Originally Posted by Aero1900

I'm really not sure what the op is talking about.

Frontier has had a turbulent past. Been through bankruptcy, nearly bought by swa, owned by republic, and now owned by indigo. We have converted into an ulcc, and are making more money than ever before. We've made over 100 million this year. We face a new market. Ulcc in the US is still a pretty new concept to most folks. It's hard to tell, but I think the Ulcc model will do well in the US. Wal-Mart sure has.

A frontier merger with jet blue seems unlikely to me. A merger with spirit seems way more likely.

Frontiers making real money for the first time ever. We have lots of planes on order. We also face stiff ulcc competition (CLE)

We are just now starting to see how the big airlines are reacting to the ulcc model. Who knows what the future holds? They sure couldn't stop the growth of southwest, and I doubt they will stop the growth of the ulcc. Frontier might be ripe to be bought out by a big guy, or merge with spirit, but I agree that frontier is unlikely to be a stand alone airline in twenty years.

Frontier is trying to beat swa at their own game. But a cheaper guy could always be right behind... Spirit does have slightly lower costs than us.