Frontier Possible Expansion Plans

[US Flyer]

I agree timing is everything and I will be very lucky if I sit reserve less than 6mo's (i'm mean lucky in a happy way, not in a pessimistic way). Truth be told however, I would gladly sit on reserve for 2+ years at F9 rather than be a senior capt at my current company. I commute from denver to phl right now with 12 days off and junior manning going on, so all the seniority in the world wont fix that problem.

THANKS for the information. Now if I can just get a call someday in the near future! (Late Christmas presents are okay)

I would also much rather be on reserve for a long time as an FO at Frontier rather than PIC at the current regional.

 

[USMC319]

Does anyone else think it's a problem that Frontier flies a fleet of small, new airbus? What happens when they start paying for them and MX. If you have an airplane that has fewer seats the only way to increase rev. is to charge more. Not likely against SWA. SWA can charge less and fill more seats.

Maybe that is the trouble Frontier saw when they filed their SEC motion.

Captain Overs,
Frontier will never have to start paying for their Airbus fleet, just go to their 10k and find out for yourself. Maintenance is warranteed for ten years so the soonest they will start paying maintenance costs on their oldest airplane is almost seven years from now. Also, I heard that DIA is granting Frontier $184,000.000 in expansion capital and pre-paid user fees to even out the $184,000,000 that they just gave United in forgiven debt. So all-in-all I don't think Frontier sees trouble at all.

 

[Smiliner]

I will throw a guess out there. Raising the money to buy/lease/finance some extra aircraft (13 or less), and opening a new base in Nashville. Operations from BNA to the Caribbean.

Nashville huh? That would be great! There is plenty of room to grow out of BNA.

 

[mach none]

Captain Overs,
Frontier will never have to start paying for their Airbus fleet, just go to their 10k and find out for yourself. Maintenance is warranteed for ten years so the soonest they will start paying maintenance costs on their oldest airplane is almost seven years from now. Also, I heard that DIA is granting Frontier $184,000.000 in expansion capital and pre-paid user fees to even out the $184,000,000 that they just gave United in forgiven debt. So all-in-all I don't think Frontier sees trouble at all.

Like JB...I could not resist.
Flame away brothers!

 

[Big Duke Six]

I was on Reserve for only one month. Timing is everything!

Not sure about not having to pay for the airplanes, Capt Overs, but my paycheck has these very subtle "Airbus Industrie" watermarks running diagonally across them. Hmmmmmm.

Keep wishing.

 

[Jet Raven]

Does anyone else think it's a problem that Frontier flies a fleet of small, new airbus? What happens when they start paying for them and MX. If you have an airplane that has fewer seats the only way to increase rev. is to charge more. Not likely against SWA. SWA can charge less and fill more seats.

Maybe that is the trouble Frontier saw when they filed their SEC motion.

That's right...Frontier's not paying for their Airbuses!? Just like Southwest owned a fuel refinery in the mid seventies. Of course that's the only way they could have possibly made money! (or so the airline rumors were at the time)

PLEZE

JR