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Frontier Charts Its Course as an Ultra Low Cost Carrier

It’s been entirely clear for a few months that Republic wants to spin Frontier off into a standalone airline, but the question has been . . . how would they make that work when the airline was losing money? Now it looks like we might know. Frontier...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Topic of the Week: Frontier Shrinks Milwaukee

I know this happened a couple weeks ago, but Frontier has announced a massive cut in Milwaukee. Is this the end of the legacy Midwest operation? Will we see much remain? Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, MKE - Milwaukee
Cranky on the Web (August 15 – 19)

If you’ll be near LAX TODAY, come on by to celebrate 5 Cranky years. Join me and Johnny Jet at In ‘n Out for a little plane spotting between 11a and 1p. No bag? Then airlines should refund fee – CNN Out of the Office I’ve written...

Published Sat, Aug 20 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, US Airways, Frontier, Delta, Alaska Airlines
Why I Wouldn’t Be Surprised to See Virgin America Acquire Frontier

This may sound crazy, but hear me out. There were two separate pieces of news last week concerning Virgin America and Frontier that got me thinking about a combination between the two. Both are low on cash and need to raise more. This is one way to do...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Frontier, Mergers/Finance
Frontier Shuffles Its Fleet to Cut Losses

Republic Airways announced a small first quarter loss the other day, but really, it was a tale of two airlines. Its Frontier subsidiary lost a bunch of money while the “Express” flying it does for other airlines made money. How is Frontier...

Published Mon, May 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Frontier Reduces Change Fees, Allows Name Changes, and Generally Gets Customer-Friendly

Frontier rolled out a slew of changes last week, and most of them are very customer-friendly. In fact, these moves make it seem like Frontier has decided that its niche is going to be actually taking care of customers. If it can use that as a differentiator...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Delta Comes out Swinging at Frontier Over Minneapolis Move

Anyone who thinks that the days of airline schedule retaliation are over clearly hasn’t been watching Delta. The airline is royally pissed that Frontier had the gall to enter the Minneapolis to Kansas City market and now it’s unleashing its...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Delta
Topic of the Week: Frontier to Provo, Knoxville, and More

Frontier announced its summer plans this week, and we have some interesting surprises as well as a big disappointment. The bad news (for me) is that Frontier is pulling out of Long Beach. Bummer. But there are some interesting new routes coming instead...

Published Fri, Mar 4 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Cranky on the Web (January 24-28)

At Heathrow, a New $7 Billion Terminal Actually Doesn’t Seem Crazy – BNET Headwinds Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was incredibly expensive, but BA says it’s saving the airline more money every day, so it’s worth it. Why Frontier Airlines...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, LHR - London/Heathrow, BNET
Frontier versus Republic (Trip Report)

The contrast between the holiday trek to Indiana this year versus last year couldn’t be greater. Last year we took a redeye out that was severely delayed. This year we took a morning flight that wasn’t. The biggest problem was a grumpy crew...

Published Mon, Dec 27 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Trip Reports
Cranky on the Web (October 18-22)

More airlines ditch first-class seats as fliers get stingy – USA Today USA Today did a story on the disappearance of First Class, and I weighed in on my take. Frontier Airs its Issues on Prime-Time TV. Smart Idea. – BNET Headwinds Undercover...

Published Sat, Oct 23 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, American, BNET
United-Continental Merger Closing Was the Third Most Interesting Story on Friday

By now, you undoubtedly know that the United and Continental merger has officially closed and United Continental Holdings is now the parent company of both airlines. But that was actually the third most interesting story on Friday, and of those three...

Published Mon, Oct 4 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, Frontier, British Airways, American, Midwest Airlines
Frontier and Other Airlines Stand to Gain From the Southwest/AirTran Deal

I’ve seen countless articles/posts/interviews talking about how the Southwest/AirTran merger is going to be terrible for every other airline out there. The newly-created behemoth will dominate and crush everyone around. Seriously? Don’t believe...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Cranky on the Web (June 1-4)

As the Regional Flight Market Shrinks, Airlines Need New Strategies to Survive – BNET Regionals have had a rough few years, and now they need to plot their strategies for survival. Some are more creative than others. Summer air travel’s up...

Published Sat, Jun 5 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, JetBlue, American, BNET, Atlantic Southeast
Frontier, Midwest Confusion (Trip Report)

May has been a really tiring month of travel for me, but the trips have all had good reason. This one was for the Regional Airline Association 2010 convention in Milwaukee. Since I was speaking on a panel, they purchased my tickets for me. I opted for...

Published Fri, May 28 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Trip Reports

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