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Frontier Airlines Receives Approval to Serve Cancun From San Diego

Posted on: Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

DENVER, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand its Mexico service by offering non-stop service to Cancun (CUN) from San Diego (SAN). With seasonal operation of one flight per week, the service is planned to begin Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006 (return service begins Dec. 17). The new route represents Frontier's second destination from San Diego, complementing Frontier's six flights between San Diego and Denver (DEN). In addition, Frontier now serves Cancun with non-stop service from more US destinations than any other carrier. The new service is Frontier's seventh destination to/from Cancun, joining service between Cancun and Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis and Nashville.

To celebrate the new service, Frontier is offering fares as low as $149* each way from San Diego to Cancun (round trip purchase required). Fares must be purchased by 10 p.m. MDT on Aug. 31, 2006 for travel between Dec. 16, 2006 and July 8, 2007.

"Today's announcement marks the seventh Cancun city pair for Frontier, and we are very pleased that San Diego will become one of the first California communities to experience the value and convenience of our non-stop Mexico product," said John Happ, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning. "Cancun speaks for itself with its legendary world-class resorts, beautiful beaches and immense wealth of history, and now Southern California can get there non-stop at a reasonable fare while enjoying the comforts of 24 channels of free DIRECTV service, a choice of pay-per-view movies and 33 inches of legroom aboard one of the newest fleets in the industry."

San Diego-Cancun Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 35 11:00 p.m. 5:25 a.m. Saturday Cancun-San Diego Flight Number Departs Arrives Frequency 34 9:00 a.m. 12:05 p.m. Sunday All times given in local arrival or departure city times. *Mexico

Service to Cancun operates on Saturdays and returns on Sundays. Fares shown are one way, but round trip purchase is required. Tickets must be booked and paid for by 10:00 p.m. MDT 8/31/06 for travel from 12/16/06 through 07/08/07. Blackout dates to Mexico 10MAR, 17MAR, and 24MAR, 2007. Blackout dates from Mexico 18MAR, 25MAR, and 1APR, 2007.

Maximum stay in Mexico is 120 days. Fares do not include passenger facility fees of up to $18 roundtrip, the September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 roundtrip, or fees of $3.30 per segment. A segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Federal International Air Transportation Taxes of $29.00 roundtrip or foreign departure taxes, customs and immigration fee, airport improvement and health inspection fees and tourism fees combined for up to $70 are not included in this fare. Passports will be required for travel to/from Mexico as of 1/1/07.

Seats are limited and certain flights and/or days of travel may be unavailable at these prices, especially during busy travel periods. Tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable, but may be reissued for a $100 change fee plus any applicable difference in fare. Previously purchased tickets may not be exchanged for these special fare tickets. Fares and schedules are subject to change without notice and other restrictions may apply.

Service to Cancun from San Diego starts 12/16/06. Return service CUN-SAN starts 12/17/06.

About Frontier

Currently in its 13th year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 5,000 aviation professionals. With 53 aircraft and the youngest Airbus fleet in North America, Frontier offers 24 channels of DIRECTV(R) service in every seatback along with 33 inches of legroom in an all coach configuration. In conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air, Frontier operates routes linking its Denver hub to 55 destinations including 47 destinations in 29 states spanning the nation from coast to coast, seven cities in Mexico and one city in Canada. Frontier's maintenance and engineering department has received the Federal Aviation Administration's highest award, the Diamond Certificate of Excellence, in recognition of 100 percent of its maintenance and engineering employees completing advanced aircraft maintenance training programs, for seven consecutive years. In July 2006, Frontier ranked as one of the "Top 5 Domestic Airlines" as determined by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. Frontier provides capacity information and other operating statistics on its Web site, which may be viewed at FrontierAirlines.com .

Frontier Airlines

CONTACT: Joe Hodas of Frontier Airlines, +1-720-374-4504,jhodas@flyfrontier.com

Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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