Tag: Southwest Airlines
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Colorado Springs flight school, MSU Denver partner to train airline pilots
Nolan Shell has dreamed of becoming a pilot for a major airline since taking a flight on a family vacation when he was a child. Now he’s on a path to realizing that dream in about 3½ years as part of a new program. The 18-year-old has already received his pilot’s license and will get…
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Southwest Airlines unveils $100M hangar at Denver International Airport
Southwest Airlines, the carrier that moves more than a third of Denver International Airport’s 59 million annual passengers, christened its new 130,000-square-foot hangar Thursday. The Technical Operations Hangar, located on the north side of DIA property, can house up to three Boeing 737 aircraft, and another eight outside. The $100-million project was approved in May…
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Massive Denver flight delays, cancellations continue amid COVID staffing shortages
Flights in and out of Denver International Airport continued to be canceled or delayed Monday, hampered by reported staffing shortages tied to COVID-19. As of 2 p.m. Monday, 448 flights were delayed and 92 flights were canceled at the airport, according to Flight Aware. On Sunday, 804 flights were delayed and 125 were canceled at DIA…
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Over 800 Denver flights canceled, delayed amid COVID staffing shortages
Hampered by staffing shortages tied to COVID-19, airlines canceled or delayed over 800 flights in and out of Denver International Airport by Sunday evening as a nationwide surge in omicron cases continued to disrupt travel during the busy holiday weekend. As of 8:45 p.m. Sunday, 684 flights were delayed and 123 flights were canceled at…
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Colorado Springs hotel occupancy hits pre-pandemic level
For the first time since COVID-19 spread into the state, the occupancy rate at Colorado Springs hotels has reached pre-pandemic levels. Colorado Springs hotels continue recovery from pandemic in October Local hotels sold 56.8% of their rooms last month, the same as November 2019 and up from 46.3% in November 2020, according to the Rocky…
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Southwest offering 30% discount to celebrate 15th anniversary in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Southwest Airlines is celebrating its 15th anniversary of starting service to Denver International Airport by offering travelers a 30% discount on flights early next year in or out of Colorado Springs or Denver. The flights must be booked by the end of Monday. The discounts…
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DIA CEO to holiday travelers: Patience
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington has one word for travelers using DIA this holiday season: Patience. Washington, in his first press conference since taking over the role July 19, addressed members of the Denver media Friday morning and fielded questions about the long wait times at TSA checkpoints, parking woes caused by driver shortages,…
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The scariest place to be this season? Denver International Airport | Vince Bzdek
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington is off to a rough start. Since he was named to his new job in June, the airport has experienced massive parking shortages, a janitors’ strike, hours-long security waits thanks to a lack of TSA workers and a maze of construction walls, a slew of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations,…
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Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds of flights at DIA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights at Denver International Airport were canceled over the weekend as the airline reported operational issues. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 148 Southwest flights were canceled and 130 were delayed at DIA, according to Flight Aware. That accounts for more than…
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Despite pandemic, Colorado Springs tourism season ‘historic’
The Pikes Peak region’s tourism industry bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic in a big way this summer, posting numbers one tourism industry executive called “historic.” Doug Price, CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, said you can credit the March arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport for boosting visitor numbers to historic levels.…