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Frontier Waves Goodbye to Houston Hobby, Moves Back to Intercontinental

It’s not often that I find a reason to write about Houston twice in one week (or one decade), but sure enough, here we are. Frontier announced yesterday that it would move back from Houston’s Hobby Airport to Intercontinental. Even for people...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest
Cranky on the Web (April 9 – 13)

Frontier’s Animal Battle: Choose the Airline’s Newest Mascot – Conde Nast Daily Traveler If you haven’t seen Frontier’s latest battle for the next animal mascot, it’s worth a look. I couldn’t stop laughing at...

Published Sat, Apr 14 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Cranky on the Web (April 2 – 6)

Live Chat: Children on planes – Canada.com I was one of the panelists for a live chat about kids on airplanes. You can see the transcript at the link above. The Midwest Cookie Is Dead and Other Important Airline News – Conde Nast Daily Traveler...

Published Sat, Apr 7 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Spirit
Frontier Moves Toward Being a Three Cabin Airline (With No Cookies)

When you think of three cabin airlines, you think of some of the world’s finest with their First, Business, and coach classes. But Frontier has quietly been moving toward a very different kind of three cabin operation. I don’t imagine anyone...

Published Thu, Apr 5 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves

Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to Allentown (PA), Harrisburg (PA), and Bloomington/Normal (IL). Its flight from Orlando to Madison (WI) will go...

Published Fri, Mar 2 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest
Frontier’s New Plan Shrinks the Midwest, Grows Colorado

Frontier has been moving on its plan to reinvent itself very quickly, and last week it rolled out some big changes that will fall into place over the next few months. In short, the old Midwest Airlines hubs are shrinking while it grows its presence in...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier
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

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