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DIA aims for nonstop flights to Tokyo.


Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation).

Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA
 may be the fifth busiest nationwide and the 11th busiest in the world, but just a small fraction of its passenger traffic is from the international market.

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DIA serves more than 150 destinations nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. , but its overseas offerings are limited to London, Frankfort and Munich. Airport officials hope to extend that reach to Tokyo by 2011, Deputy Manager Laura Jackson said at an aviaton/aerospace panel as part of World Trade Day 2008 in Denver in May.

"Tokyo is Denver's largest market in Asia," said Jackson, who outlined the airport's "Ascent to Asia" campaign to secure a nonstop flight to Tokyo. The city attracts more first-class and business travel from DIA than any other market in Asia, she said.

Jackson tempered her comments by adding that the market needs to support United's recently added nonstop flights to London, and that the addition of nonstop flights to other overseas destinations will be gradual.

She also alluded to the turmoil in the industry, including the recent filing of Frontier Airlines This article is about Frontier Airlines that was founded in 1994. For the company known as Frontier Airlines from 1950 to 1986, see Frontier Airlines (1950-1986).

For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service.
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"I think we're going to see some changes in the future in capacity and prices," she said. "All this will affect Denver in some way."
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Date:Jun 1, 2008
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