Frontier Airlines

ATP Jets has reached a significant milestone with the graduation of its 20,000th Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP CTP) student.

A Luscombe 8A owner found that living at Parkland Estates Airpark near Erie, Colorado, has allowed him to better experience the joys of general aviation.

Months after launching an unsolicited bid for Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways has wooed the discount carrier away from previous suitor Frontier Airlines.

The New York-based airline is appealing to Spirit stockholders to reject a pending deal with Frontier Airlines.

Consolidation among discount airlines has sparked a battle over Spirit Airlines as JetBlue tries to disrupt deal with Frontier.

Members of the U.S. House and Senate are urging the Biden administration to “closely review” Frontier Airlines’ planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines because of concerns the combined company “would further concentrate and even monopolize the ultra-low-cost carrier, or ULCC, segment of the industry.” The group of lawmakers including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ben Ray Lujan […]

Pending approval, the combined carrier would become the fifth largest airline in the U.S.

Unions representing airline pilots of two US airlines have responded to recently announced policies by their companies that require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. United Airlines told its 67,000 employees on Friday that they must be fully vaccinated by October 25 or five weeks after the Food and Drug Administration gives any COVID vaccine […]

Frontier Airlines and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have teamed up to help meet the challenge of the once-again-growing pilot shortage. In a news release, Frontier’s vice president of flight operations, Brad Lambert, said, “As many pilots across the aviation industry approach retirement age, Frontier expects to hire hundreds if not thousands of aviators during the next […]

Frontier Airlines and ATP Flight School said in a recent news release that they’ve formed the Frontier Direct Program, targeting ATP graduates and instructors for employment as first officers following graduation. The new partnership offers ATP graduates an accelerated path to a career with Frontier. The airline gains access to a high-quality pool of qualified pilot applicants. […]