DFW International Airport completed its latest online auction on Friday with a record-setting performance in terms of dollars earned and web-hits generated. The month-long auction produced almost $1.8 million in earnings for the Airport, while producing in excess of 18 million page views on the auction web site, http://www.renebates.com .

“We are extremely pleased with the outcome of the online auction,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW. “The Internet-based method of selling our surplus items has proven to be very popular with buyers, as you can see from our outstanding sales figures. We’re receiving a great return and a lot of positive feedback for making these items available online.”

The online auction sold more than 2100 lots of merchandise, including surplus vehicles, heavy equipment and a wide range of surplus materials used in the construction of International Terminal D and the Skylink automated people mover system. The auction also included portable buildings, office equipment and a variety of audio-visual items in prime condition.

Posted: 02|6|07 at 6:11 pm. Filed under: US News.