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Frontier offers 100 round-trip tickets to Siouxland area non-profits to celebrate inaugural and demonstrate commitment to community DENVER, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:FRNT) today began non-stop service between its Denver International Airport (DEN) hub and Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa. The twice daily service will initially be served by the 76-seat Embraer E-170. Upon Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) approval, Sioux 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 Sioux City beginning with the launch of the new service today. Twice named an All-American City by the National Civic League, Sioux City, Iowa serves as the regional hub for business, employment, industry, retail trade, medical care, educational opportunities and tourism in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota and Northeast Nebraska. More than 140,000 people live in the tri-state metropolitan area. "The launch of today's new Frontier service is truly an historic day for this city and the tri-state metropolitan area as we finally have direct flights to the Western U.S.," said Sioux City Mayor, Craig Berenstein. "With low fares and non-stop service to its Denver hub, the addition of Frontier airlines to Sioux Gateway Airport represents great opportunity for economic development in the greater Siouxland area. When we began initial talks with Frontier, we were one of 65 communities vying for a precious few aircraft to serve our cities and I am so proud to say today that we successfully demonstrated to Frontier that we are a city of choice -- I am confident that we will exceed Frontier's expectations." "We are proud to be the first and only carrier offering Sioux City non-stop service to Denver and one-stop connecting service to over twenty destinations in the Western U.S., Mexico and Canada," said John Happ, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning. "Siouxland is clearly a thriving community and I have every confidence that the businesses and citizens of the tri-state metropolitan area will fully exploit the economic development opportunity that this new service represents. We look forward to a long and successful relationship as we demonstrate to the citizens of this great 'heartland' region that Frontier understands a strong work ethic, and that we value each of our passengers individually." Frontier donates tickets to area non-profits Frontier also announced it will donate 50 pairs of tickets to non-profit organizations in the Siouxland community. The low cost carrier will award the tickets through an essay contest asking Siouxland non-profit organizations: "Which of Frontier's tail animals best represents your organization?" Frontier will announce the 50 winners on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. This ticket giveaway is open to certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in the tri-state metropolitan area. Eligible groups interested in receiving two free round-trip tickets to Denver can submit a request at http://siouxcity.frontiercares.com/, where they will be asked to provide basic information about their group 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 Sioux City flight schedule: Denver-Sioux City Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 3486 10:35 a.m. 1:07 p.m. Daily 3488 8:30 p.m. 11:02 p.m. Daily Sioux City-Denver Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 3485 6:55 a.m. 7:33 a.m. Daily 3487 1:37 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Daily All times given in local arrival or departure city times. To celebrate the new service, members of Frontier Airlines' frequent flyer program, EarlyReturns, will receive double bonus miles for travel to and from Sioux City between Oct. 1, 2007 and Dec. 1, 2007. To enroll in the program, customers can visit Frontier's Web site at http://www.frontierairlines.com/, pick up an EarlyReturns enrollment form at any Frontier airport counter, or call Frontier's EarlyReturns Service Center toll-free hotline at 866-26-EARLY or Frontier's reservations at 800-4321-FLY. 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 61 destinations including 52 U.S. cities in 32 states spanning the nation from coast to coast, seven cities in Mexico and two cities in Canada. 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://siouxcity.frontiercares.com/

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