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Frontier Airlines Is Denver’s True Low Fare Airline

Dépèche transmise le 4 août 2011 par Business Wire

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New data from the Department of Transportation (DOT) lists Frontier Airlines as having the lowest fares on the majority of routes it serves nonstop from Denver. Frontier is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RJET),

“While many airlines talk about low fares in their advertising, our low costs ensure that Frontier continues to deliver them”

The most recent DOT data lists the average fare charged by each carrier serving a given route in the first calendar quarter of 2011. On 59 of the 60 nonstop routes it flies from Denver International Airport, Frontier Airlines provided customers with fares that were lower than the average fares paid by all airline customers. On 41 of the routes, Frontier had the lowest average fare of any carrier.

“While many airlines talk about low fares in their advertising, our low costs ensure that Frontier continues to deliver them,” said Jim Reichart, Frontier’s vice president of marketing and sales. “As Denver’s hometown airline, we’re proud to not only offer lower fares, but to provide genuine travel value – with customer-friendly amenities like advance seat assignments, departures from the close-in and easily accessible A Concourse at Denver International Airport, 24 channels of DirectTV^® on all Airbus flights and available STRETCH seating with up to five inches of additional legroom, as well as personal touches like baked-onboard chocolate chip cookies.”

The airline’s recent Colorado Day sale featured fares as low as $9.99, with bookings hitting a single-day record for the airline on Monday, August 1.

About the Data

Department of Transportation Origin and Destination survey, which is a 10% sample of airline tickets from reporting carriers. Full data is available at www.transtats.bts.gov.

About Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET), an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 18^th year of operations, Frontier employs more than 5,500 aviation professionals and operates more than 500 daily flights from its hubs at Denver International Airport, Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport and Kansas City International Airport. Frontier offers service to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.

For in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, visit FrontierAirlines.com.