WingTips November 2014
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November 2014 Volume 6, Issue 11
In This Issue
Hotel Update Saluting Veterans FlyDenver.com: Take Our User Survey
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United Providing Denver- Rail Cars for DIA Whales at the Museum Panama City, Panama, Service
Beginning Dec. 3, 2014, United Holiday Travel Tips Safety Video Airlines will provide daily nonstop air service to Panama City. The flights to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) will Travel Statistics operate daily November through August and five times weekly in September and October.
SkyWest To Operate Denver- Mammoth Lakes, Calif., Seasonal Flights
For skiers, Mammoth Mountain resort is now a nonstop flight away from Denver, and conversely skiers in the Mammoth Lakes area of California have nonstop access to Denver and Colorado’s ski resorts. Passengers flying to Mammoth Lakes will arrive at Mammoth Yosemite Airport On Nov. 17, Hotel and Transit Center crews reopened one lane of the (MMH), which is about six Terminal East Level 5 elevated roadway so departing commercial vehicles can miles from town. return to the original traffic patterns entering and leaving terminal curbsides. United Express, operated by Commercial vehicles are now able to exit the east terminal through one lane SkyWest Airlines, is offering
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going southbound on the new elevated roadway. A second lane remains closed nonstop flights between the during construction. Both lanes of the East Terminal Level 5 roadway will two destinations once a week reopen when the project is complete. on Saturdays, beginning Dec. Interior work continues on the hotel, including drywall and installation of 20 this year through March 28 finishes (carpet, lights, cabinets, wall coverings, tile, etc.). in 2015. SkyWest will operate Workers have begun to install stone pavers on the plaza. the flight with 70-seat Both tower cranes, which have been at the construction site for almost two Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft years, have been disassembled and no doubt will move to some other vertical
construction site.
Contributors
Laura Coale – Writer Steve Klodt – Chief Editor Heath Montgomery – Writer Ken Mostek - Photographer
The two tower cranes that were used to lift materials for DIA’s Hotel and Transit Center construction have been dismantled. The hotel is almost completely glassed in, and glass has been installed to cover the two canopies pictured. In the foreground is the station platform for the commuter rail line that begins at Denver Union Station and ends here.
Two glass and steel canopies project south from the Hotel and Transit Center complex. The larger canopy partially covers the commuter rail station platform, to protect passengers from poor weather.
Aerotropolis Americas Conference and Exhibition Denver International Airport will be hosting a three-day conference and exhibition in December.
The conference themes are the “airport city” concept and how the development of a larger “aerotropolis” can provide economic benefit to
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a whole region.
An aerotropolis refers to planned urban development around an airport, which serves as the economic core of the community. An aerotropolis “blurs conventional airport boundaries and spreads outwards into the surrounding area through transportation corridors dotted with clusters of aviation-linked businesses and associated residential development,” according to the conference website.
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock will welcome conference attendees and participate in a panel discussion about the importance of air connectivity and the role of an aerotropolis in stimulating local economic development.
Kim Day, Denver International Airport’s chief executive officer, will speak at the conference, and Ginger Evans, who oversaw construction of DIA and who is now vice president for engineering with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will speak at a session titled: “Aerotropolis Around the World—Differences and Similarities.”
Many other planning, real estate and government experts from the Americas region will present case studies, share their knowledge and perspectives, and discuss such topics as:
Planning a competitive aerotropolis Environmentally sustainable and economically driven airport cities and aerotropoli A real estate developer’s perspective on investing in facilities in and around the airport Generating sustainable non-aeronautical revenue to fund aerotropolis infrastructure
For information about attending the conference and to see the program, follow this link to the event’s website: Aerotropolis-Americas.
The Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver will be the venue for the conference, which will be held Dec. 8 through 10, 2014.
New Gates at Concourse C Now Open DIA’s five new gates, C23 through C27, are operational for Southwest Airlines on Concourse C, bringing the airline’s total to 22 gates. The gates are part of a 39,000- square-foot extension of Concourse C’s west end—an extension that also includes retail shops and food and beverage tenants.
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Five new gates for Southwest Airlines have been added at Concourse C, and several new concession tenants, including Allegro coffee bar, will serve the passengers there.
Say Si Bon Marketplace is open at the new gates at Concourse C.
Say Si Bon Marketplace, offering gourmet snacks and news, is open in the new space as well as Allegro Coffee and a temporary bar. New storefronts not yet open will include eSavvy, featuring electronic accessories, the Coors Silver Bullet Sports Pub, and Modmarket, which will offer a full menu of farm-fresh food.
First Commuter Rail Cars for DIA Line Have Arrived in Denver The first four rail cars that will be part of RTD's FasTracks electric commuter rail lines arrived in Denver on Nov. 20, after a three-week-long journey from their
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Philadelphia Hyundai Rotem USA assembly plant.
RTD says it has purchased 66 cars to serve the East Rail Line to Denver International Airport, plus the Northwest Rail Line to Westminster, the Gold Line to Arvada/Wheat Ridge and the North Metro Rail Line to Thornton.
Traveling faster than light rail vehicles, the commuter rail trains can go as fast as 79 miles per hour. Commuter rail is used on longer lines and makes fewer stops than a typical light rail system. The steel car shells were manufactured at Hyundai Rotem's plant in South Korea, then shipped to the company's plant in Philadelphia for fitting and assembly of various components.
Boarding passengers will be able to walk directly from a station platform onto the train without climbing stairs. The cars have large seats with headrests, overhead storage, luggage racks and bicycle racks.
In Denver, the vehicles will be maintained, serviced and cleaned at RTD’s new commuter rail maintenance facility in Denver's Globeville neighborhood.
You can explore the new cars at an open house at Union Station Dec. 3 through Dec. 6 (Wednesday through Saturday) between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
To see photographs of the new rail cars follow these links:
Train car interiors Train car exteriors
Thanksgiving Travel Tips
Denver International Airport is expecting a high passenger volume during Thanksgiving week, perhaps as many as one million passengers from Tuesday through Monday of the holiday week. Here a few tips that might help if you are flying before, during or after Thanksgiving.
Packing
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Know your airline’s checked bag policies and fees in advance to avoid surprises. Travelers may bring one carry-on bag and one personal item (purse, laptop, etc.) through security. Put medications and other required items in your carry-on bag. Leave holiday gifts unwrapped; TSA may open wrapped packages to check the contents.
Before you leave for the airport
Check in online if possible. Check with your airline to confirm that your flight is on time. Be at DIA at least two hours prior to your flight departure time to allow plenty of time to check in and for security screening and traveling to your airline gate. Check parking availability at www.flydenver.com.
Parking
For real-time parking information while you’re on the road, watch for electronic signs along inbound Peña Boulevard or call (303) DIA-PARK. The East and West Economy lots, located next to Jeppesen Terminal garages, usually fill up first ($13/day). The East and West garages are rarely full during the holidays and are available for $3/hour or a $24/day maximum. For a guaranteed space, reserved parking is available in either garage for an additional fee of $4 per day, by visiting www.DIAReservedParking.com. The $8/day Pikes Peak and Mt. Elbert shuttle lots are an alternative to economy and garage parking, but remember to allow an extra 30 minutes when using shuttle lots.
Checking in
Self-service check-in kiosks are located near airline counters. Even if you checked in online or at a kiosk, you still need to go to a ticket counter to hand off luggage to the airline if you are checking bags.
Picking up
Curbside parking at Jeppesen Terminal is prohibited. The Final Approach facility and its cellphone waiting lot are located directly north of Peña Boulevard next to the Conoco gas station. Take the 75th Avenue exit and turn left on Gun Club Road. Final Approach can be accessed off of Gun Club Road. Parking or stopping along any airport roadway is illegal and dangerous. Violators are subject to ticketing; Denver police will strictly enforce this rule.
Traveling with children or people 75 years old or older
Consult http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/traveling-children if you are traveling with children. If you are age 75 or older, you may keep on shoes and light jackets when you pass through security checkpoints. http://www.tsa.gov/traveler- information/screening-passengers-75-and-older
Technology tools
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Get flight status information, road conditions, parking lot availability, security wait times, airport maps, ground transportation and more at:www.flydenver.com. DIA recommends passengers download the free travel app FlySmart Airport for the Blackberry, iPhone and Android. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Free global calling, free Wi-Fi Internet access, and cellphone charging stations are available throughout the airport.
Simply ask for help
DIA’s Hospitality Ambassadors - easy to spot in their white cowboy hats - and Customer Services staff are available throughout the terminal and concourses to provide directions and information. Passengers without Internet access can use these helpful airport telephone numbers: (303) DIA-PARK (342-7275) (303) 342-4059 – Information on DIA ground transportation options (303) 342-2000 – DIA Customer Services (800) AIR-2-DEN – DIA Customer Services for out-of-town travelers TEXT (720) 408-5200 for general airport questions
Travel and Traffic Trends
When it comes to getting statistics about international flights, there is always a lag of six months before the U.S. Department of Transportation releases information about such itineraries.
Looking at Denver’s numbers for the most popular international destinations in 2013, it is interesting to see that passengers were almost evenly split between Mexico, Canada, and Europe. Costa Rica continues to be a popular destination and Tokyo is climbing toward the top 10.
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Denver’s Top International Destinations 2013
Cancún, Mexico
London, United Kingdom
San José del Cabo, Mexico
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
San José, Costa Rica
Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dublin, Ireland
Saluting Veterans Nov. 11 was Veterans Day—a special day to honor all of the men and women that have served our country in the military.
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The Cenotaph at Whitehall in London—awash in poppy wreaths—is a place to remember and honor, especially on Nov. 11, the day a ceasefire ended World War I hostilities.
Denver International Airport is a place where veterans are traveling every day—some on business trips or flying to a vacation destination; others traveling to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II Memorial or other war memorials; some, perhaps, flying to Hawaii to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu; a few may be returning to battle sites where they fought for our freedom. Once a year, veterans with disabilities arrive at DIA on their way to Breckinridge to attend the Hartford Ski Spectacular, which is one of the largest U.S. winter sports festivals for people with disabilities.
DIA continuously sees active-duty servicemen and servicewomen; many of them are rejoining families or in transit to or from a base. The airport sees groups of Air Force Academy recruits and cadets on holiday. Denver International welcomes those in uniform and provides a refuge or a needed respite at the Rocky Mountain USO—at
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Concourse A—where volunteers offer relaxation and hospitality.
What may be forgotten when Veterans Day rolls around every year is Nov. 11’s historical significance. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918, guns fell silent on the Western Front in Europe, bringing about the end of World War I. Germany had capitulated and signed an armistice with the Allies. The ceasefire agreement was signed in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, north of Paris, the morning of Nov. 11—Marshall Ferdinand Foch of France, and Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord, of England represented the United States and other Allies as signatories of the armistice. The war officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919.
Nov. 11 was originally celebrated in the United States as Armistice Day to honor World War I veterans. After World War II and the Korean War, the day was renamed Veterans Day to honor veterans of all wars.
In England, the day is marked with two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., and with a ceremony at the Cenotaph at Whitehall monument. The honored dead of the Great War are symbolically remembered with poppies, which were noted as the only things that grew in the French and Belgium countryside after horrendous battles pulverized and scorched the land. John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Armed Forces wrote about the battlefield poppies in a well-remembered poem that evokes the significant sacrifices during World War I.
In Flanders’ Fields
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high, If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders' Fields.
How Many Weeks? So, how far in advance should you purchase an airline ticket for a domestic destination? Is the timeframe different for an international destination?
The Airline Reporting Corporation analyzed data from roundtrip tickets sold by U.S.- based travel agents and settled by ARC between January 2013 and July 2014 (129,778,041 tickets). We’ve pulled two of the charts ARC used in its September 2014 report that show the results. Read the short report, 2014ARCAdvancedPurchase Analysis.pdf, for an analysis of the findings. The blog the Cranky Flier offers sound interpretation of the report and its conclusions: crankyflier.com.
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Hertz Completes Solar Installations
Hertz, the world's largest airport car rental brand, and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company announced the completion of two solar power installations at Hertz Rent-a-Car facilities —one at Denver International Airport and one at Saint Louis International Airport.
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"Hertz has a longstanding goal regarding sustainable business practices and these new solar installations play an integral part in fulfilling that commitment," said Todd Poste, executive vice president, supply chain management, for Hertz.
At Denver International Airport, the 262-kilowatt solar panels will generate approximately 335,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in their first year in operation, equivalent to the amount of energy used by about 33 homes over 12 months.
Additionally, a solar installation is underway at Hertz's location at Newark Liberty International Airport, to be completed later this year, and the company plans to add solar power at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2015.
Whales: Giants of the Deep at Denver Museum of Nature and Science How would you like to crawl through a life-size replica of a blue whale’s heart?
If that gets you pumped, visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science between now and Feb. 16, 2016, and take in a new exhibition: Whales: Giants of the Deep, which was developed and is presented by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
The exhibition offers life-size models of whales and displays 20 real specimens, including a sperm whale skeleton that is 58 feet long and a model of a southern right whale, which was featured in the 2002 movie Whale Rider, which highlighted the significance of whales to the Māori people, whose culture is rich with whale-riding stories and traditions (they call whales Tohorā).
You can touch whale teeth and their replicas; you can accompany a sperm whale as it plunges into the ocean depths to hunt for a giant squid. In an immersive sound chamber, you are able to hear the “songs” whales use to navigate, find food and communicate.
Two whale skeletons are on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Whales: Giants of the Deep exhibit.
Whales evolved from land-dwelling hoofed ancestors and became aquatic about 50
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million years ago. They range greatly in size from the world’s largest animal, the blue whale, to the diminutive Hector’s dolphin (dolphins are part of the whale family). When you experience the exhibition, you can see how scientists are making new discoveries about the whale’s streamlined bodies, their feeding methods, and migrations through the Pacific.
A full-scale replica of a blue whale heart, which can be crawled through, is just one interactive display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Whales: Giants of the Deep exhibit.
Whales:
Can dive without their body cavities exploding and can surface without getting the bends (decompression sickness) Use echolocation to find prey and to communicate Are social mammals, with attachments to family Include the blue whale, which is the largest living animal and the heaviest animal that ever lived, stretching about 100 feet from nose to tail and weighing more than 160 tons
Whales: Giants of the Deep has been shown at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and at the Field Museum in Chicago. Visit the exhibition website: Whales-giants-of-the-deep or the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s Web page, which has videos about whales and links to websites devoted to whales.
Watching Air New Zealand’s Safety Video Can Become Hobbit Forming Air New Zealand’s latest safety video, The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made, has become the airline’s most popular video to date, with close to 120,000 people viewing it online every hour, according to the airline.
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The Hobbit-inspired video stars cast members from all three films in The Hobbit trilogy, including Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Dean O’Gorman (Fili the Dwarf) and Sylvester McCoy (Radagast). It also features a cameo from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogies director Sir Peter Jackson. Air New Zealand bills itself as the official airline of Middle Earth.
More than 12.8 million viewers have seen the video on YouTube and millions more viewers have seen it on Facebook and Youku in China. It has also been featured in numerous media outlets worldwide including CNN, NBC News, USA Today, and U.K. newspapers the Daily Mail and the Telegraph. If you want to see the safety video yourself, here’s the link: Air New Zealand.
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