Frontier Airlines Announces Service to Three Initial 'Q400' Markets

With the First of 10 New Bombardier Q400 Aircraft Deliveries, Frontier Answers the Question, 'Are you Coming to Our Community?'
DENVER, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) today announced it will offer low-fares and non-stop service between its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub and three new cities which will be served by its new fleet of 74-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft, operated by Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. subsidiary, Lynx Aviation. Beginning this fall, Frontier will seek to make Denver the travel gateway to 60 destinations in the United States, Central America and Canada for the following communities:
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070703/LATU036) -- Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas: Service to begin on Oct. 1, 2007 -- Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), Rapid City, South Dakota: Service to begin on Oct. 5, 2007 -- Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa: Service to begin on Oct. 5, 2007
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Frontier announces 4 destinations for new turboprop service


DENVER (AP) - Frontier Airlines is announcing the first four cities it plans to serve with its new turboprop operation.

The Denver-based carrier will begin flying the new turboprop planes in October from Denver on an existing route to Billings, Montana, and will introduce service to Wichita, Kansas; Sioux City, Iowa, and Rapid City, South Dakota.

The four are among 62 cities that submitted proposals to Frontier for the regional service. The new operation called Lynx Aviation is designed to reach into smaller and mid-sized cities.

Other destinations, including mountain resort communities, will be announced later this summer.

 

I wonder how many of these new destinations were part of the original destinations served when Frontier started back up. Both old and new frontier flew into GTF, but new Frontier pulled their aircraft out once they started doing well in order to place them in bigger markets. More competition is always nice, especially in the smaller western communities.

I'm glad they are doing well and expanding. Tough market now that SWA is setting their sights on expanding at DIA.

Any word on a flow through from Lynx to Frontier?

 

From what I've heard from F9 guys on the bus to the crew room, there will not be a flow through.

 

I have heard the same that going to Lynx may actually keep you from F9 but nobody really knows what the future may hold. I still don't understand why F9 made a holding company and then is buying a separate certificate to start regional service.

 

New (read: cheaper) pilot contract.....