Editing Frontier Airlines (section)

==Corporate affairs==
=== Business trends ===
The key available trends for Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. over recent years are shown below (as at year ending December 31),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frontier Airlines - Annual Filings - Annual Reports |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/financial-information/sec-filings |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=Frontier Airlines}}</ref> although full annual accounts have not been published since Frontier has been owned by private equity firm Indigo Partners.

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!style="background: #006643;" |
! Revenue<br>(US$m)<ref name="OpRevenues">{{cite web |date= |title=Operating revenue of Frontier Airlines from 2004 to 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/765504/operating-revenues-frontier-airlines/ |access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>
! Net profit<br>(US$m)
! Number of<br>employees<br>([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]])
! Number of<br>passengers<br>(m)<ref name="Passengers">{{cite web |date= |title=Total number of passengers carried by Frontier Airlines from 2004 to 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/765744/passenger-traffic-frontier-airlines/ |access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>
! Passenger<br>load factor<br>(%)<ref name="Load">{{cite web |date= |title=Frontier Airlines' passenger load factor from 2004 to 2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/765757/passenger-load-factor-frontier-airlines/#:~:text=This%20statistic%20illustrates%20Frontier%20Airlines,its%20domestic%20and%20international%20flights. |access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>
! Number of<br>aircraft
! Notes/<br>references
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2010</span>
| 1,317
|
|
| 9.3
| 83.6
|
|
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2011</span>
|1,662
|
|
|10.6
| 87.1
|
|
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2012</span>
|1,433
|17
|
| 10.3
| 88.8
| 55
| <ref name="Registration">{{cite web |date=March 31, 2017 |title=Form S-1 Registration Statement |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670076/000119312517106522/d366312ds1.htm#toc366312_3 |access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2013</span>
|1,349
|11
| 3,614
| 10.2
| 90.6
| 52
| <ref name="Registration" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary historical consolidated financial and operating data |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/static-files/9e957633-6999-4e1c-a4d8-ba33a3141bdb |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=Frontier}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;"> 2014</span>
| 1,575
| 140
| 3,653
| 11.7
| 90.4
| 54
| <ref name="Registration" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2015</span>
|1,604
|146
| 2,981
| 12.6
| 88.0
| 61
| <ref name="Registration" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2016</span>
|1,714
|200
|3,163
|14.8
|87.2
|66
|<ref name="Registration" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2017</span>
|1,915
|162
|3,584
|16.8
|86.4
|78
|<ref name="IPO">{{cite web |date=March 3, 2021 |title=Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. SEC Form S-1 Registration Statement (Amendment No. 3; subject to Completion). |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/static-files/6fb59384-9273-4adb-a45e-b91ae41dfde1 |access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2018</span>
|2,156
|80
|3,978
|19.4
|84.9
|84
|<ref name="IPO" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2019</span>
|2,508
|251
|4,935
|22.7
|86.1
|98
|<ref name="IPO" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2020</span>
|1,250
|<span style="color:red;">−225</span>
|4,974
|11.2
|67.5
|104
|{{efn|2020: Activities and income in fiscal 2020 were severely reduced by the impact of the [[coronavirus pandemic]]}}<ref name="IPO" /><ref name="2022figures">{{cite web |date=February 8, 2023 |title=Frontier Airlines Reports Fourth Quarter Profit on Strong Revenue and Cost Performance |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/node/8461/pdf}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2021</span>
|2,060
|<span style="color:red;">−102</span>
|5,481
|20.7
|75.9
|110
|<ref name="2021figures">{{cite web |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/node/7431/pdf |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="2022figures" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">2022</span>
|3,326
|<span style="color:red;">−37</span>
|6,450
|25.5
|80.9
|120
|<ref name="2022figures" />
|-
| style="background: #006643;" | <span style="color:white;">'''2023'''</span>
|'''3,589'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''−11'''</span>
|'''7,214'''
|'''30.2'''
|'''81.4'''
|'''136'''
|<ref name="10K_2023">{{Cite web |date=20 Feb 2024 |title=Frontier Annual Report / 10-K |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/static-files/cdd79a44-cbfa-4510-92aa-7c7d9a28b6e9 |website=flyfrontier.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Frontier Airlines Reports Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results |url=https://ir.flyfrontier.com/node/9291/pdf |website=Frontier Airlines}}</ref>
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=== Management changes ===
Dave Siegel<!-- appears not to be the David A. Siegel businessperson who has an article. --> took the [[chief executive officer]] role in January 2012.<ref name="CEO changes">{{cite news |last=Koenig |first=David |date=May 15, 2015 |title=Frontier Airlines CEO steps down citing personal reasons |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/05/15/frontier-airlines-ceo-steps-down-citing-personal-reasons/27357377/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030090602/https://news.yahoo.com/frontier-airlines-ceo-steps-down-173314043.html |archive-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> Siegel's tenure ran through May 2015, when he left for personal reasons and was succeeded by the company's [[Chairman#Public corporations|chairman]], [[Bill Franke]], who would manage strategy and finances.<ref name="CEO changes" /> In April 2014, Barry L. Biffle was appointed as the company's president, reporting to Siegel;<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/frontier_airlines_appoints_barry_l_biffle_as_president/prweb11781049.htm|title=Frontier Airlines Appoints Barry L. Biffle as President|date=April 21, 2014|via=Cision PRWeb|publisher=Frontier Airlines|access-date=April 27, 2018}}{{self-published source|date=April 2018}}</ref> after Siegel's departure, Biffle was charged with managing the company's day-to-day operations.<ref name="CEO changes" />

=== Former regional carriers ===
[[File:N270SK.jpg|thumb|right|Frontier Express [[Embraer ERJ-145]] operated by Chautauqua Airlines in 2011]]

==== Frontier JetExpress ====
In February 2002, the airline launched its first regional product, Frontier JetExpress, initially operated by [[Mesa Airlines]] using [[Bombardier CRJ200LR|CRJ-200]] regional jets. Similar to the "express" operations of other carriers, Frontier JetExpress was targeted for markets to and from Denver that do not generate traffic sufficient to support Frontier's smallest mainline jet, the [[Airbus A318]], but could still offer lucrative business with a smaller jet.

The initial JetExpress partnership with Mesa ended in January 2004, when [[Horizon Air]] was selected to operate the routes. Horizon utilized slightly larger [[CRJ 700|CRJ-700]] regional jet aircraft on these routes. In August 2006, Frontier and Horizon planned to end their partnership.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frontier JetExpress ends|url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4370759|access-date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> While Frontier was generally pleased with Horizon's operation, the carrier decided that it needed to revisit the agreement and find a provider with additional regional jets to grow the operation. The last of the CRJ-700s was returned to the Horizon Air fleet on November 30, 2007. As the service by Horizon Air was winding down in November 2007, Frontier had some flights operated by [[ExpressJet]] using [[Embraer 145]] regional jets.

==== Lynx Aviation ====
On September 6, 2006, Frontier created a new division of the holding company, known as [[Lynx Aviation]], to operate [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|Bombardier Q400]] aircraft beginning in May 2007.<ref name="dp1">{{cite news|last=Yamanouchi|first=Kelly|date=September 6, 2006|title=Frontier thinking small to go bigger|work=Denver Post|url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4297315|access-date=September 7, 2006}}</ref> On December 5, 2007, Lynx Aviation received its operating certificate from the FAA. Lynx began passenger operations on the morning of December 6, 2007.

After commencing operations, Lynx provided service to 19 regional destinations: Albuquerque, Aspen, Billings, Boise, Bozeman, Colorado Springs, Durango, [[El Paso]], Fargo, [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]], Hayden/Steamboat Springs (seasonal), [[Jackson Hole]] (Seasonal), Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Rapid City, Salt Lake City, Tulsa, and Wichita. Most cities were also served by mainline Frontier jets however Lynx provided the only Frontier service to Aspen, Billings, Bozeman, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, and Hayden.

In 2012, the Lynx Aviation operation was folded into Republic Airways Holdings' subsidiary, [[Republic Airways]]. The remaining Q400 aircraft were withdrawn from Frontier service and placed in service for [[United Airlines]], flying as [[United Express]].

==== Republic Airways ====
[[Republic Airways]] operated [[Embraer ERJ family|Embraer 170]] regional jets on behalf of Frontier in 2007 through mid 2008. Republic was also providing feeder service for [[Midwest Airlines]] and as Frontier and Midwest began merging in 2009, retaining the Frontier brand, Republic resumed service for Frontier with the Embraer 170s and also introduced larger [[Embraer ERJ family|Embraer 190]] jets.

==== Chautauqua Airlines ====
[[Chautauqua Airlines]] had been operating feeder flights on behalf of Midwest Airlines and began service for Frontier with the merger of Frontier and Midwest in October 2010. Chautauqua operated up to 12 [[Embraer 135]] and Embraer 145 jets out of [[General Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]]. Frontier began branding these flights as Frontier Express in the spring of 2011. New service began in 2011 on three subsidized [[Essential Air Service]] routes to the cities of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, as well as Ironwood and Manistee, Michigan. However, Frontier almost immediately began a pull-down of the Milwaukee hub and by the end of 2012, the only route that continued to operate with a Frontier Express ERJ-145 jet was Milwaukee to Rhinelander. Service to Rhinelander ended on January 3, 2013, and Chautauqua transferred the remaining aircraft to other partners.

==== Maverick Airways ====
In early 1997, Maverick Airways was operating [[codeshare]] service for Frontier with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7]] [[STOL]] capable turboprops between Denver (DEN) and two destinations in Colorado: Grand Junction (GJT) and Steamboat Springs (SBS).<ref>Airways North American Airlines Handbook, 1997 edition, Maverick Airways</ref>

==== Aspen Mountain Air ====
From mid 1997 through mid 1998, [[Aspen Mountain Air]] operated codeshare service for Frontier from Denver to Aspen, CO, Bozeman, MT, and Sioux City IA. The carrier flew [[Dornier 328]] prop aircraft.

==== Great Lakes Airlines ====
[[Great Lakes Airlines]] also operated a codeshare service with Frontier from the early 2000s, until the airline shut down in 2018. Great Lakes provided connecting service to many smaller cities from the Denver hub as well as several other focus cities, using [[Beechcraft 1900D]] and [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]] aircraft.

=== Airline branding ===
From 1994 to 2001, the airline's livery consisted of green script "Frontier" titles on the forward fuselage, a small "Spirit of the West" slogan, and wildlife photography on the tail of each aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airliners.net/photo/Frontier-Airlines/Boeing-737-3L9/238841|title=Aviation Photo #0238841: Boeing 737-3L9 - Frontier Airlines|website=Airliners.net}}</ref> Most Boeing 737 aircraft featured different imagery on both sides.<ref>{{cite web|title=Animal Tales|url=http://content.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/animal-tales|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424085310/http://content.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/animal-tales|archive-date=April 24, 2015|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

Beginning in 2001, a new livery was introduced on the airline's new Airbus A319s, with large silver "FRONTIER" titles on the sides of the aircraft, and the airline's "Spirit of the West" slogan, later changed to "A whole different animal." The animal tails were retained, although only one image per aircraft was now used. Though the airline's Boeing 737s remained in the fleet until 2005, none were repainted into this livery.

In April 2013, Frontier introduced a modified version of that livery,<ref>[http://www.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/company-info/our-fleet/new-livery Frontier Airlines | FlyFrontier.com Livery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725061649/http://www.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/company-info/our-fleet/new-livery|date=July 25, 2013}}. Flyfrontier.com. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> keeping the iconic animals on aircraft tails, but dropping its former slogan and replacing "FRONTIER" with "FLYFRONTIER.COM", the company's website, in support of new marketing that focused heavily on the airline's web presence. This livery was only painted on a few newly delivered aircraft. Aircraft in the older livery received "FLYFRONTIER.COM" titles on engine [[nacelles]].

On September 9, 2014, Frontier introduced an updated livery,<ref>[http://inairlinenews.com/2014/09/07/frontier-changes-continue-with-updated-livery/ InAirlineNews.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195920/http://inairlinenews.com/2014/09/07/frontier-changes-continue-with-updated-livery/|date=September 10, 2014}}. Retrieved on September 9, 2014.</ref> as part of a rebranding that saw the spokesanimals' roles increase. The new livery reintroduced a green "FRONTIER" typeface to the fuselage, featuring the stylized "F" designed by [[Saul Bass]] for the original Frontier when the carrier unveiled a new livery in 1978. The livery of 2014 also includes the traditional arrow used by the original Frontier prior to 1978. Each aircraft features the name of the animal featured on its tail near the nose of the aircraft for easier identification.

Animal concepts used in the livery extend into Frontier's marketing as well. Each animal has a specific name.<ref>[http://content.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/animal-tales Frontier Airlines | Animal Tails] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424085310/http://content.flyfrontier.com/who-we-are/animal-tales|date=April 24, 2015}}. Flyfrontier.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2015.</ref> Animal aircraft used in their radio and television commercials include Jack the rabbit, Grizwald the bear, Foxy the fox (for whom Jack has a crush), Flip the dolphin (who always gets stuck going to Chicago rather than the warmer climates the others are going to), Larry the lynx, Hector the sea otter, and Sal the cougar. New additions are Penguins Jim, Joe, Jay, and Gary, a barbershop-style quartet, singing the praises of EarlyReturns to an audience of Frontier's well-known characters from the "a whole different animal" campaign, Hector the otter, advertising Frontier's expanding service to Mexico, and Polly the Parrot, who won the new animal audition in 2012.

Expanding on these concepts in 2023, Frontier introduced a new approach with their animal mascots taking on promiscuous roles in a calendar titled "Fur & Feathers".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontiers-2023-fur--feathers-calendar-is-here-available-as-a-free-download/ | title=Frontier's 2023 "Fur & Feathers" Calendar is Here! Available as a Free Download }}</ref>