FRNT Frontier Airlines Hldgs (MM)

Low Cost Carrier Also Announces Contest Donating 100 tickets to Black Hills-Area Non-Profit Organizations DENVER, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:FRNT) today began non-stop service between its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub and Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) in Rapid City, S.D. The twice daily service will initially be served by the 76-seat Embraer E-170. Upon Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) approval, Rapid City will ultimately be served by Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. subsidiary Lynx Aviation, with its 74-seat Q400 aircraft. However, Lynx employees will provide customer service support in Rapid City beginning with the launch of the new service today. "We're thrilled to bring low fares and non-stop service to Rapid City and the citizens of the underserved Black Hills market," said John Happ, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning. "Rapid City's already growing economy will further benefit from the affordable access now offered to our Denver hub and the one-stop service to 60 destinations throughout the United States, Canada and Central America. We are excited to partner with the Black Hills community, its businesses and its leadership." Frontier also begins non-stop service between Denver and Sioux City, Iowa today, and started service to and from Wichita, Kan. on Monday, Oct. 1. Frontier donates tickets to area non-profits Frontier Airlines also announced today that it will donate 50 pairs of tickets to non-profit organizations in the Black Hills community. The low cost carrier will award the tickets through an essay contest asking Black Hills-area non-profit organizations: "Which of Frontier's tail animals best represents your organization?" Frontier will announce the 50 winners on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. "The Rapid City Regional Airport is not only glad to be bringing Frontier to the Black Hills, but we're glad to see them taking an active to roll in the region by providing this wonderful offer -- in the airline business, they truly are a 'whole different animal,'" said Mason Short, Executive Director of the Rapid City Regional Airport. This ticket giveaway is open to certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in the Black Hills community. Eligible non-profits interested in receiving two free round-trip tickets to Denver can enter online at http://rapidcity.frontiercares.com/, where they will be asked to provide basic information about their organization and respond to the essay question. The essay contest is open from Friday, Oct. 5 through Friday, Oct. 19. Members of Frontier's Community Relations team will select winners based on entrants' creativity and perceived need. However, please note that organizations can utilize the tickets in whatever way will benefit them the most, whether it's fundraising, rewarding volunteers or utilizing the tickets for business travel. Following is the Rapid City flight schedule: Denver - Rapid City (service begins Oct. 5, 2007) Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 4892 8:20 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Daily 4896 9:40 p.m. 10:50 p.m. Daily Rapid City - Denver (service begins Oct. 5, 2007) Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 4891 6:20 a.m. 7:35 a.m. Daily (begins Saturday, Oct. 6) 4893 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Daily All times given in local arrival or departure city times. About Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Currently in its 14th year of operations, Frontier Airlines is the second-largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 6,000 aviation professionals. With 60 aircraft and one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North America, Frontier offers 24 channels of DIRECTV(R) service in every seatback along with 33 inches of legroom in an all coach configuration. In conjunction with its regional jet fleet, operated by Horizon and Republic Airlines, Frontier offers routes linking its Denver hub to 62 destinations, including 52 U.S. cities in 32 states spanning the nation from coast to coast, seven cities in Mexico, two cities in Canada and one in Costa Rica. In November 2006, Frontier and AirTran announced a first-of-its-kind integrated marketing partnership that offers travelers the ability to reach more than 80 destinations across four countries with low fares, aboard two of the youngest fleets in the industry. In December 2006, Frontier was designated "Best Low Cost Carrier" in the U.S. by the readers of Business Traveler magazine. Frontier's maintenance department has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Diamond Award recognizing its advanced training standards for eight consecutive years, from 1999 to 2006. For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines, please visit its Web site at http://www.frontierairlines.com/. DATASOURCE: Frontier Airlines CONTACT: Joe Hodas of Frontier Airlines, +1-720-374-4504, Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/ http://rapidcity.frontiercares.com/

Copyright