Shuttle America flying Frontier Flights?
05-24-2010, 09:26 PM
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Shuttle America flying Frontier Flights?
Alright, I'm not in 121 aviation, so if this is a dumb question that is common knowledge don't make fun of me......
Why am I seeing/hearing so many Shuttle America flights in and out of DEN, is republic having them take over flights that Frontier used to fly or whats the deal?
Why am I seeing/hearing so many Shuttle America flights in and out of DEN, is republic having them take over flights that Frontier used to fly or whats the deal?
05-24-2010, 09:39 PM
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Shuttle America flies FFD for United and has a ton of flights that originate or turn out of KDEN. All of the F9 flying is on the Republic cert and thus would have a "brickyard" call sign, not "mercury"
05-24-2010, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by citation35hf
Alright, I'm not in 121 aviation, so if this is a dumb question that is common knowledge don't make fun of me......
Why am I seeing/hearing so many Shuttle America flights in and out of DEN, is republic having them take over flights that Frontier used to fly or whats the deal?
Why am I seeing/hearing so many Shuttle America flights in and out of DEN, is republic having them take over flights that Frontier used to fly or whats the deal?
05-25-2010, 04:16 AM
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Shuttle does united flying only out of Denver. However, on occasion you may see a Shuttle America spare a/c at a Frontier gate doing a Frontier flight. However, these spares are flown by Republic crews using the Brickyard callsign. RAH finally found a way to convince the FSDO that a Shuttle America 170 is the same as a Republic 170, and we now have a legal means to swap a few airframes between certificates. So yes, you may see "operated by Shuttle America" on the side of a Frontier flight on occasion.
05-25-2010, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Rightseat Ballast
Shuttle does united flying only out of Denver. However, on occasion you may see a Shuttle America spare a/c at a Frontier gate doing a Frontier flight. However, these spares are flown by Republic crews using the Brickyard callsign. RAH finally found a way to convince the FSDO that a Shuttle America 170 is the same as a Republic 170, and we now have a legal means to swap a few airframes between certificates. So yes, you may see "operated by Shuttle America" on the side of a Frontier flight on occasion.
05-25-2010, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rightseat Ballast
So yes, you may see "operated by Shuttle America" on the side of a Frontier flight on occasion.
05-25-2010, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by PSACFI
You have got to love FAA intelligence
05-26-2010, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by G-Dog
Those planes are generic paint. All white with a blue tail. Nothing on the side but a N-number.
Next to the foward left (main boarding) door it willsay either Operated by Shuttle America Airlines or Operated by Republic Airlines
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