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• Frontier ending Denver-Aspen flights in April

  February 11, 2012 10:34 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Frontier Airlines is ending its Denver-Aspen flights in April. The airline has been flying two round-trips on 74-seat airplanes during the ski season and one in the off-season. The service will end April 16. Aspen tourism officials tell the Aspen Daily News they are disappointed but... more »

• Woman shocked by being taken from plane in Detroit

  September 14, 2011 5:31 PM

  DETROIT (AP) - Frontier Airlines says crew on a Denver to Detroit flight followed security protocols after passengers reported suspicious activities by two men on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, but had no control over how a woman sitting near them was treated by authorities. Spokesman Peter... more »

• Three passengers in custody after acting suspiciously

  September 11, 2011 6:53 PM

  Information is coming in from our sister station KUSA 9 News in Denver about a Frontier flight en route from Denver to Detroit was taken to a remote location upon landing. Witness statements say that two passengers were observed behaving suspiciously and spending extraordinarily long periods of time in the... more »

• Frontier Airlines shuffles schedule ahead of hurricane

  August 27, 2011 12:21 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Frontier Airlines is canceling some flights to and from the East Coast because of Hurricane Irene. The airline said Friday the canceled flights were scheduled between Saturday and Monday. The airline says it has added other flights on Saturday for passengers who want to travel... more »

• Frontier forces quadriplegic off plane

  June 20, 2011 1:39 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A quadriplegic man from Fort Collins says he was humiliated after he was forced off a Frontier Airlines plane because a pilot said it wasn't safe for him to fly. John Morris and his family were trying to board a flight in Dallas to... more »

• Frontier Airlines employee honored with Neighborhood Hero Award

  June 14, 2011 12:06 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Frontier Airlines employees who came to the aid of a woman allegedly being assaulted at DIA are being honored for their actions. Denver police say Mark Adams and Kris Musil will be presented with the Bill Daniels Neighborhood Hero Awards today for assisting a woman they... more »

• Frontier Airlines offers new Denver-Costa Rica route

  August 30, 2010 11:26 AM

  Frontier Airlines will begin seasonal service to Liberia, Costa Rica starting Feb. 13 of next year. Liberia is about four hours northwest of the capital, San Jose, by bus. It is also a jumping off point for beach resorts on the West Coast. Frontier will operate weekly nonstops... more »

• Frontier Airlines to keep Denver-Aspen flights

  August 18, 2010 8:48 AM

  Frontier Airlines will fly between Denver and Aspen this ski season after all. Frontier originally said it wouldn't fly the route after September as it phased out its Q400 turboprop planes. But on Tuesday, the Republic Airways subsidiary said it will keep three Q400s so it can serve Aspen... more »

• Midwest Airlines name dropped in favor of Frontier

  April 13, 2010 12:49 PM

  The Midwest Airlines name is going away. Republic Airways Holdings Inc. owns both Midwest and Frontier Airlines. It says it will begin using the Frontier name for the operations of both carriers. Republic CEO Bryan Bedford says the Frontier brand is associated with low fares, and the Midwest name is... more »

• Fired, drunk pilot reaches settlement

  February 18, 2010 8:43 AM

  A pilots union and Frontier Airlines have reached a settlement in a lawsuit for a pilot who was fired after an alcohol test came back positive. The Frontier Airlines Pilots Association and Frontier Airlines, Inc. filed court documents in Denver federal court this week that said they had reached... more »

• Frontier to start Denver-to-Fairbanks air service

  December 18, 2009 8:25 AM

  Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced Thursday it is starting seasonal summer service to Fairbanks International Airport. The nonstop flights from Denver will start May 14 and continue four days a week through Sept. 12. Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau president and CEO Deb Hickok praised the news. Hickok says expanded air... more »

• Pilot fired after alcohol test seeks reinstatement

  October 20, 2009 1:24 PM

  A Frontier Airlines pilot who was fired after he took an alcohol test whose results came back positive is trying to get his job back. A complaint filed by the pilots union in U.S. District Court in Denver on Monday says Capt. Gilbert Ponder was fired Oct. 1, 2008, after... more »

• Frontier Airlines emerges from bankruptcy

  October 1, 2009 12:36 PM

  Frontier Airlines is out of bankruptcy protection and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc. The Denver-based carrier field for bankruptcy protection in April 2008. It has reduced its routes since then and has been turning an operating profit for the past several months. Nearly all... more »

• Frontier Airlines wins approval of bankruptcy plan

  September 10, 2009 4:40 PM

  A bankruptcy judge has confirmed the plan of reorganization for Frontier Airlines, moving the Denver-based carrier a step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 protection. Frontier says it resolved the few objections to its reorganization plan before winning approval from the judge in New York on Thursday. The plan calls... more »