Editing Frontier Airlines (section)

=== 1990s ===
[[File:Frontier Boeing 737-300.jpg|thumb| A Frontier [[Boeing 737 Classic#737-300|Boeing 737-300]] in the original 1994 livery. Frontier retired its last [[Boeing 737|737]] in 2005.]]
Frontier Airlines was created by Frederick W. "Rick" Brown (a [[United Airlines]] pilot), his wife Janice Brown, and Bob Schulman, the latter two having worked at the original [[Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)]].<ref name="CaptainX">{{Cite news |last=Kesmodel |first=David |title=The secret of Captain X |newspaper=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |date=February 14, 2004 |url= http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_2654623,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040215112344/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_2654623,00.html |archive-date= February 15, 2004 |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In 1993, [[Continental Airlines]] was scaling back flights from Denver's [[Stapleton International Airport]] (which was closed and replaced with the [[Denver International Airport]] in 1995), and the three proposed a charter airline named '''AeroDenver Travel Services''' to fill demand on international routes, potentially in partnership with [[Condor Airlines]].<ref name="CaptainX" /> To run the company, they brought in M. C. "Hank" Lund (ex-CEO of the original Frontier Airlines) as CEO and Sam Addoms as executive vice-president and treasurer (later CEO).<ref name="CaptainX" /> As Continental's Denver drawback expanded in scope in late 1993, the proposed airline pivoted to fill regional routes, and adopted the Frontier Airlines name.<ref name="CaptainX" /> The company was incorporated in February and [[went public]] in May 1994.<ref name="CaptainX" /> Scheduled flights began on July 5, 1994, using [[Boeing 737-200]] jetliners between Denver and four cities in North Dakota.<ref name="AfterMourning">{{Cite news |title=Airline Has New Frontier 8 Years After Mourning |url= https://www.deseret.com/1994/7/4/19118084/airline-has-new-frontier-8-years-after-mourning |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |agency= [[Associated Press]] |date=July 4, 1994 |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> Around three-quarters of its 180 employees, and many executives, had worked for the [[Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)|original Frontier Airlines]].<ref name="AfterMourning" /> By January 1995, Frontier had expanded its route network from Denver and was serving destinations in New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Nevada, Nebraska, and Arizona.<ref name="McGill">{{cite web |url= https://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/files/iasl/aspl_614_the_new_frontier.pdf |title=The New Frontier: A Case Study |website= mcgill.ca | first=Paul Stephen |last= Dempsey |date=May 13, 2015 |access-date=January 26, 2020}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2020}}</ref> Like the original airline of the same name, the new Frontier operated a hub at Denver (DEN) and for the first nine years used the slogan "The Spirit of the West" which was displayed above the windows and just behind the cursive letters "Frontier" on the fuselage of their aircraft.

In 1999, Frontier signed agreements to begin purchasing and leasing [[Airbus]] [[Airbus A318|A318]] and [[A319]] jet aircraft and had also added [[Boeing 737-300]] jetliners to its fleet as well. Also by September 1999, the airline was serving destinations from coast to coast in the U.S., having expanded its route network to include Atlanta ([[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|ATL]]); Baltimore ([[Baltimore/Washington International Airport|BWI]]); Bloomington/Normal, Illinois ([[Central Illinois Regional Airport|BMI]]); Boston ([[Logan International Airport|BOS]]); Chicago (MDW, [[Midway Airport]]); Dallas/Fort Worth ([[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|DFW]]); Phoenix ([[PHX]]); Los Angeles ([[LAX]]); Minneapolis/St. Paul ([[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|MSP]]); New York City (LGA, [[LaGuardia Airport]]); Orlando ([[Orlando International Airport|MCO]]); Portland, Oregon ([[Portland International Airport|PDX]]); Salt Lake City ([[Salt Lake City International Airport|SLC]]); San Diego ([[San Diego International Airport|SAN]]); San Francisco ([[SFO]]); and Seattle ([[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|SEA]]), all served from its Denver hub.<ref name="McGill" />