DIA raises parking fees at outlying lots - Denver Business Journal:

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Rates will rise from $9 to $10 per day in its econom parking lotand $5 to $6 per day in its Pikesz Peak and Mount Elbert shuttle lots beginningh on July 1. The $18-per-day rate in its termina l parking garages willremaih unchanged. The increases are part of a larger efforr to generatemore non-airline revenue at a time when the recessiob has caused less people to fly and has, led airline revenue to fall. Among the other thingd DIA officials are doing are increasing the numbetrof revenue-generating shops and restaurants in its concoursed and planning to break grouns next year on a 500-room hotel airport. The parking-ratw increases are expected to rais revenuesby $1.
4 million annually, said Patrick deputy manager of aviation for revenue and businesds development. “Due to the financial condition of theairlind industry, airports throughout the country are lookingb for ways to increase non-airline revenu e and reduce costs for their tenant carriers,” Heck said in a news DIA last raised its economy lot rates in 2005 and its shuttld lot fees in 1999.