Frontier Airlines continuing ASE flights
01-21-2011, 09:53 AM
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Frontier Airlines continuing ASE flights
Frontier Airlines continuing Aspen-Denver flights - The Denver Post
DENVER—Frontier Airlines says it will continue flying between Aspen and Denver this summer instead of suspending service in April.
The Republic Airways Holdings Inc. subsidiary flies to Aspen using Q400 turboprop aircraft, which it planned to remove from its fleet. Instead Frontier Airlines decided to keep its unsold Q400s.
Frontier said Thursday that it plans to reduce its flight schedule between Aspen and Denver to one daily roundtrip flight starting April 18. Starting June 5, it will offer four daily roundtrip flights. Frontier says the four Q400s in its fleet will primarily serve Aspen, Colorado Springs and Durango.
The Republic Airways Holdings Inc. subsidiary flies to Aspen using Q400 turboprop aircraft, which it planned to remove from its fleet. Instead Frontier Airlines decided to keep its unsold Q400s.
Frontier said Thursday that it plans to reduce its flight schedule between Aspen and Denver to one daily roundtrip flight starting April 18. Starting June 5, it will offer four daily roundtrip flights. Frontier says the four Q400s in its fleet will primarily serve Aspen, Colorado Springs and Durango.
I wonder if they still plan on putting the Q's on the Republic certificate with the former Lynx pilots fenced off?
01-21-2011, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by HawkerJet
I wonder if they still plan on putting the Q's on the Republic certificate with the former Lynx pilots fenced off?
01-23-2011, 07:34 AM
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From what I hear the Republic certificate is so short on pilots, guys are being called almost every day on their day off for OT (sometime multiple times per day), the company is flying their employed SIM instructors as Captains, and they are canceling flights like crazy due to the crew shortage. In addition, pilots are leaving Republic at such a rapid rate that management cannot plug the holes fast enough. One of my buddies told me that they have lost more guys in the last month than they have in the last two years.
Blue skies to those moving on. Hopefully, all of this will make things better in the long run over there.
Blue skies to those moving on. Hopefully, all of this will make things better in the long run over there.
01-23-2011, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tye05
Take a look at the price of fuel and maybe the Qs make sense after all. These guys are learning the hard way they really have no experience on how to run a really airline.
01-23-2011, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by AirbornPegasus
From what I hear the Republic certificate is so short on pilots, guys are being called almost every day on their day off for OT (sometime multiple times per day), the company is flying their employed SIM instructors as Captains, and they are canceling flights like crazy due to the crew shortage. In addition, pilots are leaving Republic at such a rapid rate that management cannot plug the holes fast enough. One of my buddies told me that they have lost more guys in the last month than they have in the last two years.
Blue skies to those moving on. Hopefully, all of this will make things better in the long run over there.
Blue skies to those moving on. Hopefully, all of this will make things better in the long run over there.
01-23-2011, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by tye05
Take a look at the price of fuel and maybe the Qs make sense after all. These guys are learning the hard way they really have no experience on how to run a really airline.
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