Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) News

For immediate release, July 1, 2010

Frontier Airlines announces new Austin-Kansas City non-stop service

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Frontier Airlines has announced it will inaugurate nonstop service between Austin and Kansas City, Mo., starting November 18, 2010.

“We're excited to add new nonstop service to Kansas City and through service to Milwaukee,” said Daniel Shurz, Frontier VP of strategy and planning. “This service provides access to more of the over 70 destinations that Frontier serves."

The new flight will depart Austin-Bergstrom daily, except on Sundays, at 8:10 a.m. and arrive in Kansas City at 10 a.m. The return flight will depart Kansas City daily, except on Saturdays, at 6:59 p.m. and arrive in Austin at 8:54 p.m., all times local. The flights are available for purchase at www.FrontierAirlines.com or by calling 1-800-432-1359.

This new route will be flown by the carrier’s Embraer 170 aircraft. The 76-seat E170 features comfortable two-by-two all leather seating. The carrier’s E170 and E190 aircraft will be outfitted with inflight internet service by fall 2010.

About Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 16th year of operations, Frontier employs more than 5,500 aviation professionals and operates more than 550 daily flights from its hubs at Denver International Airport and Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. Frontier offers routes to more than 70 destinations in the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica.

On April 13, 2010, Republic Airways announced that its two branded carriers, Frontier and Midwest, would combine under the Frontier Airlines name. The integration of these two airlines is expected to take 12-18 months. Track the progress at FrontierMidwest.com.

For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, please visit its website at FrontierAirlines.com.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is ranked as the best in customer service in North America and second among airports its size around the globe by the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality Survey. Austin-Bergstrom has nonstop service to 38 destinations in the U.S. and served 8.2 million passengers in 2009. A complete listing of all nonstop flight destinations from Austin and the airlines that serve them is available on www.abia.org, click on 'airlines & flights.’

Source: City of Austin