Yesterday, United Airlines announced a major expansion at Denver International Airport, including new flights and routes. The airline also re-announced new lounges and gates in Denver.
Denver’s most flown airline
United Airlines is consolidating its position as The airline with the most flights from Denver, having announced six new destinations from its Denver hub, four of which are not served by any other airline. The airline recently attacked Southwest Airlines, which had ads in DEN saying it was Denver’s top-flying airline with fine print indicating the claim was based on data through 2021. Clearly, United is Denver’s largest airline. , and yesterday’s announcement further proves that.
Last June, United announced it would invest more than $100 million to upgrade its pilot training center in Denver, just six months before placing a historic Boeing 787 order. In preparation for the upcoming aircraft, United installed a new 787 simulator at the pilot training center in January.
A quick overview of the network.
According to Cirium schedule data, United has 13,279 scheduled flights from Denver this month to 162 destinations. United’s operations account for 50% of all flights into Denver. United’s biggest competitor in the Colorado capital, Southwest Airlines, has 5,000 fewer flights and a seat supply of nearly half a million fewer seats.
Four of its five busiest routes are to its hubs in the United States, but Colorado Springs, just 72 miles from Denver, is the fourth busiest route in Denver. At number one is Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental International Airport, the only airport with more than 300 flights this month.
Below are United’s top 10 routes by number of flights out of Denver this month:
|
Origin |
Destination |
number of flights |
|
denver |
Houston Intercontinental |
306 |
|
denver |
Chicago O’Hare |
294 |
|
denver |
Newark |
279 |
|
denver |
Colorado Springs |
277 |
|
denver |
San Francisco |
275 |
|
denver |
the Angels |
244 |
|
denver |
Salt Lake City |
217 |
|
denver |
Phoenix |
215 |
|
denver |
Las Vegas |
212 |
|
denver |
New York-La Guardia |
205 |
Although Denver is United’s fastest growing hub, it only offers a few international destinations, something residents of and around Denver have been asking for for quite some time. From Denver, United flies to Tokyo, Munich, Frankfurt, London, Mexico and a few others, adding Montego Bay in November.
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CEO Scott Kirby spoke about the importance of the hub at DEN,
“Our expansion into Denver will allow us to further connect our customers to destinations around the world and revitalize our airport presence with modern, customer-friendly offerings.”
United only has four routes over 4,000 miles, all to international destinations, but its next longest routes are four routes to Hawaii, all over 3,000.
|
Origin |
Destination |
flights |
Mileage) |
|
denver |
Tokyo-Narita |
31 |
5,788 |
|
denver |
Munich |
31 |
5,225 |
|
denver |
frankfurt |
31 |
5,039 |
|
denver |
London-Heathrow |
62 |
4,671 |
|
denver |
Lihue |
31 |
3,414 |
|
denver |
Honolulu/Oahu |
38 |
3,365 |
|
denver |
Kona/Hawaii |
31 |
3,329 |
|
denver |
Kahului/Maui |
31 |
3,303 |
|
denver |
Anchorage |
31 |
2,405 |
|
denver |
Guanacaste |
4 |
2,332 |
