Frontier
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Frontier Shuffles Its Fleet to Cut Losses
Republic Airways announced a small first quarter loss the other day, but really, it was a tale of two airlines. Its Frontier…
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Frontier Reduces Change Fees, Allows Name Changes, and Generally Gets Customer-Friendly
Frontier rolled out a slew of changes last week, and most of them are very customer-friendly. In fact, these moves make it…
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Delta Comes out Swinging at Frontier Over Minneapolis Move
Anyone who thinks that the days of airline schedule retaliation are over clearly hasn’t been watching Delta. The airline is royally pissed…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier to Provo, Knoxville, and More
Frontier announced its summer plans this week, and we have some interesting surprises as well as a big disappointment. The bad news…
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Cranky on the Web (January 24-28)
At Heathrow, a New $7 Billion Terminal Actually Doesn’t Seem Crazy – BNET Headwinds Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was incredibly expensive, but BA…
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Frontier versus Republic (Trip Report)
The contrast between the holiday trek to Indiana this year versus last year couldn’t be greater. Last year we took a redeye…
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Cranky on the Web (October 18-22)
More airlines ditch first-class seats as fliers get stingy – USA Today USA Today did a story on the disappearance of First…
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United-Continental Merger Closing Was the Third Most Interesting Story on Friday
By now, you undoubtedly know that the United and Continental merger has officially closed and United Continental Holdings is now the parent…
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Frontier and Other Airlines Stand to Gain From the Southwest/AirTran Deal
I’ve seen countless articles/posts/interviews talking about how the Southwest/AirTran merger is going to be terrible for every other airline out there. The…
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Cranky on the Web (June 1-4)
As the Regional Flight Market Shrinks, Airlines Need New Strategies to Survive – BNET Regionals have had a rough few years, and…
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Frontier, Midwest Confusion (Trip Report)
May has been a really tiring month of travel for me, but the trips have all had good reason. This one was…
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Cranky on the Web (May 17 – 21)
Union-Vote Rule Change: Bad News for Non-Union Delta, JetBlue – BNET The National Mediation Board made some rule changes recently and it…