Frontier

A Clear-Headed Response To A Dizzying Flight

Christine Negroni | Posted 01.11.2012

Christine Negroni

Passengers on Frontier Airlines Flight 787 were startled when the oxygen masks dropped as the airplane was cruising above the Rocky Mountains at 36,000 feet last month...

UPDATE: Frontier Shedding 100 Jobs In Denver

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 01.08.2012

By JOSHUA FREED, Associated Press Frontier Airlines could soon be up for sale. Known to travelers as the airline with pictures of animals on the...

Frontier Flight Attendants Ratify Labor Contract

Posted 10.30.2011

In a rare bit of good news for the struggling airline, Frontier flight attendants have ratified their first contract with the carrier, The Denver Post...

Frontier Continues To Struggle With Hail Damage

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

DENVER — Frontier Airlines has canceled 15 more flights because of a hail storm in Denver that damaged many of its planes last week, but expects...

One-Third Of Frontier's Plane Fleet Damaged

AP | BY COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 09.14.2011

DENVER — Dozens more flights had to be canceled at Denver International Airport Friday as airlines continued to deal with the fallout from a hai...

Lessons and Fun at LA Times Travel Show

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2011

Terry Gardner

Two Climbers on the Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite Climbing Wall (All photos by Terry Gardner) After bungy jumping in New Zealand last year, I thought th...

Frontier Airlines Execs Moving With Republic Airways To Indianapolis

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 05.25.2011

MINNEAPOLIS — Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which bought Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines last year, says it will move all of its execut...

Frontier Airlines Bankruptcy Ends As Airline Emerges A Part Of Republic Holdings

JOSHUA FREED | Posted 05.25.2011

Update: In an interview with Westword's Michael Roberts, Frontier Spokesman Steve Snyder reassures Denverites that Frontier isn't going anywhere: "...

Southwest Airlines Seeks To Acquire Denver-Based Frontier

The Denver Post | Ann Schrader | Posted 05.25.2011

Southwest Airlines confirmed today that it has submitted a bid to acquire Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Southwest's nonbinding initial bid of "a mi...

Palin Exists in America's Mythical Past--And Can't Escape It

Ken Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Ken Allen

Although Palin's experience and mindset have little relevance to the problems of America outside of Alaska, they fit the myths and some of the reality of America's past. They have great appeal for many people--both those who have never escaped the past and those who are nostalgic for it.