Frontier Airlines Adds 35th and 36th Airbus A319s to Its Fleet
February 18, 2005 4:15:00 PM ET
DENVER, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines FRNT today announced it has accepted delivery of its 35th (#N936FR) and 36th (#N937FR) 132-seat Airbus A319s. The airline will lease both aircraft from General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). With today's announcement, Frontier's fleet of 47 aircraft consists of four Boeing 737-300s, 36 Airbus A319s, and seven Airbus A318s.
Each of Frontier's aircraft features a unique wildlife theme on its tail, depicting animals native to the continental United States and/or Mexico. Aircraft #N936FR features a walrus that is indigenous to Alaska on each side of its tail and on its wingtips, while aircraft #N937FR features a blue crowned conure which has been nicknamed "Mariner."
About Frontier
Currently in its 11th year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport with a fleet of 47 aircraft and employing approximately 4,500 aviation professionals. Frontier, in conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air, operates routes linking our Denver hub to 44 destinations in 25 states spanning the nation from coast-to-coast and to five cities in Mexico. Frontier's maintenance and engineering department has received the Federal Aviation Administration's highest award, the Diamond Certificate of Excellence, in recognition of 100 percent of its maintenance and engineering employees completing advanced aircraft maintenance training programs, for five consecutive years. In July 2004, Frontier ranked as one of the "Top 10 Domestic Airlines" as determined by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. Frontier provides capacity information and other operating statistics on its Web site, which may be viewed at
www.frontierairlines.com