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Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines je low-costová letecká společnost se základnou na Denver International Airport v Denveru, Colorado. The carrier operates flights throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Frontier is a major low-cost airline with two thirds of its US destinations west of the Mississippi River. The carrier maintains its primary hub at Denver International Airport, and provides regional service to the surrounding Rocky Mountain States through a code-share agreement with Great Lakes Airlines. In March 2007, Republic Airlines slowly began replacing Horizon Air as the operator of their feeder service, Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines; Frontier JetExpress, which was operated by Horizon Air, ceased operations on November 30, 2007.

Frontier has been awarded the FAA Diamond award for seven years straight, from 1999 through 2006. The Diamond award recognizes carriers whose mechanics and maintenance staff complete additional training and certifications beyond that required for normal FAA certification. In order to receive this award, a minimum of 25 percent of an airline's mechanics and maintenance staff must complete this additional training. Frontier is the only airline to have consecutively received this award for the last seven years, as well as the only airline to ever receive this award with 100% participation from its maintenance staff. Frontier's staff has maintained 100% participation for the last seven consecutive years during which it has earned this award.

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The Frontier Airlines livery consists of an all-white fuselage with silver billboard-style “Frontier” titles on the sides of the aircraft. Frontier uses wildlife photography on the vertical stabilizers and winglets of the aircraft to produce a distinctive look, touted in their advertisements along with their slogan: “A Whole Different Animal.”

The concepts used in the livery extend into Frontier’s marketing as well. 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 cold climates instead of Mexico), 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, and Hector the otter, advertising Frontier's expanded service to Mexico.

Tail art & names

Each animal on the tail of a Frontier Airlines Airbus, Lynx Aviation Q400, and Republic Airlines E170's has a name, the most famous being "Larry the Lynx," "Grizwald the Bear," "Jack the Rabbit", "Flip the Dolphin", "Hector the Sea Otter", and "Jim, Joe, Jay, and Gary the Penguins" for being heavily featured in Frontier advertising. When Frontier was promoting its then-new Mexico service, the airline launched its "Send Flip to Mexico" campaign, and Frontier's "Denver's Favorite Animal" campaign continues to shine attention upon their popular tails.

The names of all the tails are:

Airbus A319

  • N901FR-Wolf "Wally"
  • N902FR-Wood Duck "Woody"
  • N903FR-Orca Whale "Ozzy"
  • N904FR-Swan "Grace"
  • N905FR-Seal "Sherman"
  • N906FR-Pronghorn "Andy"
  • N907FR-Mule Deer "Mel"
  • N908FR-Heron "Holly"
  • N909FR-Canadian Goose "Lucy"
  • N910FR-Mountain Lion "Sal"
  • N912FR-Red Fox "Trixie"
  • N913FR-Hummingbird "Hamilton"
  • N914FR-Egret "Stretch"
  • N915FR-Mustang "Sally"
  • N916FR-Mallard Duck "O'Malley"
  • N917FR-Snowy Owl "Doc"
  • N918FR-Whitetail Deer "Jake"
  • N919FR-Ocelot "Lance"
  • N920FR-Coyote "Carl"
  • N921FR-Mountain Goat "Fritz"
  • N922FR-Red Fox "Foxy"
  • N923FR-Raccoon "Rudy"
  • N924FR-Polar Bear Cubs "Klondike & Snow"
  • N925FR-Dall's Sheep "Dale"
  • N926FR-Fawn "Domino"
  • N927FR-Bottlenose Dolphin "Flip"
  • N928FR-Bobcat "Hank"
  • N929FR-Lynx "Larry"
  • N930FR-Cougar w/ Cub "Lola & Max"
  • N931FR-Black Bear Cub "Jo-Jo"
  • N932FR-Bald Eagle "Sarge"
  • N933FR-Hawk "Sebastian"
  • N934FR-Baby Lynx "L.J."
  • N935FR-Sea Otter "Hector"
  • N936FR-Walrus "Earl"
  • N937FR-Blue Crowned Conure "Carmen"
  • N938FR-Arctic Fox "Misty"
  • N939FR-Emperor Penguins "Jim, Joe, Jay, & Gary"
  • N940FR-Snowshoe Hare "Jack"
  • N941FR-Grey Wolf "Lobo"
  • N942FR-Ram "Stan"
  • N943FR-Deer Fawn "Cloe"
  • N944FR-Polar Bear w/ Cub "Alberta & Clipper"
  • N945FR-Bull Moose "Chocolate"
  • N946FR-Horned Puffin "Perry"
  • N947FR-Jaguar "Maya"
  • N948FR-Pelican "Pete"
  • N949FR-White Ermine "Erma"
  • N950FR-Bottlenose Dolphin "Bob"

Cabin

Frontier offers a single class of service. While Frontier does market itself as a low-cost carrier, it differentiates itself in the market by offering LiveTV, an in-seat satellite television service, for five dollars on all domestic flights, and in-seat movies for eight dollars. LiveTV service is complimentary on all international flights south of the U.S. border, as well as on all flights to/from Anchorage, Alaska (ANC). With the addition of aircraft to the fleet in June 2007, Frontier has begun a transition to incorporate an all-leather seat interior and the addition of four more seats in each aircraft. Along with the seat replacement project, Frontier is also adding in-flight text messaging and e-mail on all Airbus flights.[citation needed]

Frontier was one of the first carriers to offer a virtual "mall", allowing passengers to spend accrued miles on merchandise and unique services. Frontier is not a member of any of the major air carrier alliances.

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