Denver Air - new airline?

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11:26a, 6/4/26

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Last night flying out of Atlanta, I saw a shared gate for Denver Air Connection.

According to their web site, they've been around for 2 decades. I lived in Denver from 2000-2004 and worked near the airport in Centennial and I've never heard of them.

Looks like they fly small capacity jets and prop planes to a variety of short haul destinations.

Anybody ever flown them?

https://denverairconnection.com/

Here's their route map:

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2:42p, 6/4/26

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Never heard of them, so I looked them up. Yeah look at that return from Denver to Dallas, so I don't think I'll ever fly with them.

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2:46p, 6/4/26

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I've never heard of them either.

That Phoenix to Telluride route could be great for those folks in Phoenix.
I can't imagine Pueblo to Denver is real. I looked and it is. $128, 50 min.

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3:22p, 6/4/26

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They mostly fly essential air service routes out of Denver. Unless you fly to tiny places not served by a major airline you'd have no reason to know them.

British Aviation YouTuber that lives in Houston has flown them a few times and his latest video was on it:

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3:33p, 6/4/26

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I flew Contour Airlines from Phoenix to Moab last year. It was on a small jet. It was the best "coach" experience I've had this century. The seats were all large, and I had a ton of leg room (6' 4"). If I ever have an option between them and one of the major airlines, I'd choose them each time.

The service on the plane was better than the major airlines as well.

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In reply to Aggie71013 • 4:54p, 6/4/26

AG

Whoa... I'm going to have to watch that video later.

So based on the Clovis connection, I guess that route map of puddlejumping hops is real.

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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 5:08p, 6/4/26

AG

I think many of their routes only run a few times a week so it would be a long journey to hop across their network.

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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 5:28p, 6/4/26

AG

I've ridden on them many times to/from Hayden/Steamboat. They are also known as Key Lime Air.

They are most recently famous for having a Metroliner run over by a Cirrus SR22 when the Cirrus overshot the turn to a parallel runway at Centennial (KAPA). The Cirrus pilot pulled the airplane parachute, and the Key Lime Metroliner, not realizing that 6' of the top half of the cabin had been cut off, landed safely after complaining of engine problems. Once on the ground, Tower told them of the missing roof.

"May 12, 2021 A Cirrus SR22 N416DJ and Key Lime Air Flight 970, Swearingen SA-226-TC Metro N280KL operating a charter cargo flight, collided on approach to Centennial Airport. The Cirrus made a safe off-airport parachute-assisted landing, while the Key Lime pilot landed safely at Centennial Airport despite the loss of a section of the cabin roof, and damage to the empennage. There were no injuries. "

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In reply to Aggie71013 • 8:08p, 6/4/26

AG

That's super cool

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11:47a, 6/5/26

AG

I did see their check-in desk at DFW recently in Terminal D (international) of all places. It was against the back/opposite wall of all of the main check-ins and very minimal.