Denver airport receives new federal grant for baggage handling system

Denver International Airport has been awarded another $26.6 million in federal funding to fuel ongoing work to update the ultra-busy facility’s baggage handling system. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette announced the latest round of grant funding for baggage system upgrades — work that’s part of a $500 million contract at DIA — in a news release … Read more

DIA will replace parking shuttle contractor under $371 million deal

Denver International Airport will bring in a new shuttle operator next year to transport passengers and employees to and from its parking lots after the City Council on Monday approved a contract potentially worth $371 million. LAZ Parking Midwest will replace replacing DIA’s longstanding contactor, which missed goals for on-time service every day for three … Read more

Expanded license plate readers, patrol capacity coming to Denver to curb auto thefts

After seeing the success of license plate readers at stopping auto thefts at Denver International Airport in the last few months of 2023, Denver city officials on Thursday announced a plan to spread the cameras across the city. An example of the 111 automated license plate readers that will be placed around Denver in an … Read more

Denver airport’s new security checkpoint expected to speed up lines

Denver International Airport is about to get a boost in its oft-maligned efforts to keep up with sky-high passenger traffic when the first of two new state-of-the-art security checkpoints opens inside the main terminal in less than two weeks. The sleek 17-lane West Security Checkpoint is in the northwest corner of the terminal on Level … Read more