On Tuesday night, the Denver City Council unanimously approved an amendment granting United Airlines access to 24 more gates at Denver International Airport.

“It’s an unbelievable day for United and for Denver,” said Steve Jaquith , vice president of the United Airlines’ Denver branch.

Jaquith said that the expansion will allow United, which currently provides 164 nonstop destinations from DIA, to ramp up their service to more destinations.

“Our 7,000 employees worked tirelessly for this day to be able to provide more service,” he said. “It’s a testament to their efforts that we can now provide more access to the United States and to the whole world.”

This expansion would allow United to increase departures at DIA from 500 to 700 per day by 2025.

The amendment authorized 12 new gates on Concourse A — which are being added as part of the $1.5 billion expansion at DIA — 11 gates currently on that concourse and one new gate on Concourse B for United Airlines’ use. United currently leases gates across Concourses A, B and C and this will allow them to consolidate their space in the airport.

United is DIA’s biggest airline carrier, encompassing 44% of their traffic in 2019. The airport currently accommodates 64.5 million passengers per year, but with this gate expansion, DIA could serve up to 80 million passengers per year.

Story Updated 9:24 a.m., Jan. 22 to provide the correct number of passengers DIA accommodates annually.