Frontier Airlines
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| IATA code : | F9 |
| ICAO code : | FFT |
| Call sign : | FRONTIER FLIGHT |
| Founding: | 1994 |
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Denver , United States
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| Home airport : | Denver |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| IATA prefix code : | 422 |
| Management: | Barry L. Biffle ( CEO ) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | EarlyReturns |
| Fleet size: | 98 (+ 162 orders) |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | www.flyfrontier.com |
Frontier Airlines is a US low-cost airline based in Denver and based at Denver International Airport .
history
The original Frontier Airlines was based at what was then Stapleton International Airport in Denver . The 1985 takeover by People Express failed and shortly afterwards forced the combined airlines to merge with Continental Airlines .
In 1994, former Frontier managers founded the successor company. As with its predecessor, the company initially relied on a fleet of up to five Boeing 737s , but in April 2005 the complete switch to aircraft from the Airbus A320 family was completed. Frontier Airlines was the launch customer for the Airbus A318-100 in 2003 and owned up to nine aircraft of this type.
On April 10, 2008, Frontier Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , but operations continued under bankruptcy protection . On August 13, 2009 Republic Airways Holdings won the bidding contest for Frontier Airlines. This was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings until September 2013 and left Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in autumn 2009.
In the summer of 2013, Frontier Airlines retired their last copies of the Airbus A318-100 .
In September 2013 the previous owner Republic Airways Holdings sold Frontier to the investor Indigo Partners .
In the fall of 2019, the International Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT) named Frontier as the American airline with the best fuel efficiency. The Airbus A320neo aircraft are partly responsible for this .
Destinations
From its home base in Denver International Airport , Frontier Airlines offers flights within the United States, including Fort Lauderdale , Indianapolis , Sacramento and Boston . Internationally, there are flights to Mexico and Costa Rica , among others .
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Current fleet
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As of June 2020, the Frontier Airlines fleet consists of 98 aircraft with an average age of 3.9 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats | Average age
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| Airbus A319-100 | 5 | will be retired and replaced by the A320neo | 150 | 15.5 years | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 20th | 10 with Sharklets equipped | 180 | 7.6 years | |
| Airbus A320neo | 54 | 95 | are to replace, among other things, the A319-100 | 186 | 1.9 years |
| Airbus A321-200 | 21st | 230 | 3.7 years | ||
| Airbus A321neo | 49 | On August 12, 2019, Frontier Airlines converted 15 orders for the A320neo into the larger variant, the A321neo | 240 | ||
| Airbus A321XLR | 18th | - open - | |||
| total | 98 | 162 | 3.9 years |
Former aircraft types
In the past, Frontier Airlines already used the following types of aircraft:
- Airbus A318-100
- Boeing 737-200 / -300
- De Havilland DHC-8-400
- Embraer ERJ-170
Trivia
- According to their slogan A Whole Different Animal (dt .: A totally different animal ) bear Frontier machines Images of different wildlife on the tail. Basically, species were selected that are either native to the Rocky Mountains or occur in the areas approached. Each animal has a symbolic name (e.g. Grizwald the Grizzly ) and each representative is assigned very special characteristics. The best animal photos were selected in competitions and placed on the tail unit. In the early stages, the company's Boeing 737-200s carried two different animals on each side. In the early stages of the then young airline, these suggested, not entirely unintentionally, a larger fleet.
See also
Web links
- Web presence of Frontier Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung - Next US low-cost airline broke, April 11, 2008, accessed on June 3, 2015
- ↑ frontierairlines.com - Restructure Information ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on September 16, 2009
- ^ Frontier Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: www.planespotters.net. Retrieved January 10, 2017 .
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - Republic is "bottomless pit", accessed on October 2, 2013
- ↑ Study: A320neo makes Frontier most fuel-efficient US carrier , Air Transport World, September 13, 2019
- ↑ flyfrontier.com - Route Map (English) accessed on June 3, 2015
- ↑ a b c Frontier Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters. June 28, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Orders and deliveries. In: airbus.com. May 31, 2020, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Frontier Airlines to retire A319s in mid-4Q19. In: ch-aviation . ch-aviation GmbH, July 3, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Frontier Airlines to retire A319s in mid-4Q19. Retrieved on August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ 15 A321 Neo instead of A320 Neo: Frontier Airlines wants more A321 Neo. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. August 12, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
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