Passenger traffic at Denver International Airport declined 4.7 percent in November from the same month in 2007, a reflection primarily of the recent cutback in flying by United Airlines and Frontier Airlines, Denver’s top two carriers.
In mid 2008, especially when jet fuel prices were especially high, many U.S. carriers, including United and Frontier, said they would be cutting seat capacity late in the year to save money.
Last July, DIA’s traffic was up 3.7 percent from the same month a year earlier, but by September the month-over-month growth had dipped to 1.7 percent and in October, traffic was down 0.1 percent from the 2007 figure.
DIA Manager Kim Day noted that despite the late-year monthly traffic declines, the airport’s 11-month traffic total was up 2.6 percent from 2007’s performance and the airport is sure to hit a record traffic total of more than 50 million passengers for all of 2008.
