DIA aims for nonstop flights to Tokyo.

• Author: Cote, Mike
• Position: [WORLD TRADE DAY--AVIATION] - Denver International Airport - Brief article

Denver International Airport 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, 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...