Frontier Airlines may fly to Canada soon. (By May 24th.)

[Mordoch]

There was a new article in the local paper today in which they interviewed Frontier Airlines' CEO Jeff Potter. While the article was generally talking about what Frontier Airlines' reaction to Southwest Airlines now flying to Denver is with various fairly vague comments by Jeff Potter, there was the following interesting segment.

Meanwhile, today, Frontier applied for government authority to fly to Canada starting around May 24. The carrier now flies only domestically and to Mexico. It may fly to Canada with its own aircraft or under its code-share agreement with Horizon Air.

Further, Frontier plans to expand to at least three new cities this year and will add more than 20 flights on existing routes.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3375029

Since Southwest Airlines doesn't fly internationally, further international flights from Denver is a logical way for Frontier Airlines to help deal to the appearence of Southwest Airlines into the Denver market. Along with business travelers, and Denver leisure travelers to Canada, I would expect another major segment of the market for Frontier will be connecting Canadians to to Frontier's various resort destinations in Mexico through their Denver hub.

[Mordoch]

More specific info on what sort expansion plans Frontier Airlines is looking at.

Potter would not reveal where in Canada the carrier plans to fly or how many cities it will serve. But he did say Frontier is considering five cities that would attract a mix of business and leisure passengers.

Industry experts said likely cities are Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Toronto.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/a ... 12,00.html