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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 10:52 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CameraGuy:
CO HAD a hub in DEN. When the city moved the airport out to Wyoming , they increased the fees there significantly. CO was losing money by the boatload then, so they pulled out of DEN.

CO has a number of employees who live in DEN and still have a P-CLub there, but unless they have gotten a sweatheart of a deal, I would bet against this.
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Actually, I believe DIA is closer to Nebraska or Kansas than Wyoming, but I won't debate minutiae.

I think one of the reasons CO pulled out of DEN was the fact that the city closed Stapleton permanently. CO promised to stay, I believe, if they could continue to use the old airport as a maintenance facility. When the city said no, CO went away.

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