Hot off the wire. Includes quotes from Calgary mayor:
Attention Business And Retailing Editors:
Frontier to be First American Low Cost Carrier to Serve Canada With New Flights to Calgary
Frontier to Connect the Canadian Rockies to Top US Destinations and the
Beaches of Mexico With Low-Fares, Excellent Service
DENVER, March 2 /CNW/ -- Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: FRNT)
will begin new service between its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub and Calgary International Airport (YYC) in Alberta, Canada beginning May 25, 2006.
The two daily non-stops between Denver and Calgary will utilize Frontier's
JetExpress service operated by Horizon Air. The new service will also offer convenient connections to 38 Frontier cities throughout the US including Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Orlando and Washington D.C., as well five Mexican resorts including Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Mazatlan and Cozumel.
The new service will be the first US low cost carrier (LCC) flights into
Canada and Frontier's second international destination, after Mexico.
Frontier began service to its first international destination, Cancun, Mexico,
in December 2002 and in the past three years grew the service to include seven Mexican resorts.
"Frontier is proud to be the first American low cost carrier to fly to
Canada, and we are confident that Calgary, which has long been underserved for low fares and excellent service to the US, will fast become a top market for Frontier," said Jeff Potter, president and CEO of Frontier. "We believe that Calgary, which has solidified its position as one of the primary economic drivers of the Canadian economy, is the ideal first Canadian destination for us, given its strong parallels to our home town of Denver and a common bond in the strength of the oil and gas industries in both communities. And of course, we can now boast our second set of Rocky Mountains, which enables us to deliver to our passengers some of the most breath-taking scenery in North
America."
"Frontier Airlines has recognized that Calgary is a prime corporate
headquarters location and Canada's energy capital," said Mayor Dave
Bronconnier. "I would like to welcome Frontier to Calgary and congratulate them on bringing their service to our city".
"The addition of Frontier Airlines to the Calgary market offers another
great choice for travelers," said Julien De Schutter, Vice President of
Airport Marketing. "As Canada's first US low cost carrier destination, we are very pleased that Frontier has selected Calgary to be a part of their growing network."
Frontier is celebrating the long awaited announcement of its first
Canadian destination with simultaneous press conferences in Calgary and
Denver. The Calgary press conference will feature the Deputy Mayor of
Calgary, Gord Lowe, welcoming Frontier with a traditional "white hat welcome," designating Frontier as honorary Calgary citizens for life. In addition, attendees will hear from Clark Grue, Vice President of Investment and Trade Development, Calgary Economic Development; US Commercial Consul, Terri Sorji; and the Chairman of the Board of the Calgary Airport Authority, Peter Wallis.
Denver will welcome the start of the new Calgary service with a press
conference featuring Tom Clark, President of the Metro Denver Economic
Development Council, Richard Scharf, President of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitor's Bureau and Canadian Consul, Marc Boucher.
Following is the Calgary flight schedule:
Denver-Calgary
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
4340 8:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Daily
4342 9:25 p.m. 11:55 p.m. Daily
Calgary-Denver
Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency
4345 6:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Daily
4343 11:15 a.m. 1:40 p.m. Daily
All times given in local arrival or departure city times.
To celebrate the new service to Calgary, Frontier will offer special
introductory fares as low as US$119. All sale fares are one-way, with
round-trip purchase required and must be purchased by 10:00 p.m. MDT,
April 19, 2006. To make a reservation, customers can visit Frontier's Web
site at http://www.frontierairlines.com, contact Frontier Airlines at 1-800-4321-FLY, or consult their professional travel agent.
*CA: Fares shown are one-way for travel on or after May 25, 2006, off-peak travel Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Fares slightly higher other days of the week. Tickets must be booked and paid for by 10:00 pm
MST 4/19/06 or within 24 hours, whichever comes first. Blackout days
of 6/30, and 7/5, 9 and 9/4 and 11/17,18,21,22,25-27, and
12/21-23,26-30, 2006 and 1/1,2,6, 2007 apply.
Fares do not include passenger facilities fees up to $18 roundtrip, the
September 11th Security Fee up to $10 roundtrip or fees of $3.30 per
segment. A segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. US
Immigration fee of $7 and Surcharges of $12.20 Round Trip are not included in Fare amounts.
Based on May 2006 schedule service to Albuquerque, Boise, Spokane, Dayton, San Jose, and Omaha provided by both Frontier Airlines, Inc. and Frontier JetExpress, operated by Horizon Air. Service to Calgary, Billings, El Paso, Fresno, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Spokane, Tucson and Tulsa
provided exclusively by Frontier JetExpress.
Also, members of Frontier Airlines' frequent flyer program, EarlyReturns, will receive double bonus miles for travel to and from Calgary through June 30, 2006. To enroll in the program, customers can visit Frontier's website at http://www.frontierairlines.com, pick up an EarlyReturns enrollment form at any Frontier airport counter, or call Frontier's EarlyReturns Service Center toll-free hotline at 866-26-EARLY or Frontier's reservations at 800-4321-FLY.
About Frontier
Currently in its 12th year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines
is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport,
employing approximately 4,700 aviation professionals. With 49 aircraft and the youngest Airbus fleet in North America, Frontier offers 24 channels of DIRECTV(R) service in every seatback along with 33 inches of legroom in an all coach configuration. In conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air, Frontier operates routes linking its Denver hub to 47 destinations in 28 states spanning the nation from coast to coast and to seven cities in Mexico. Frontier's maintenance and engineering department has received the Federal Aviation Administration's highest award, the Diamond Certificate of Excellence, in recognition of 100 percent of its maintenance and engineering employees completing advanced aircraft maintenance training programs, for seven consecutive years. In July 2005, Frontier ranked as one of the "Top 10 Domestic Airlines" as determined by readers of Travel & Leisure
magazine. Frontier provides capacity information and other operating
statistics on its Web site, which may be viewed at ww.frontierairlines.com.
For further information: Joe Hodas of Frontier Airlines,
+1-720-374-4504, jhodas@flyfrontier.com
/Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com
1st U.S. Lo-Cost Carrier into Canada
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LOL not the cow just the utters! I am surprised that they are not out of Vancouver yet. Then again they already be. I was on their website and they are boasting about hiring 650 pilots in 2006. I guess they have plans for big expansion.cyxe wrote:...and let me guess, the animal pictured on the tail will be a cow?
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Why does everyone jump up and yell horray everytime an American carrier comes to Canada. What is wrong with Canadian carriers?
I have flown across Canada on Air Canada. I have flown across the USA on Amaerican air carriers and I have flown within Canada on Canadian low cost air carriers and in my opinion, Canadian air carriers can hold thier heads high because they all give excellent service.
United sucks, Delta has poor service, American is terrible. I traveled through the dinner hour, through the breakfast hour and through the supper hour on Anerican air lines and all I was offered was peanuts or pretzels. On Air Canada, I was fed an excellent meal on the red eye fron Calgary to Halifax. I was fed an excellent afternoon meal on Air Canada when the Delta flight I was supposed to be on broke so they simply dumped everyone. I traveled first class on Northwest from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit and then thru Minneapolis to Calgary and all we ever got were peanuts and pretzels.
I have flown across Canada on Air Canada. I have flown across the USA on Amaerican air carriers and I have flown within Canada on Canadian low cost air carriers and in my opinion, Canadian air carriers can hold thier heads high because they all give excellent service.
United sucks, Delta has poor service, American is terrible. I traveled through the dinner hour, through the breakfast hour and through the supper hour on Anerican air lines and all I was offered was peanuts or pretzels. On Air Canada, I was fed an excellent meal on the red eye fron Calgary to Halifax. I was fed an excellent afternoon meal on Air Canada when the Delta flight I was supposed to be on broke so they simply dumped everyone. I traveled first class on Northwest from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit and then thru Minneapolis to Calgary and all we ever got were peanuts and pretzels.
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
The flights will be apparantly done through a regional affiliate of Frontier, Horizon Air, with CRJ-700's. Frontier and Westjet also appear to in talks for a code share as well, so watch that.
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Mr. Beddoe also welcomed Frontier Airlines Inc., the Denver-based low-cost carrier, to the Canadian skies. Frontier is expected to confirm as early as tomorrow that it will soon start Denver-Calgary service, pitting it against Elk Grove, Ill.-based UAL Inc.'s United Airlines Inc. and UAL's regional partner, SkyWest Inc. Frontier could become a WestJet partner once the Calgary airline boots up its new reservations system next year to allow for strategic alliances. United Airlines and Air Canada are members of the Star Alliance.
