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Frontier to connect Denver with Greensboro, North Carolina

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today announced new nonstop seasonal service between its Denver, Colorado hub (DEN) and Greensboro, North Carolina (GSO), with three weekly nonstop flights beginning on May 1, 2013. This will be the only nonstop service between these cities.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Greensboro service:

Denver-Greensboro(beginning May 1, 2013)

Route	Departs	Arrives	Frequency	Aircraft
DEN-GSO	11:25 a.m.	4:46 p.m.	Tues, Thurs, Sun	A319
GSO-DEN	5:25 p.m.	7:05 p.m.	Tues, Thurs, Sun	A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Frontier Airlines:

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EasyJet to launch nonstop Edinburgh-Southend service on May 2

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) will introduce the first direct flight between Edinburgh and Southend (near London) starting on May 2.

EasyJet (UK):

Frontier Airlines to restore Denver service to both Harrisburg and Knoxville

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) has announced the return of nonstop service between its Denver, Colorado (DEN), hub and both Harrisburg, PA (MDT) and Knoxville, TN (TYS). Both routes will operate with three weekly nonstop flights beginning on April 22, 2013.

The service to Denver complements Frontier’s year-round nonstop service between Harrisburg and the Orlando International Airport in Orlando, FL (MCO).

Following is the schedule for the service from Denver:

Denver-Harrisburg (beginning April 22, 2013)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

DEN-MDT

11:20 a.m.

4:35 p.m.

Mon/Wed/Fri

A319

MDT-DEN

5:19 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Mon/Wed/Fri

A319

Denver-Knoxville (beginning April 22, 2013)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

DEN-TYS

12:30 p.m.

5:09 p.m.

Tues/Thurs/Sun

A319

TYS-DEN

5:59 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Tues/Thurs/Sun

A319

Beginning on May 16, 2013, the days of operation for Harrisburg will be Tues/Thurs/Sun and the days of operation for Knoxville will be Mon/Wed/Fri.

This service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Airbus A319-111 N942FR (msn 2497) with “Stan”, the ram, on the tail, prepares to taxi from the gate to the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his family reduce their share of easyJet to 37%

EasyJet’s (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has sold a portion of his shares in the airline and reduced his family’s holding to just 37 percent of the total shares. The sale was a protest against the direction of the low-fare airline and he threatened a further cutback in his stake should the company acquire new airplanes in five years according to this article by Bloomberg.

Haji-Ioannou family members sold 600,000 shares last week.

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Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth. Set against stormy skies, EasyJet’s Airbus A319-111 G-EZFA (msn 3788) arrives at EuroAirport (Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg) with special “La France au coeur” markings.

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Frontier Airlines adds the first jet service at Shenandoah Valley, Virginia today

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today (November 20) expands its service from Orlando International Airport, Fla. (MCO) with the launch of nonstop service to Shenandoah Valley, Va. (SHD). Frontier Airlines is the only low-fare carrier at the airport, the first jet service at the airport, and the only airline offering nonstop service from the Shenandoah Valley to Orlando.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Shenandoah service:

Orlando-Shenandoah (beginning Nov. 20, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

MCO-SHD

7:30 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

Tues/Thurs

A319

SHD-MCO

10:05 a.m.

12:10 p.m.

Tues/Thurs

A319

MCO-SHD

7:00 a.m.

8:55 a.m.

Sun

A319

SHD-MCO

9:35 a.m.

11:40 a.m.

Sun

A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Frontier Airlines on the same day also expanded its service from Orlando, Florida (MCO) with the launch of nonstop service to Columbia, Missouri (COU). This is the only nonstop service from Columbia to Florida, and the only low-fare carrier service to Mid-Missouri.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Columbia service:

Orlando-Columbia (beginning Nov. 20, 2012)

Route	Departs	Arrives	Frequency	Aircraft
MCO-COU	1:50 p.m.	3:35 p.m.	Tues	A319
COU-MCO	4:15 p.m.	7:35 p.m.	Tues	A319
MCO-COU	8:00 a.m.	9:45 a.m.	Sat	A319
COU-MCO	10:25 a.m.	1:45 p.m.	Sat	A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Airbus Airbus A319-111 N929FR (msn 2240) with Larry, the Lynx, on the tail, departs from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Frontier Airlines:

Route Map: Frontier is adopting the Allegiant Air model for serving underserved smaller markets to vacation centers. Frontier is adding more leisure and vacation routes and also from these smaller underserved markets.

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EasyJet supports UNICEF with a new Airbus A319 logojet

EasyJet (UK) (London-Luton) is a big supporter of UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund. According to Wikipedia, UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1954, UNICEF became a permanent part of theUnited Nations System.

The company previously issued this statement of its support of UNICEF and its “Change for Good” program:

In 2012 easyJet formed a partnership with UNICEF the world’s leading organization for children.

The partnership runs across easyJet’s pan-European network during the peak summer and winter seasons, reaching out to the airline’s 55 million passengers who travel on the airlines’ 200 aircraft on over 600 routes across 30 countries.

The program branded Change for Good offers all our customers the chance to support the world’s children simply by dropping their spare change into specially designed pouches, which are handed out by easyJet’s crew during flights.

The money raised through donations from easyJet customers will fund UNICEF’s life-saving work for children across the world, such as vaccinating children at risk from diseases such as measles and polio or providing mosquito nets to prevent malaria.

The new partnership, which will operate for an initial three year period, will form part of UNICEF’s global Change for Good initiative, which has raised millions of pounds for the world’s most vulnerable children through partnerships with leading airlines across the globe.

For more information about UNICEF visit: http://www.unicef.org.uk/

Donate to UNICEF’s work for children: http://www.unicef.org.uk/Donate/Donate-Now/

Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. The pictured Airbus A319-111 registered as G-EZIO (msn 2512) was rolled out of the paint shop this morning (November 18) at Southend Airport near London in this special color scheme.

EasyJet (UK):

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Frontier to drop Allentown, arrives in Mesa, Arizona

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) has announced it will suspend its nonstop service between Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Orlando International Airport (MCO) effective on April 7, 2013. Flights after April 7, 2013, will be removed from the carrier’s schedule on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.

“Frontier is committed to providing its customers with convenient, low-fare service and relies heavily on airports keeping their costs competitive,” said Greg Aretakis, Frontier’s vice president, network and revenue. “Unfortunately, increasing fuel and other operating costs at Lehigh Valley International Airport have made it impossible to provide the low fares customers demand and, ultimately, we made the business decision to suspend our service.”

ABE serves the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (hence the ABE code) in eastern Pennsylvania.

In other news, Frontier Airlines yesterday (November 15) launched nonstop service from its hometown hub in Denver, Colorado (DEN) to Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (AZA) with daily nonstop service. This addition to Frontier’s long-standing service to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport provides East Valley customers convenient access to Denver with easy connections to 43 destinations through Denver.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s Phoenix-Mesa service:

Denver-Phoenix-Mesa (beginning Nov. 15, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

DEN-AZA

1:10 p.m.

3:03 p.m.

Daily

A319

AZA-DEN

3:45 p.m.

5:29 p.m.

Daily

A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Frontier Airlines:

The first Airbus A319 for Allegiant Air is painted, net income of $16.9 million in the 3Q

Allegiant Air‘s (Las Vegas) first Airbus A319 has been painted at Southend awaiting delivery.

In other news, the low-fare airline has cancelled all plans to operate Monterey-Honolulu service according to Airline Route.

On the financial side, the parent company issued the following statement for the third quarter:

Allegiant Travel Company has reported the following financial results for the third quarter 2012 as well as comparisons to prior year equivalents:

Unaudited	3Q12	3Q11	Change
Total operating revenue (millions)	$216.9	$191.5	13.2%
Operating income (millions)	$28.7	$16.7	71.8%
Operating margin	13.3%	8.7%	4.5pp
EBITDA (millions)	$44.6	$27.5	62.3%
EBITDA margin	20.6%	14.4%	6.2pp
Net income (millions)	$16.9	$9.5	78.6%
Diluted earnings per share	$0.87	$0.49	77.6%

“We are very proud to report our 39^th consecutive profitable quarter,” stated Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company. “I`d like to thank our Team Members for their great efforts and contributions to another successful quarter. The third quarter is typically our weakest quarter of the year, and yet we were able to produce the highest third quarter earnings per share in the company`s history. This is particularly noteworthy to have done this in a quarter with the average oil price at $92 per barrel and in a demand environment that has been slightly weaker than historical norms.”

Notable company highlights

Entered into a lease agreement with GECAS for nine Airbus A319 aircraft on August 27
Announced intention to acquire ten Airbus A319 aircraft from Cebu Pacific Air on July 30
Announced service to Honolulu from Boise, Idaho, Phoenix and Spokane, Wash. to begin in early February 2013
Announced the formation of Allegiant Systems, a joint venture with AvIntel and Lixar IT to develop and market a wide variety of mobile technology services to the commercial aviation industry
As of October 23, we have converted 40 MD-80s to 166 seat aircraft
Announced fifteen routes, in addition to Hawaii, expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012

Revenue performance

Average fare – ancillary air-related revenue per passenger has grown to $37.05 in the third quarter 2012, a $4.66 increase since the first quarter 2012
September average fare – ancillary air-related revenue per passenger has grown to $38.08, a $5.48 increase since March 2012
11^th consecutive quarter of year over year increases in total average fare

	3Q12	3Q11	Change
Scheduled Service:
Average fare – scheduled service	$82.30	$84.94	(3.1)%
Average fare – ancillary air-related charges	$37.05	$30.38	22.0%
Average fare – ancillary third party products	$5.59	$5.31	5.3%
Average fare – total	$124.94	$120.63	3.6%
Scheduled service passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) (cents)	7.89	8.58	(8.0)%
Total scheduled service revenue* per ASM (TRASM) (cents)	11.98	12.19	(1.7)%
Load factor	90.1%	92.2%	(2.1)pp
Passengers (millions)	1.6	1.5	9.4%
Average passengers per departure	143	136	5.1%

* Total scheduled service revenue includes scheduled service, ancillary air-related, and ancillary third party revenue.

Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Formerly operated by easyJet (Switzerland), Airbus A319-111 HB-JZK (msn 2319) is the first A319 for Allegiant Air. It is pictured after painting at a Southend, near London. The airframe will become N301NV on delivery.

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easyJet adds six new routes from Edinburgh

easyJet (UK) (London-Luton) has announced six new routes from Edinburgh which will result in the creation of around 160 new jobs along with an estimated 500 indirect jobs in Scotland. The low-fare airline is also Increasing the number of based aircraft from five to seven.

The six new routes, which take the total number easyJet serves to 30, have been decided following a thorough consultation with VisitScotland, Marketing Edinburgh and the Scottish business community. Key German destinations Berlin and Hamburg will be served alongside popular city breaks such as Prague, Copenhagen, Reykjavik and Dubrovnik which will be available on the new schedule.

easyJet will be the only airline to operate flights between Edinburgh and Berlin and will add competition on the Prague route. This will be the first time Iceland will be served all year around from Edinburgh.

The first Airbus A319 is scheduled to arrive on December 2, 2012 with the second plane commencing operations in March 2013.

In the 12 months to end June 2012, easyJet carried over 4.5 million passengers across its four Scottish airports – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness. easyJet will now serve 30 destinations in and out of Edinburgh and offers up to 68 flights a day between Scotland and London.

Current destinations from Edinburgh include key business routes to London, where easyJet flies to London Gatwick, London Stansted and London Luton as part of its commitment to keep the Scottish business community connected to London. Popular leisure routes to Dalaman, Naples, Athens, Tenerife and Grenoble have also been introduced in the past 12 months.

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Frontier Airlines commences nonstop Denver-South Bend flights

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) yesterday (October 11) expanded its service from Denver, Colorado (DEN) with the launch of nonstop service to South Bend, Indiana (SBN).

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s South Bend service:

Denver-South Bend (beginning Oct. 11, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

DEN-SBN

7:02 p.m.

11:33 p.m.

Tue/Thur/Sat/Sun

A319