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DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDS BUSIEST JANUARY EVER WITH 3,776,403 PASSENGERS
March 11, 2010
Denver International Airport recorded its busiest January ever with 3,776,403 travelers passing through the facility in the first month of this year.
The monthly total was 2.9 percent higher than the 3,669,679 passengers who used DIA during January 2009. It was the largest monthly passenger increase at DIA since December 2008, when year-over-year traffic rose 4.8 percent.
“We had anticipated that January would show an upward trend because many airlines had reported passenger increases for the month,” Denver Aviation Manager Kim Day said Thursday. “This is good news for us and for our airline partners. We hope that this positive movement is yet another indication that the national economy is beginning to improve.”
DIA also reported increases in flight operations and cargo handled in January. Flight operations rose 1 percent to 50,946, and cargo handled jumped 6.7 percent to 42,743,710 pounds.