Frontier Airlines to charge some customers for carry-ons, drinks

[Tanker Clown]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to merge with a company that's roughly 13% of the size of SWA but makes almost just as much money. Has no debt and over 400 million in cash, and will triple in size in the next 8 years.

Such a great outfit that no one wants it...

 

[Captain Morgan]

Wrong, there are ppl who want it but RAH and the people who want it are coming to terms on the agreement, if and when that ever happens.

 

[Tanker Clown]

OK. Good for you. Might still want to keep up a log book just in case.

 

[Captain Morgan]

OK. Good for you. Might still want to keep up a log book just in case.

Just setting the facts straight. Thanks for the tip though.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Just saying, if you had me bet on Frontier tripling in size or circling the drain.....the easy money is probably on the drain. Hope you are right, but you may have your head buried deep in the sand.

BTW, if Frontier were such a cash cow and have such phenomenal growth potential, why is Bedford working so hard to unload it (unsuccessfully)?

 

[N1atEcon]

What! Your saying F9 made 421,000,000 in 2012 and is only 13% the size.

 

[stillflyn]

I think that if I was at Frontier I would fill out a few apps and start looking for somewhere to land!

 

[Sherpa]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to merge with a company that's roughly 13% of the size of SWA but makes almost just as much money. Has no debt and over 400 million in cash, and will triple in size in the next 8 years.

I could be way off but I think this is in reference to Spirit but we certainly didn't pull down 421 million in 2012.

 

[Cornelius]

That was a reference to Spirit.

 

[Captain Morgan]

My head isn't in the sand, but I will defend my co-workers against inflammatory and inacurate statements. There is interest in the company, but there's no telling how it's going to end up.

 

[Sherpa]

For what it's worth our CEO stated no merger for Spirit in the near future when asked at the end of a Fox News interview on May 2nd.

 

[Cornelius]

I asked the Frontier COO a couple weeks ago if another airline is interested in Frontier, and he flat out said "NO".

 

[N1atEcon]

Ahhh, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[kwick]

Maybe getting bought by SWA would have been a good move for Frontier after all?

Even though they where bankrupt, and Spirit is a fast growing, profitable
airline, I think the Frontier pilots would do a whole lot better than a
staple job. Long-term career expectations probably better with a lot
more growth than at the bottom of a stagnant SW.