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The original Frontier Airlines was based at Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado, where it competed with Continental Airlines and United Airlines. Frontier was purchased by People Express in 1985, but the merger brought down People Express and forced the combined company to merge into Continental shortly afterward.
A new Frontier Airlines was created in 1994 by former Frontier executives. Like its predecessor, it was launched using Boeing 737 jets, but it has since started switching to Airbus A319 and Airbus A318. Like the original Frontier, it flies out of Denver (although Stapleton Airport was closed before Frontier started operations) and competes with two other Denver-based carriers, United Airlines and its discount subsidiary Ted. In the late 1990s, Frontier began purchasing Airbus aircraft and offering DirecTVDirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that broadcasts digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States. Owned by DirecTV Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, DirecTV was launched in 19 in-flight television on its new aircraft.
Frontier has routes extending from coast to coast and to Mexico. The vast majority of its flights are through Concourse A in Denver, although Frontier has recently begun direct service to Los AngelesLos Angeles International Airport ( IATA airport code: LAX), is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California. It is generally refered to by Southern Californians as simply "LAX. The airport is estimated to be the world's fifth busiest airport, serv and Cancun from several other cities.
An all-white fuselage with silver billboard-style "Frontier" titles on the sides of the aircraft. Frontier uses nature photography on the stabilizers and winglets of the aircraft to produce a distinctive look, touted in their advertisements along with their slogan: "A Whole Different Animal."
Frontier Airlines is occasionally confused with Fairbanks, Alaska-based Frontier Flying Service, because of the similarity in name. Passengers at Anchorage International Airport are especially prone to this confusion, because both Frontiers fly out of the airport, albeit from different terminals.
Frontier Airlines uses the IATA designator code F9.
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