Frontier Airlines to charge some customers for carry-ons, drinks

[N1atEcon]

What! Your saying F9 made 421,000,000 in 2012 and is only 13% the size.

 

[stillflyn]

I think that if I was at Frontier I would fill out a few apps and start looking for somewhere to land!

 

[Sherpa]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to merge with a company that's roughly 13% of the size of SWA but makes almost just as much money. Has no debt and over 400 million in cash, and will triple in size in the next 8 years.

I could be way off but I think this is in reference to Spirit but we certainly didn't pull down 421 million in 2012.

 

[Cornelius]

That was a reference to Spirit.

 

[Captain Morgan]

My head isn't in the sand, but I will defend my co-workers against inflammatory and inacurate statements. There is interest in the company, but there's no telling how it's going to end up.

 

[Sherpa]

For what it's worth our CEO stated no merger for Spirit in the near future when asked at the end of a Fox News interview on May 2nd.

 

[Cornelius]

I asked the Frontier COO a couple weeks ago if another airline is interested in Frontier, and he flat out said "NO".

 

[N1atEcon]

Ahhh, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[kwick]

Maybe getting bought by SWA would have been a good move for Frontier after all?

Even though they where bankrupt, and Spirit is a fast growing, profitable
airline, I think the Frontier pilots would do a whole lot better than a
staple job. Long-term career expectations probably better with a lot
more growth than at the bottom of a stagnant SW.