United Airlines will inaugurate nonstop passenger and cargo service between Denver International Airport and London's Heathrow Airport on March 30, 2008. Introductory sale fares are $319 each way for travel Monday through Wednesday and $339 for travel Thursday through Sunday, based on roundtrip travel. Tickets must be purchased from the U.S by November 15, and travel must be completed by May 17. A Saturday overnight is required but, astonishingly and happily, there are no blackout dates.
Meanwhile, United's had been experimenting with dual-end jetways for boarding and exiting planes at DIA to speed up the processes by enabling passengers to use both the front and rear doors and cuts aircraft turn-around time. According to a Denver Post report, United is dropping the system due to a malfunction that damaged one of its aircraft.
Additional new service at DIA is for shorter flights but starting sooner. On Sunday, Southwest Airlines is adding non-stop flights to Albuquerque, Amarillo, Austin, Oklahoma and Seattle. With those, Southwest ups its Denver service to daily flights to 56.
DIA intends to streamline security screenings next year, reportedly becoming the nation's first airport to implement Total Queue Management. This system is designed to speed things up without jeopardizing security. Perhaps some prescreening is involved. Perhaps there's more to it. I just don't know.
Frontier Airlines seems closer to launching its Lynx commuter service, originally scheduled to start last summer.
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