Sky-high job growth After years of layoffs and cutbacks, airlines booming in Denver.(Business)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: July 24, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News

What industry in Denver is growing at a rapid clip, adding hundreds of jobs and even struggling to find enough qualified workers for certain positions?

Look to the skies.

The airline industry, which churned out an eye-popping number of layoffs and cutbacks in recent years amid steep financial losses, is now enjoying a miniboom in Denver.

Led by Frontier Airlines, carriers have added hundreds of jobs this year and will bring on hundreds more in coming months, from customer service and ramp workers to pilots and ...

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