Frontier
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Frontier Management Tells Me How It’s a Different Kind of Ultra Low Cost Carrier
Though my recent trip to Denver was for a wedding, I had ulterior motives. I was hoping to schedule some time with…
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Topic of the Week: The Money-Making Machine That is Frontier
For those who pay attention to government data, it’s no surprise to hear that Frontier is now wildly profitable. Its transformation has…
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Does an Airline Need a Toll-Free Phone Number?
Frontier is doing away with its toll-free number as part of its transition to being an ultra low cost carrier (ULCC), and…
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Frontier’s New Seats Give More Room to the Middle Seat (and No Room for Your Laptop)
Frontier has been slowly working on its transition from a traditional kind of airline into a more point-to-point-focused ultra low cost carrier…
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Cranky on the Web – An Interview with Me, Hunting for Low Fares, Atlanta’s Silly Name Issue, More
Join me on Monday for an hour-long Twitter chat with CNN about the future of flight. We’ll get started at 8a PT/11a…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Lays Off Its Ground Handlers and Reservations Agents
Frontier has announced it will lay off the only remaining ground handlers employed by the airline, those in Denver, and outsource the…
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American, Caifornia Pacific, Delta, Family Airlines, Frontier, People Express, Southwest, United, US AirwaysReviewing Your 2014 Predictions
At the end of last year, I put a topic up for you all to make your predictions for the airline industry…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier in Denver
I already wrote about Spirit and Allegiant this week, so we can’t leave Frontier out of the mix can we? Frontier announced…
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Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Mesa Airlines, Republic, SkyWest, Spirit, Sun Country, Trans States, Virgin AmericaEverything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About US Airline Tail Numbers (Part 2)
I had a lot of great feedback on last week’s post about the aircraft registrations of the big four airlines in the…
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Frontier’s Entrance Into Miami Seems Insane, But It Might Not Be
I’ve railed against Miami International Airport and its absurdly pricey airport projects in the past. All this drunken spending gave Ft Lauderdale…
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Spirit and Frontier Seem to Be Up for a Fight
For years, Spirit has said that it has hundreds of markets it can serve profitably in the US. With so much room…
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Many Carriers Have Failed at Washington/Dulles But Frontier’s Effort is Different
When Frontier announced it would be opening a focus city at Washington’s Dulles Airport, skeptics laughed. Low cost carriers and Dulles don’t…