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VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 10 • JANUARY 31, 2019
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If the economy Covering business in the DTC & Denver south “Throughout keeps chugging along 2019, we through this summer, the will continue Americans will have to focus on passenger See more on pages 7-15 seen the longest boom in U.S. history – a “I’m also working on experience “The good news is that decade of continuous adding new a campaign finance our economy is booming, GDP growth. shops and reform bill which will and it is estimated that By Earl L. Wright restaurants, level the playing field there will be an increase AMG National Trust Bank lounges and for some of our Colorado of $1.2 billion in next Chairman of the board much more.” small businesses.” year’s budget.” Kim Day Sen. Jeff Bridges “Your on-site resident Rep. Susan Beckman chief executive officer at services manager 3rd District House District 38 Denver International Airport continuously seeks ways “For the 2019 legislative session, to provide extraordinary “Congress should follow I am looking forward to passing service and enhance Colorado’s lead in passing measures to address transparency, your lifestyle every day. universal background checks workers’ rights and responsible gun Whatever the need, we [in the first 100 days].” ownership.” will accommodate.” SM
Rep. Jason Crow Colorado District 6
Rep. Tom Sullivan House District 37
Fasten your seat belts Denver International Airport leads Colorado business
Kim Day, chief executive officer at Denver International Airport (now know as DEN) was the guest speaker at the Denver Lions Club Jan. 8 and reported that The Wall Street Journal” in
November ranked DEN No. 1 among U.S. airports. The scoring was done on the 20 largest airports in 14 categories from on-time flights to reliability to longest walks. Day gave some fresh DEN statistics relating the airport is the fifth busiest in the U.S serving 61.4 million passengers in 2017 and more than 64 million in 2018, an increase of 4.8 percent annual growth. She said, “DEN is the Colorado’s largest economic
engine adding $26 billion to the economy and employing 35,000 workers and 155,000 indirect jobs.” “DEN today has over 209 nonstop destinations and connects people around the globe with a growing number of international flights,” she said. Statistics show that during 2018 DEN added more than 50 new routes with 20 brandnew destinations. Two new airlines were welcomed Edelweiss and WestJet, adding two
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new nonstop destinations of Paris and Zurich. New service will be launched nonstop to Cayman Island on Cayman Airways starting March 2. Schedules indicate that United will add service to Frankfurt starting May 2. DEN will celebrate 20 years with British Airways and Frontier’s 25th Anniversary this year. Day spoke of the growth of the airport with Denver’s booming population and she expects passenger traffic to reach 80 million travelers by 2030, and 110 million
annual passengers by 2040. Continuing to speak about growth she outlined the present $3.5 billion capital improvement program underway at the airport. Some of these projects include the Great Hall, gate expansion and DEN real estate developments. She pointed out that these enhancements will improve airport safety and security, operational efficiency, upgrade systems and optimize revenue potential. Day explained that Continued on page 7
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