Denver International Airport reports busiest May ever

Denver International Airport passenger numbers up 8% - traffic highlights for May-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 4.9 million, +8.2% year-on-year;
• Cargo volume: 19,418 tonnes, -2.1%;
• • Freight and Express: 18,233 tonnes, +2.7%;
  • Mail: 1185 tonnes, -42.8%;
• Aircraft movements: 47,398, +3.8%. [more - original PR]

DIA CEO Kim Day said: "In May we celebrated Lufthansa's launch of nonstop service from Denver to Munich, Germany, and welcomed the return of Sun Country Airlines with nonstop service to Minneapolis. United, Southwest and Frontier also added seat capacity in May, which continues Denver International Airport's trajectory toward another record-setting year."