FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Joe Hodas
720-374-4504
jhodas@flyfrontier.com
Frontier Airlines to Begin Focus City Expansion from
Los Angeles International Airport
Frontier to Begin New Non-Stop Service from Los Angeles to St. Louis,
Minneapolis and Kansas City as well as Denver to Anchorage and Washington-Dulles
DENVER (Dec. 18, 2003) - Marking the first expansion of point-to-point
routes outside of its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub, Frontier Airlines
(Nasdaq: FRNT) today announced plans to begin service between Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Lambert-St. Louis
International Airport (STL), and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP),
beginning Apr. 11, 2004. The airline will operate two daily non-stop flights
between Los Angeles (LAX) and each of these three cities. The new routes will
complement Frontier's existing six daily non-stops between Denver and Los Angeles,
as well as its service between Denver and Ontario (ONT), San Diego (SAN) and Orange
County (SNA).
In addition to Frontier's expansion in Los Angeles, the airline also
announced separately today that it will start one daily non-stop flight from its
Denver hub to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) on May 9, 2004 and two daily
non-stops to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Apr. 11, 2004, as
well as two-daily non-stops to El Paso International Airport (ELP) on Feb. 8, 2004
that will replace its existing service via Albuquerque.
"Today marks a critical and exciting juncture for Frontier Airlines, its
employees and its loyal customers," said Senior Vice President of Marketing Sean
Menke. "We have focused on the growth of our hub in Denver for the past ten years,
and we feel comfortable that we are now at a point that we can begin to fully
leverage and utilize that asset as we begin to offer non-stop service outside of
Denver to complement our hub schedule. The result will be better utilization of
our planes as well as our facilities, and more options for travelers in Los Angeles,
which has always been our most popular destination. We look forward to making our
mark in Los Angeles, one of the world's greatest destinations, and complementing
the extensive service we already offer in Southern California."
Following are the Los Angeles flight schedules:
Los Angeles-St. Louis
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1286 9:35 a.m. 3:10 p.m. Daily
1287 4:20 p.m. 9:55 p.m. Daily
St. Louis-Los Angeles
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1409 7:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. Daily
1407 2:30 p.m. 4:35 p.m. Daily
Los Angeles-Kansas City
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1831 9:45 a.m. 2:50 p.m. Daily
1830 5:35 p.m. 10:40 p.m. Daily
Kansas City-Los Angeles
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1832 7:25 a.m. 8:55 a.m. Daily
1833 3:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Daily
Los Angeles-Minneapolis/St.Paul
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1106 9:50 a.m. 3:20 p.m. Daily
1109 5:25 p.m. 10:55 p.m. Daily
Minneapolis/St. Paul-Los Angeles
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
1416 7:10 a.m. 9:10 a.m. Daily
1414 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Daily
All times given in local arrival or departure city times.
The airline published an introductory fare sale for flights to/from Los
Angeles with fares starting as low as $198 round-trip between Los Angeles and
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Kansas City and St. Louis. Introductory fares require a
round-trip purchase and are available for purchase through 10:00 p.m. MT on Jan.
31, 2004 for travel beginning Apr. 11, 2004.
Introductory sale fares may not be available on all flights/dates.
Once purchased, these fares are non-refundable and non-transferable,
but may be reissued for a $100 change fee plus any applicable
difference in fare. Fares do not include passenger facilities fees
of up to $18 round-trip, the September 11th Security Fee of $2.50
per enplanement, or segment fees of $3. A segment is defined as
one takeoff and one landing. Prices subject to change and other
restrictions may apply.
To celebrate the new service, members of Frontier Airlines' frequent
flyer program, EarlyReturns, will receive double bonus miles for travel to and
from Los Angeles between Apr. 11, 2004 and June 30, 2004. To enroll in the
program, customers can visit Frontier's Web site at WWW.FRONTIERAIRLINES.COM,
pick up an EarlyReturns enrollment form at any Frontier airport counter or call
Frontier's EarlyReturns Service Center toll-free hotline at 866-26-EARLY or Frontier's
reservations at 800-4321-FLY.
About Frontier
Currently in its tenth year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the
second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport with a fleet
of 39 aircraft and employing approximately 3,800 aviation professionals. Frontier,
in conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Mesa Air Group ("Mesa"),
operates routes linking our Denver hub to 37 cities in 22 states spanning the
nation from coast-to-coast and to four 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 four consecutive years. In August 2003, 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.
