Frontier Receives Ninth Consecutive Award from FAA for Excellence in Safety and Training
March 13 2008 - 5:43PM
PR Newswire (US)
Record Number of Maintenance and Engineering Employees Receive
Diamond Award of Excellence DENVER, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Reflecting its commitment to safety and continuing education,
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRNT) is proud to announce
that it is among an elite group of maintenance facilities in
America whose maintenance department has been awarded the Federal
Aviation Administration's (FAA) Diamond Award for the ninth
consecutive year. The Diamond Award is the highest honor given by
the FAA and recognizes airlines and other maintenance facilities
where at least 25 percent of its aircraft maintenance technicians
complete certified training requirements beyond their initial
certification. Since 1999, Frontier has far exceeded the FAA's
standard with 100 percent participation of its aircraft maintenance
technicians, upholding Frontier's status as one of a very small
number of air carriers to achieve this distinction. Each of the
airline's 415 maintenance and engineering employees, plus an
additional 243 maintenance contractors, participated in the program
this year. In all, 658 maintenance and engineering professionals
will be presented with awards. Nearly 70 received a personal
Diamond Award for completing two days of training on FAA
regulations and policy, 58 hours of aviation maintenance training,
and at least 40 classroom hours or three semester credits from an
accredited college in management, mathematics, English, science or
a related subject, for a total of 100 hours of additional training.
"The track record of achievement within our maintenance department
is a direct reflection of our unparalleled focus on safety," said
Frontier Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, Ron
McClellan. "I am so proud of our maintenance team for earning the
highest award the FAA can offer in safety and training excellence,
and I thank each of them for their leadership, dedication to
Frontier and service to our customers." FAA officials will present
Frontier and its maintenance employees with the Diamond Award as
well as the individual achievement awards later this month at the
airline's facilities in Denver, Kansas City, and Phoenix. 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. Frontier
Airline's mainline operation has 62 aircraft with one of the
youngest Airbus fleets in North America. Frontier Airline's
mainline operations offers 24 channels of DIRECTV(R) service in
every seatback along with a comfortable all coach configuration. In
conjunction with its regional jet fleet, operated by Republic
Airlines, and a fleet of ten Bombardier Q-400 aircraft operated by
Lynx Aviation (a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.),
Frontier offers routes linking its Denver hub to 70 destinations,
including 62 U.S. cities in 36 states spanning the nation from
coast to coast; six cities in Mexico, one 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. For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines,
please visit its Web site at FrontierAirlines.com. DATASOURCE:
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Joe Hodas of Frontier
Airlines, +1-720-374-4504, Web site:
http://www.frontierairlines.com/
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