WingTips February 2014 E-mail not displaying correctly? View in Browser View in Mobile Join our mailing list February 2014 Volume 6, Issue 2 In This Issue Hotel & Transit Center Discover Veracruz Air Service News Frontier Airlines Returning to Memphis Beginning March 7, 2014, FAA Appoints Mayor Tokyo and Beyond Frontier will fly four weekly nonstop flights between Denver and Memphis MEM), inaugurating a return to DIA Generosity Model Seeing the Light Memphis International Airport for the airline. Frontier will operate the flights with 138- seat Airbus 319 aircraft 5 Years for Aeromexico Dog God Visits DIA United Connects with Pueblo The first day of April this year will see United Airlines provide its first nonstop service between Denver and Pueblo, Colo., (PUB) using Embraer 120 turbo aircraft, which seat 30 passengers. United will offer five flights weekly. The 108-mile trip will take less than an hour. Pueblo is not currently a destination from DIA. Denver Gets Direct Flights to Hailey Colorado travelers will be able If you've traveled to DIA recently, you've no doubt noticed the Hotel and Transit to fly nonstop between Denver Center building beginning to take shape. Crews are now working on pouring and Sun Valley, Idaho, concrete for the 10th floor of the hotel. When complete, the hotel will have a total starting July 2, 2014, when of 14 floors. Workers are also putting the final pieces of the plaza canopy into United Airlines begins flying place. The canopy will extend through the hotel building, forming the ceiling of the from DIA to Friedman 6th floor lobby, out onto the plaza. The northern section of the canopy heads Memorial Airport (SUN), toward the Jeppesen Terminal and ends just as it reaches sections of the iconic located in Hailey, Idaho, which roof at the south end. is 13 miles south of Sun Valley. United will offer one 2013 was a year of tremendous progress. Here's a look at some of the program flight daily in each direction. numbers: http://business.flydenver.com/info/news/publications/wingtips/2014FebLarge.html[7/28/2014 1:41:09 PM] WingTips February 2014 Completion of Terminal West Elevated Roadways and Terminal East Level 5 Elevated Roadway 80,000 square feet of bridge deck constructed From Feb. 7 7,000 cubic yards of structural concrete placed through March 2, More than 275,000 employee hours worked without a safety incident 1949, Capt. James Gallagher and a Construction of Commuter Rail Station Platform U.S. Air Force crew of 13 flew nonstop More than 1.5 million pounds of rebar placed from Ft. Worth, Texas, around the Train platform and corresponding transit center areas completed by the world, returning to intergovernmental agreement date (with RTD) and transitioned to RTD on the embarkation Jan. 1, 2014 point. The aircraft Approximately 1,000 tons of steel delivered to the site for the platform they used was a canopy structure Boeing B-50A Superfortress. The Construction of the Hotel Building trip took 94 hours and one minute Hotel constructed up to the 8th floor and required in- 4,100 tons of rebar delivered to the site flight fueling four Approximately 37,000 cubic yards of concrete poured for the hotel building times. Capt. and train platform to date Gallagher and his crew accomplished the first round-the- world nonstop flight. Steve Fossett made the first solo transpacific balloon flight between Feb. 18 and 21, 1995. Fossett flew 5,430 miles, beginning in Seoul, Korea, and traveling to Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. The balloon was filled with helium. Contributors Massive glass and steel canopies are integral to the Hotel and Transit Center. This photo Laura Coale – Writer focuses on the canopy at the south end of the hotel complex, which will cover part of the Steve Klodt – Chief Editor open-air plaza. Manuel Moreno - Writer Heath Montgomery – Writer Ken Mostek - Photographer Julie Smith – Writer http://business.flydenver.com/info/news/publications/wingtips/2014FebLarge.html[7/28/2014 1:41:09 PM] WingTips February 2014 Looking north from what will be a new hotel, construction on the north end of the glass and steel canopy proceeds. Mayor Hancock Is First Mayor Appointed to FAA Management Advisory Council Mayor Michael B. Hancock is among 10 new members to be appointed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta to the FAA's Management Advisory Council (MAC). Mayor Hancock is the first-ever mayor to be appointed to the MAC, which advises the FAA on management, policy, spending and regulatory matters. He will serve a three-year term on the council, which meets quarterly. Panel members serve three-year terms in a volunteer capacity and retain their private sector positions. Mayor Hancock was honored by the appointment and said, "I look forward to bringing Denver's ingenuity to the table as we work to advance major issues on behalf of DIA, other airports and the aviation industry." "These established aviation leaders will help guide the FAA in its many critical air- transportation policy decisions, supporting our commitment to a first class aviation system," said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Foxx. "These proven aviation experts will be lending their knowledge to help advance the nation's air travel system as the safest and most efficient in the world." Foxx appointed nine other new members to MAC, including: Steve Alterman, president, Cargo Airline Association; Montie Brewer, former president and CEO, Air http://business.flydenver.com/info/news/publications/wingtips/2014FebLarge.html[7/28/2014 1:41:09 PM] WingTips February 2014 Canada; Ray Conner, vice chairman, The Boeing Co.; Jane Garvey, former FAA administrator; Lee Moak, president, Air Line Pilots Association; and John "Jack" Potter, president and CEO, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. DIA Generosity a Model for Other Airports Last February, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock was the first to donate spare change to help the homeless at a DIA. He deposited cash in receptacles made especially to collect money for Denver's Road Home program. Just one year later, millions of generous passengers have raised more than $82,000 (February 2013 through January 31, 2014). DIA installed the change collection containers at all three passenger screening checkpoints so that travelers — as they empty their pockets of coins before passing through metal detectors — might choose instead to donate the money to Denver's Road Home, the city's plan to end homelessness. "I'm inspired by the generosity of the travelers passing through Denver International Airport," said Mayor Hancock. "Passengers really have stepped up to help those less fortunate by emptying change from their pockets and into the donation receptacles for Denver's Road Home. Their generosity is helping to end homelessness one person, one family at a time." The change collection receptacles are just one way Denver International is supporting the homeless in Denver. In late 2007, DIA placed a dozen donation parking meters for Road Home inside the airport, which brought in approximately $1,800 annually. "Since the launch of the spare change donation program last February, numerous airports have contacted us to learn from our success, as they are interested in setting up similar fundraising efforts in their own facilities," said Kim Day, Denver's manager of aviation. The ninth annual PJ Day celebration, which is Road Home's annual fundraiser to ensure that the homeless have a place to put on their pajamas and sleep at night, http://business.flydenver.com/info/news/publications/wingtips/2014FebLarge.html[7/28/2014 1:41:09 PM] WingTips February 2014 took place Feb. 6. DIA celebrated the day with a raffle and other contests that required donations for participation. The Department of Aviation raised $8,000. So, DIA's combined efforts to raise money for the homeless (change receptacles and meters plus PJ Day donations) have raised more than $90,000. To learn more about PJ Day and to find out how much money was donated citywide this year, visit: http://pjday.org. To learn more about Denver's Road Home program, follow this link to a photo essay: http://www.denversroadhome.org/photoEssay.html Or, you can visit: www.DenversRoadHome.org. Video of the mayor donating change last year can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSoW_Sd-q_I. Denver International Airport installed change collection containers in an effort to support Denver's Road Home, the city's plan to end homelessness, last February, raising more than $82,000 to date. There are two containers located before the A-security checkpoint pictured here in addition to one located before the south security screening checkpoint and another before the north security screening checkpoint. Aeromexico Celebrates Five Years in Denver Over the last five years, more than 75,000 passengers have travelled between Denver and Mexico City on Aeromexico, which began service at DIA on Feb. 1, 2009. To observe the carrier's fifth anniversary at DIA, Manager of Aviation Kim Day joined Carlos Bello, Mexico's consul general, on Feb. 6 at Aeromexico's departure gate for a brief ceremony. They presented a plaque to Giancarlo Mulinelli, Aeromexico's regional sales director (U.S. West Coast) in appreciation for the airline's dedication to the Denver market. An anniversary cake and other refreshments were available to passengers for the celebration. Aeromexico's seasonal nonstop flight operates from December to April using a Boeing 737 aircraft that carries up to 124 passengers. http://business.flydenver.com/info/news/publications/wingtips/2014FebLarge.html[7/28/2014 1:41:09 PM] WingTips February 2014 Many of these passengers are tourists from Mexico who come to ski in the Rocky Mountains every winter.