Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Friendliest aviation Ccmmunity on the web
  • Modern site for PC's, Phones, Tablets - no 3rd party apps required
  • Ask questions, help others, promote aviation
  • Share the passion for aviation
  • Invite everyone to Flightinfo.com and let's have fun

Former USAirways CEO, David Siegel, Named CEO of Frontier

Welcome to Flightinfo.com

  • Register now and join the discussion
  • Modern secure site, no 3rd party apps required
  • Invite your friends
  • Share the passion of aviation
  • Friendliest aviation community on the web

johnsonrod

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 25, 2006
Posts
4,218
Is this old news? Just found it.

I don't view this as too bad (although I have never worked for him). Siegel actually has some good experience having worked at CAL, Expressjet and the previous USAirways.

Here's the press release:


Republic Airways Holdings (Indianapolis) has announced that David Siegel will become the new CEO, President, and interim Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver), a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.

Siegel’s appointment is another step towards Republic’s goal of making Frontier Airlines a viable, strong and independent business. Siegel and the entire Frontier executive team will be based at Frontier’s headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

Republic is re-inventing Frontier Airlines as an Ultra Low-Cost Carrier which it hopes to sell off. According to the release, Siegel comes to Frontier with a wealth of relevant CEO experience. Siegel previously served as CEO of XOJET, gategroup, US Airways and Avis Budget, in addition to other key leadership roles in the airline industry.

Siegel served as lead independent director on the Republic Airways (RAH) Board of Directors and will give up that role, but will remain on the board in this new position.

Republic also announced the addition of new senior officers for Frontier’s finance and commercial team, among other changes in the executive leadership team.

Robert Ashcroft has joined Frontier as Senior Vice President, Finance. Ashcroft will work closely with Siegel and Bedford in the project of moving Frontier towards independence, as well as defining opportunities to ensure profitable growth for the Company. Ashcroft has an unusually diverse background encompassing finance, planning and IT. Most recently he was at Allegiant Travel Company overseeing network and capacity planning, scheduling, pricing and investor relations.

Daniel Shurz has been promoted to the role of Senior Vice President, Commercial for Frontier and will have responsibility for all commercial activities, including network planning, pricing and revenue management, marketing, product and brand definition. Daniel joined Frontier as Vice President of Strategy and Planning in 2009.

Greg Aretakis is assuming an expanded role as Vice President of Network and Revenue Management, adding responsibility for scheduling and planning, sales and distribution to his current portfolio. Greg previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Revenue Production.

Dan Krause has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience for Frontier. Dan has been with Frontier since 2004 and most recently served as Senior Director, Commercial Strategy and Customer Experience.
 
Last edited:
Alright, let the speculation begin... Who's gonna buy/merge with Frontier?

My bet: Spirit Airlines. The CEO of Spirit, Ben Baldanza, formerly worked for Siegel at USAirways as his VP of Marketing before the merger with America West. Plus, Spirit is the only "ultra low-cost" carrier out there beyond Allegiant.

Thoughts?
 
Looks like Frontier will have the "Dream Team" of management f-ups. Whoever put that group of guys together is a sick S.O.B.
 
Looks like Frontier will have the "Dream Team" of management f-ups. Whoever put that group of guys together is a sick S.O.B.

They are just brought in to "clean up" Frontier for an eventual sale... I am sure the McKinsey and Bain consultants are soon to follow to help create the "perfect" strategy.
 
Sorry for the bad news. he was a jacka$$ to be honest when he was at US Air. he was the one who set up the continental express with E145s before he was picked by Steven Wolf as a "wiz kid" and drove US Air into bankruptcy again. He kept saying he would not take the parachute on his way out but he did anyway. A $5M package... Then he got canned and went to run an airline catering company but I've heard it wasn't pretty either.

I don't know how he managed to keep finding more jobs after all that...

What a D&^%$#Bag!!
 
Wall Street liked the news because RJET stock had a good run yesterday. It has been slowly climbing ever since Bedford said he wanted to get rid of F9.
 
Seagull is the worst of the worst. Working for Steven Wolf you always knew where you stood. Wolf would tell you that you are overpaid and your pay and benefits needed to be cut. Bugsy plays like a friend to the employees while inserting a knife in your back. The good news is he won't be there long as he has never held a job longer than a couple of years.
 

Latest resources

Back
Top