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Air Travel

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Frontier Airlines magazine is heading off into the wild blue yonder

    ​What's next for Frontier Airlines? Charging to use the bathrooms? Selling off the mascot animals to a circus? The latest cost-cutting move for the onetime hometown airline is the end of its inflight magazine: The Wild Blue Yonder is heading off into the mild blue yonder. Here's the announcem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Air traffic controller at Denver Center removed from job for failing alcohol test (VIDEO)

    Video below.​Booze and the airline industry aren't good mixers. But that apparently didn't stop an air traffic controller at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont, aka the Denver Center, from going to work with alcohol in his system -- putting him in the same club with two Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Denver International Airport snow can be caused by planes inadvertently seeding clouds?

    Heymsfield.​Why is snow so common at Denver International Airport? A new study led by Andrew Heymsfield, a cloud physicist at Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research, and published in the journal Science suggests that planes can inadvertently seed clouds under the right conditions, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Author Greg Lindsay on the future of cities, globalization and DIA

    ​When most people envision the future, they probably think about the awesome products we'll have to make our lives easier, but author Greg Lindsay is more concerned about how those products get to us. It's no secret most manufacturing has moved overseas, and with that move, a global economy ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    USA Today takes off on Anubis and aliens at DIA

    ​Thanks to the Anubis statue now standing guard outside Denver International Airport, all those conspiracy theories about DIA have taken off again -- and they've landed the airport smack-dab in today's edition of USA Today. "Officials insist the 26-foot tall statue of the ancient Egyptian go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Frontier Airlines badger could be named for Twilight fang-banger Bella

    Is this badger on Team Edward?​Last month, Republic Airways Holdings decided to marry Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines under the Frontier name. Then, in a bid to placate potentially pissed-off Midwest fans, the company decided to honor the carrier's Wisconsin roots by putting a badger on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    DIA officials lust for Dreamliner deal

    Boeing already has 876 orders for its new 787, retailing at around $175 million each.​It's not likely that officials at All Nippon Airways would forget that the folks at Denver International Airport dearly want to make a deal for a nonstop flight to Tokyo; DIA's been chasing that brass ring fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Frontier still a whole different kind of animal, Midwest canned: A happy ending for fans of the famed TV "Spokesanimals"

    Photo by J. David McSwaneGovernor Bill Ritter talks about being an animal lover at today's news conference.​The parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced today it is abandoning the Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines brand to unify the two carriers under the Frontier name, ending ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Frontier Airlines naming announcement: Will it be No. 1?

    An image from Frontier's flashy media-announcement notice.​For weeks, there's been speculation aplenty about whether or not Frontier Airlines, purchased last year by Republic Airways Holdings, will be keeping its name and identity when combined with new sister carrier Midwest Airlines. First, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Frontier is still Denver's hometown airline despite executives' move to Indianapolis, spokesman insists

    "Indianapolis doesn't look all that nature-friendly..."​The headline in this morning's Denver Post is unequivocal: "Republic Airways to Move Frontier's Headquarters Out of Denver." But Peter Kowalchuk, Frontier's spokesman, believes the announced resignation of former Frontier CEO Sean Menke, ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    Do you need to impersonate Barack Obama to get a gig these days?

    "Indianapolis doesn't look all that nature-friendly..."​The headline in this morning's Denver Post is unequivocal: "Republic Airways to Move Frontier's Headquarters Out of Denver." But Peter Kowalchuk, Frontier's spokesman, believes the announced resignation of former Frontier CEO Sean Menke, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    The taxing problems related to Denver's Frontier offer

    ​ The city's offer to Republic Airways Holdings -- an effort to keep as many Frontier Airlines jobs in Colorado as possible -- doesn't represent the final word on potential lures. "They're in negotiations," says Tom Clark, the Denver Economic Development Corporation's executive director, "so t ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    Denver Magazine's latest cover inspires some disturbing images

    ​ The city's offer to Republic Airways Holdings -- an effort to keep as many Frontier Airlines jobs in Colorado as possible -- doesn't represent the final word on potential lures. "They're in negotiations," says Tom Clark, the Denver Economic Development Corporation's executive director, "so t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Did Frontier pilots engineer Republic Holdings' auction victory?

    Good news, Griswald.​On Wednesday, we pointed out that in contrast to the actions of Southwest Airlines, which energetically hyped its bid for Frontier Airlines, Republic Airways Holdings, the first suitor to step forward, was laying low. Turns out Republic held a trump card: contract negotiat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Expert to Frontier's new owner: Don't go changin'

    Animals on the move. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert D. Drain's approval yesterday of Republic Airways Holdings' plan to purchase Denver-based Frontier Airlines was widely expected and went according to Hoyle -- and while other bidders can step forward in the next thirty days, you can bet none w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Frontier Airlines' Grand Junction fly-by sadly predictable

    The Grand Junction airport will soon experience its final Frontier. The purchase of Frontier Airlines by Indianapolis' Republic Airways Holdings will likely lift the carrier from bankruptcy, and that's a very good thing. But the possibility remains that Frontier could move its corporate offices out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Get in line

    Get in line, suckers. Clear, the private program that let pre-registered (and pre-paid, at $199 a year) customers use special fast lanes to get through airport security once their iris scans were on file, has closed down, its parent company "unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior credit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Colorado Crimes: Kids do the darnedest things -- like bringing incendiary devices to the airport

    A Flickr photoDon't get any ideas, kid... Kids: They grow up so fast. One minute, they're crawling on the floor, trying to eat furballs the cat just spat up -- and the next, they're being detained for being in possession of an incendiary device at an airport. Whose personnel frown on that sort of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Continental keeps crash passengers away from the booze

    Continental Airlines probably should have known better. After all, the airlines have long understood that pacification of terrified passengers in a time of crisis keeps a bad situation from getting worse. The purpose behind those oxygen masks that drop from the ceiling of the plane? Oxygen gets yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    There and (Not) Back Again: By Frontier

    Continental Airlines probably should have known better. After all, the airlines have long understood that pacification of terrified passengers in a time of crisis keeps a bad situation from getting worse. The purpose behind those oxygen masks that drop from the ceiling of the plane? Oxygen gets yo ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Frontier Cuts to the Core of Colorado

    Plane talk about the state's homegrown airline.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    Frontier Horror Story

    Plane talk about the state's homegrown airline.

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Courtside

    The jury is out on Denver's courts, while airline fees are a Mile High and rising.

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of 9/6/2007

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Up in the Air

    A Parker developer is building a dream community for pilots. Neighbors are doing everything they can to keep it grounded.

  • Music

    October 21, 2004

    Scratching the Surface

    Soto & Smith

  • Dining

    December 4, 2003

    Drunk of the Week

    Cantina Grille

  • News

    August 7, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    Division of Waits, Weights and Measures
    August 7, 2003

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Carry On!

    What my bag did on its summer vacation.

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best DIA Survival Guide

    How to Be a Frequent Flier: Version 2.0
    E. Larry Beaumont

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    An Either Ore Situation

    Titanium, the king of metals, scraps for a home in Denver.

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Cash Landing

    Looking for Mr. Goodwin, United Airlines' three-million-dollar man.

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Life in the Slow Lane

    Welcome to Denver International Scareport, always ready for takeoff.

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Busted!

    When underwires are outlawed, only outlaws will give uplift.

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Blowing Boeing

    How Denver went pasta point of no return.

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    OutFoxed

    If you loaned money to this former Fox News staffer -- and many did -- you may be out of luck.

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Flight Diversions

    Rumors won't fly with those who lost their loved ones in a Colorado Springs plane crash.

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Off Limits

    Rumors won't fly with those who lost their loved ones in a Colorado Springs plane crash.

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Off Limits

    Rumors won't fly with those who lost their loved ones in a Colorado Springs plane crash.

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Off Limits

    Rumors won't fly with those who lost their loved ones in a Colorado Springs plane crash.

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Taking a Powder

    New airline Jet Aspen finally lands--in bankruptcy court.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    As the Carousel Turns

    Is a new contract at DIA the first step toward ripping out the automated baggage system?

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Roll On

    Is a new contract at DIA the first step toward ripping out the automated baggage system?

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF'95 YEAR IN REVIEW PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR AIR-SICKNESS BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE--1995 IS OVER.

    Is a new contract at DIA the first step toward ripping out the automated baggage system?

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    PLANE TRUTH

    OPPONENTS OF JEFFCO PASSENGER SERVICE ARE FLYING BLIND.

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    NOW DEPARTING...

    SO LONG, STAPLETON: TRIPS DOWN MEMORY LANE AND OTHER FLIGHTS OF FANCY.A DAY IN THE DEATH OF STAPLETON

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    REACH FOR THE SKY

    THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF MARKAIR'S SECRET "ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN."

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    AN EMBARRASSMENT OF GLITCHES

    THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF MARKAIR'S SECRET "ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN."

  • News

    August 17, 1994

    FOLD YOUR TENTS

    THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF MARKAIR'S SECRET "ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN."

  • News

    March 2, 1994

    HIGH FLYING AT DIA

    A CONSULTING FIRM WITH JUICY CONTRACTS AT DENVER'S AIRPORT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE IN ATLANTA.

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