Shuttle America flying Frontier Flights?
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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?
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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"
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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?
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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.
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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.
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