amsterdam, Netherlands; Delhi, India; Frankfurt; London; Mumbai (Bombay), India; Munich; Paris; Rome; Tel Aviv; and Zurich, Switzerland, according to the airline.

The flights also offer more options for frequent fliers on Lufthansa's partner United Airlines, which is the largest carrier at DIA with a hub here. United and Lufthansa are part of the Star Alliance, meaning United customers can use their miles to fly on Lufthansa.

Munich is the eighth-largest airport in Europe.

[Teshadoh]

And here's another article, this time concerning smaller airports attempting to woo Frontier Airlines, now that they're in the midst of acquiring a fleet of regional jets to supplement their Airbus fleet... This one could be interesting for me, because I might, perhaps, be able to fly out to see my dad in Spartanburg, SC finally without at least one layover! :)

Aaron (Glowrock)

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Frontier will need to call this flight the Cheeseburger 'A Plenty plane.

[glowrock]

Frontier will need to call this flight the Cheeseburger 'A Plenty plane.

Huh??? ;)

Aaron (Glowrock)

[soonermeteor]

Oh, and the space shuttle could land it's fat ass there for some freakish reason if need be.

Are you serious? They never mention it along with Edwards/Canaveral and then White Sands? ( At least some place in New Mexico).

[wong21fr]

Because it's not realistic to do at DIA, the new runway is pretty narrow by shuttle standards. There's no way it would ever happen in most situations.

But, it the shit hit the fan and a emergency landing had to be made, it could do it at DIA. Or say the other runways were unuseable.

[FrancoRey]

Thanks for that article, Twellsie. Basically said everything I already had said earlier. But damn, ANA is considering the Tokyo flight too? Damn it, United, get your act together! Or more Lufthansa...the glorious star alliance gets me those goodies of milage so they are good too. But I would like to see my loyal family's airline (of which my parents have worked for for 34 years) get some international exposure out of DIA. We will see... :cool:

[twellsie]

ANA is part of the Star Alliance. Buy yourself a condo at City House and you'll be able to walk one block to the train and fly nonstop to Tokyo Narita.

Nice.

[glowrock]

Time to revive an old thread here... Here are the total 2006 numbers for DIA... Passenger counts are 9.1% above last year, which is pretty damned substantial, especially given a 3% year over year drop for December due to the blizzards...

Aaron (Glowrock)

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DIA traffic breaks record
The Denver Business Journal - 11:27 AM MST Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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Denver International Airport last year enjoyed another record-breaking year.

DIA handled a record 47,325,016 passengers in 2006, 9.1 percent more than the record set in 2005.

DIA broke the old record despite a drop in traffic during December. The snowstorms that shut the airport down for 45 hours on Dec. 20-22 was blamed on a 3 percent drop in passengers from December 2005.

The airport reported 3,441,187 passengers for December. The dip in passenger counts from December 2005 was the first monthly drop in traffic at the airport in 20 months.

The yearly count was in line with DIA's forecast of 47 million to 48 million passengers. The airport was designed to handle 50 million passengers a year.


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[wong21fr]

Sweet, 2007 will be the year DIA can be considered over capacity.

Time to expand those concourses!

[glowrock]

Well, I'd bet that the 8-12 gate expansion on Concourse C will get going much sooner than later, with about half of those gates reserved for Southwest... Between that, the current expansion of the regional jet gates on B for United, and the probable upcoming regional jet gate expansion on A for Frontier, and I'd say DIA's going to be quite okay for a while, still...



Aaron (Glowrock)

[CONative]

I wonder where this number ranks DIA? Has anyone seen if the 2006 rankings of busiest airports have come out yet?

[glowrock]

DIA's back at #5 for U.S airports, about 1.5 million above Las Vegas. I doubt we'll get to LAX's level in the next year or two, but you never know! :)

Aaron (Glowrock)

[Airliners 2000]

Well, I'd bet that the 8-12 gate expansion on Concourse C will get going much sooner than later, with about half of those gates reserved for Southwest... Between that, the current expansion of the regional jet gates on B for United, and the probable upcoming regional jet gate expansion on A for Frontier, and I'd say DIA's going to be quite okay for a while, still...



Aaron (Glowrock)

I know that the regional gate expansion on Concourse B for United is well underway and is scheduled to be completed this April. Are there any pictures or renderings of what it will look like? I'm quite curious as when I last passed through the airport in August, I didn't notice anything going on.

Also, any renderings for the Concourse C expansion? This will be the airport's first real expansion.

I also read recently that plans are being drawn up to expand the terminal to the south and to incorporate an underground railway station for the future RTD train to Union Station.

The 5-star Westin Hotel attached to the terminal is also back in the plans supposidly!

DIA is going through some good times now!

[glowrock]

I don't have any renderings for the Concourse C expansion, but I have to assume it will just be an extension of the current concourse, meaning, everything will look the same as it does now, just longer... ;)

Everything else you said is pretty accurate, from what I've read/heard as well. And sorry, no renderings of the regional jet expansions on A and B right now... Let's face it though, regional jet gates aren't exactly beautiful things, at least most of the time... ;)

Aaron (Glowrock)

[glowrock]

The official 2006 numbers are in for airports worldwide, and it appears that Denver's back up into the top 10! :banana:

Aaron (Glowrock)

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DIA ranking on busiest list improves
The Denver Business Journal - 2:50 PM MST Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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Denver International Airport is again among the 10 busiest airports in the world.

The city of Denver said Tuesday that after finishing 2005 in 11th place, DIA ended 2006 a notch above, in 10th place.

DIA's national standings also improved, with the airport moving from the sixth busiest airport in the United States during 2005 to the fifth busiest last year.

DIA handled a record 47.32 million passengers in 2006, or 9.1 percent more than the previous year.

Of the 30 busiest airports in the world, only the airports in Beijing and Jakarta reported larger increases, the city said.

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[FrancoRey]

Anyone have the list for the first 9? I am guessing, not in any particular order, the following:

Chicago 'O Hare
JFK New York
London Heathrow
Frankfurt Main
Amsterdam Schripol
LAX Los Angeles
Tokyo Narita
Hong Kong?
Miami?

I am least certain about those last two. I also considered De Gaulle in Paris and airports like Singapore or San Franciso...

[wong21fr]

Atlanta is going to be up there, JFK probably not.

[FrancoRey]

Atlanta is going to be up there, JFK probably not.

Aww crap I KNEW I forgot an important US airport! Yeah, put A-town up there instead of NYC or Miami

[CONative]

Not necessarily in order, I would guess the top 10 are....

- Chicago O'hare
- Atlanta
- London Heathrow
- Dallas (DFW)
- Amsterdam
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Frankfurt
- Paris
- Tokyo
- Denver

[BarbulaM1]

They are:
Atlanta
Chicago O'Hare
London Heathrow
Tokyo HND
Los Angeles LAX
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Paris Charles DeGuale
Frankfurt Main
Beijing
Denver

-Source, www.airports.org (Monthly January-November 2006)

Airport
Total
%Chg

1 ATLANTA, GA (ATL) 77 879 773
(1.4)

2 CHICAGO, IL (ORD)
70 382 989
(0.0)

3 LONDON, GB (LHR)
62 303 153
(0.4)

4 TOKYO, JP (HND)
60 013 956
3.2

5 LOS ANGELES, CA (LAX)
55 976 037
(0.9)

6 DALLAS/FT WORTH AIRPORT, TX (DFW)
55 151 799
1.5

7 PARIS, FR (CDG) 52 401 071
5.5

8 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA) 48 974 163
0.9

9 BEIJING, CN (PEK) 44 695 008
19.1

10 DENVER, CO (DEN) 43 883 657
10.1

11 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS) 42 801 370
4.2

12 LAS VEGAS, NV (LAS) 42 393 477
4.0

13 MADRID, ES (MAD) 41 864 539
7.7

14 HONG KONG, CN (HKG) 40 171 000
9.1

15 HOUSTON, TX (IAH) 39 007 264
7.9

16 NEW YORK, NY (JFK) 38 865 410
3.4

17 BANGKOK, TH (BKK) 38 629 059
9.4

18 PHOENIX, AZ (PHK) 38 032 306
0.7

19 DETROIT, MI (DTW) 33 437 468
(0.4)

20 MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN (MSP) 32 718 856
(4.4)

21 NEWARK, NJ (EWR) 32 591 466
7.9

22 ORLANDO, FL (MCO) 31 807 351
1.8

23 LONDON, GB (LGW) 31 806 244
3.9

24 SINGAPORE, SG (SIN) 31 615 021
7.8

25 SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) 30 809 819
0.4

26 MIAMI, FL (MIA) 29 639 644
5.4

27 PHILADELPHIA, PA (PHL) 29 333 416
0.6

28 TOKYO, JP (NRT) 29 209 934
1.2

29 TORONTO, ON, CA (YYZ) 28 501 731
3.3

30 MUNICH, DE (MUC) 28 477 682
7.2

Airports participating in the ACI Monthly Traffic Statistics Collection. Results are preliminary.

[glowrock]

Anyone have the list for the first 9? I am guessing, not in any particular order, the following:

Chicago 'O Hare
JFK New York
London Heathrow
Frankfurt Main
Amsterdam Schripol
LAX Los Angeles
Tokyo
Hong Kong?
Miami?

I am least certain about those last two. I also considered De Gaulle in Paris and airports like Singapore or San Franciso...

Definitely CDG, definitely ATL, I think Beijing is there now... Amsterdam is out of the top 10, I think... Miami, no...

My guess is...

Atlanta
Chicago O'Hare
London Heathrow
Tokyo
Dallas/DFW
Paris CDG
Los Angeles
Frankfurt
Beijing
Denver


Aaron (Glowrock)

[glowrock]

Well, it looks like DIA's passenger numbers for 2007 are off to a great start! A 5.6% increase year over year for January's nothing to sneeze at, especally when the airport was still dealing with massive snow-related headaches from the multiple blizzards in mid-late December into New Year's...

Aaron (Glowrock)

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DIA posts busiest January ever

By Rocky Mountain News
March 13, 2007
Denver International Airport posted its busiest January ever as passenger traffic rose 5.6 percent over the same period last year.

DIA said this morning it handled 3.7 million passengers in January vs. 3.5 million in the year-ago period.

The growth pace is slower than the 9.1 percent increase DIA recorded for all of 2006, although January's numbers are still strong.

"It’s nice to start another year off with strong passenger growth," said Turner West, manager of aviation. "It goes to show we have great airline partners, good competition, and a strong market in the Rocky Mountain region."

DIA has benefited from increased service by its largest carriers, as departures and arrivals increased by 5.2 percent in January.

Cargo volume continued a long decline, dipping 10.5 percent.

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[Airliners 2000]

I don't have any renderings for the Concourse C expansion, but I have to assume it will just be an extension of the current concourse, meaning, everything will look the same as it does now, just longer... ;)

Everything else you said is pretty accurate, from what I've read/heard as well. And sorry, no renderings of the regional jet expansions on A and B right now... Let's face it though, regional jet gates aren't exactly beautiful things, at least most of the time... ;)

Aaron (Glowrock)

The regional facility on Concourse B is actually going to be a complete facility with concessions, seating areas at the gates, and small regional jetways at each gate.

It will be quite an advanced facility for regional jets.

Next month it will finish so hopefully we'll see some real pictures then.

[bcp]

they should do the new buliding be the same, but cover it in random blue panels.

[glowrock]

they should do the new buliding be the same, but cover it in random blue panels.

:haha:

Aaron (Glowrock)

[InfillJunkie]

they should do the new buliding be the same, but cover it in random blue panels.


NO way, I want brown tinted reflective glass!!!

[Giovoni]

they should do the new buliding be the same, but cover it in random blue panels.

They should. . . . that way BOTH buildings would simultaneously create context for each other.

[denverryan]

they should do the new buliding be the same, but cover it in random blue panels.

Classic! :tup:

[FrancoRey]

Screw blue and brown glass...I want black! No, scratch that. Put them all together! :banana:

[Airliners 2000]

Does anyone have any new pictures of the airport with the fourth module of the west parking garage under construction? I'm afraid this garage addition will ruin the view of the beautiful approach into the airport from Peña Blvd...