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Frontier Increases Flights to Popular Leisure Destinations and Adds New Service to Fort Myers, Fla.

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Frontier Increases Flights to Popular Leisure Destinations and Adds New Service to Fort Myers, Fla.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Airlines (OTCBB: FRNTQ) today announced it will begin new nonstop service to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) from Denver and increase the number of flights to Tampa International Airport (TPA) from Denver. Frontier will also begin offering new nonstop service to Cancún International Airport (CUN) from both Indianapolis International Airport (IND) and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL), and will add a third weekly flight from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) to Cancun.

The new flights to Florida will begin in mid-November, and those to Mexico in mid-December. But all the new flights are available for purchase now at FrontierAirlines.com.

“We are happy to be able to offer our great service to more great leisure destinations,” said Frontier Vice President of Strategy and Planning Daniel M. Shurz. “We believe the combination of our affordable fares and the choice and added value customers get with our AirFairs product will increase competition in these destinations and benefit air travelers in general. And we’re excited to offer nonstop service to more Florida destinations from Denver than any other airline.”

Frontier is offering great, low introductory fares on the Denver-Fort Myers route. To purchase tickets, please visit FrontierAirlines.com. Below are the flight schedules for the new service:

Denver-Fort Myers (effective 11/21/09)

Fort Myers-Denver

Denver-Tampa (new schedule effective 11/19/09, daily service currently available)

Tampa-Denver

Indianapolis-Cancún (effective 12/19/09*)

Cancún-Indianapolis

St. Louis-Cancún (effective 12/19/09)

Cancún-St. Louis

Kansas City-Cancún (effective 12/23/09)

Cancún-Kansas City

About Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Currently in its 16th year of operations, Frontier Airlines is the second-largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 5,000 aviation professionals. Frontier Airlines' mainline operation is made up of one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North America offering 24 channels of DIRECTV® service in every seatback along with a comfortable all-coach configuration. In conjunction with a fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft operated by Lynx Aviation (a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.), Frontier offers routes to more than 50 destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica. In addition, Frontier and Midwest Airlines have a codeshare partnership that allows passengers of both airlines access to 70 destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica. Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) expects to close on its purchase of Frontier Airlines on or before Oct. 1, 2009, after which Frontier will become a subsidiary of Republic, alongside Midwest Airlines and Republic’s other wholly owned subsidiaries.

SOURCE: Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Web site: FrontierAirlines.com