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CRASH AND CARRY

IT'S TOO LATE TO BAG DIA'S AUTOMATED LUGGAGE SYSTEM--NO MATTER HOW MANY SUITCASES IT EATS.

By David Chandler
Jan 26, 1994

One of the few undisputed facts about Denver International Airport is that the new automated baggage-handling system must succeed. Should the computerized network fail, there's no backup. And that's not good news. Because despite last week's rosy reports that claimed the system was a hit, its batting average was actually...
Small Craft Warnings

Regional airports had high hopes when DIA said it wasn't interested in private avaiation. But guess what? DIA changed its mind. Again. Gorilla tactics as dia makes a grab for private planes, regional airports bail out of their expansion plans.

By David Chandler
Jan 12, 1994

Where does a $5 billion gorilla sit? Wherever it wants to. Among the giant Denver International Airport's latest victims are regional airports that have been forced to delay or cancel improvements--all because of an unpublicized DIA policy shift. And at least one of those airports, Longmont's Vance Brand, is badly...
Adams Family Values

By David Chandler
Jan 12, 1994

Federico Pena, former Denver mayor and current Secretary of Transportation, was so anxious to build Denver International Airport that he paid an $8 million "ransom" to Adams County. So says Jim Nelms, chief hostage-holder and an early player in Denver's airport game. In the Eighties Nelms served as both Adams...

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