by Monica Mendoza Published: May 18,2012
Frontier Airlines will add nonstop service to Orlando, Fla., and San Diego from Colorado Springs, and there could be more nonstop flights to major cities in the works. The airline now has seven nonstop flights from the Springs. It’s part of Frontier Airlines new business model in which the company has dubbed Colorado Springs a [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: May 15,2012
Tags: airport, business, Colorado Springs, Frontier, Frontier Airlines, Washington
Frontier Airlines did not win its bid for a direct flight from Colorado Springs to Washington, D.C.’s, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Department of Transportation awarded the limited slots into DCA to Alaska Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest and Virgin America. “We were disappointed when we heard the news, but given the intensity of the [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: May 3,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau, Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines expects to find out this month if it won a bid for a direct flight from Colorado Springs to Washington D.C. “We really hope that it happens,” said Andrea Tollar, Frontier Airlines director of sales. Tollar spoke to leaders in the Colorado Springs tourism industry Wednesday at the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: April 19,2012
Polly the Parrot will be the new spokes-animal for Frontier Airlines, which is based in Denver and operates flights in Colorado Springs. Frontier Airlines hosted a contest on Facebook for input on which animal should be featured on the aircraft’s tail. After two rounds of voting, the wise-cracking parrot won. “It was a tight race [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: April 11,2012
It has been a long-hard fought battle in the animal kingdom, but three animals have emerged as front runners in Frontier Airlines campaign to find a new “spokes-animal” for its aircraft’s tail wing. Dorris the chicken went down; Paula the pig is out; and Cammie the cow was sent to pasture. Now, in a final [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: April 6,2012
Frontier Airlines, which has a hub in Denver and operates flights out of Colorado Springs, made a big leap up in this year’s Airline Quality Ratings. The 22nd annual AQR report, released this week, reflects the nation’s airline performance in four categories: on-time performance; involuntary denied boardings; mishandled baggage reports; and consumer complaints. In 2011, [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: March 20,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Frontier Airlines, letter campaign, nonstop flights
Letters of support for a nonstop flight from Colorado Springs to Washington, D.C., are pouring into the Colorado Springs Airport. The letters will be forwarded to the U.S. Department of Transportation, who has the final say on incoming and outgoing flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, one of the few airports in the country [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: March 15,2012
Tags: airport, Colorado Springs, Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is changing its flying strategy, and Colorado Springs’ business community stands to be a winner in its new plan. [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2011
Tags: Frontier Airlines, layoffs, restructuring
Frontier Airlines says it’s cutting 100 jobs in Denver in the next few weeks and 120 positions at its Milwaukee hub in January. Airline spokesman Peter Kowalchuk says most cuts in Denver will come through attrition. Some employees have also been asked if they’d be willing to move from full- to part-time work. Frontier is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2011
Tags: Frontier Airlines, Republic, split
Frontier Airlines could soon be up for sale. Its current owner, Republic Airways, says it’s hiring advisers to look at selling Frontier, or spinning it off to current Republic shareholders. In any case, it expects to separate Frontier from its other business. Frontier has been losing money. Republic has been turning around the airline’s finances [...] [...]
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