OREANDA-NEWS. Denver International Airport (DIA) recorded its busiest October in its 19-year history with 4,616,603 passengers, a 3.1-percent increase above the same month last year. October is the second consecutive month with record-breaking passenger traffic and the eleventh consecutive month with year-over-year passenger traffic increases.

Passenger traffic for 2014 remains on a record-setting pace. Through the end of October, DIA has seen 45,045,563 passengers so far this year, an increase of 2.4 percent over the 44,006,723 passengers during the same timeframe last year. The year-to-date passenger traffic is nearly 1 percent higher than in 2012, the previous year-to-date October record.

"October's record-setting passenger numbers are primarily attributable to large increases from United, Southwest, American and Spirit," said Denver International Airport CEO, Kim Day. "International passenger traffic growth also remained robust in October, which was the 30th straight month of international passenger expansion. Notable passenger traffic increases were on Lufthansa, Volaris and Icelandair."

Additionally, mail, freight and express cargo operations saw 47,556,246 pounds of cargo, an 8.1-percent increase in October with compared to the same month last year. To date, 425,147,896 pounds of cargo have been handled at DIA in 2014, up 3 percent from 412,826,057 pounds of cargo handled during the same timeframe in 2013.