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Frontier Airlines Renews Role for Third Year As Official Airline of Copper Mountain and Winter Park Resorts

Posted on: Friday, 1 December 2006, 15:00 CST

WINTER PARK, Colo., COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. and DENVER, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intrawest Colorado -- operator of Winter Park/Mary Jane and Copper Mountain resorts in Colorado -- and Frontier Airlines have renewed their relationship for the third year, making Denver-based Frontier Airlines the official airline of Intrawest Colorado. The partnership will continue to provide skiers and riders from across the country with exclusive airfare deals on Frontier and special deals on the slopes of Winter Park and Copper Mountain during the 2006/07-winter season.

A key component of the relationship allows Frontier passengers to redeem their boarding pass receipt at any Copper Mountain or Winter Park lift ticket window to receive a 2-for-1 lift ticket offer. In contrast to prior years, there are no blackout dates for this offer and passengers can redeem their tickets seven days per week throughout the entire 2006/2007 ski season. In addition, Copper and Winter Park Rocky Mountain Super Pass holders who ski or ride 15 days are eligible to earn 5,000 Early Returns miles from Frontier. For more information on these and other upcoming promotions, please visit http://www.frontierairlines.com/ski4free.

The partnership will also provide the following benefits for Frontier and Intrawest Colorado:

* Copper Mountain and Winter Park will join Frontier in their support of community-related projects such as a lift ticket fundraiser taking place at Larimer Square in Denver on Saturday, December 2, 2006, at 10 A.M. to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado. For more information on this event, please go to http://www.larimersquare.com/holiday/. * Web presence on partners' Web sites to promote easy booking and travel planning * Special offers to frequent fliers and frequent skiers through loyalty programs * Employees of both Frontier and Intrawest Colorado will have access to employee specific deals and promotions * Frontier will receive on-mountain and resort signage at both Winter Park and Copper Mountain

"This is a great way to celebrate the 2006-2007 ski season at Winter Park and Copper Mountain," said John Happ, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning for Frontier. "This season promises to be another great one and we're looking forward to bringing skiers from across the country to two of the U.S.'s favorite winter resorts near our hometown in Colorado."

While the partnership is celebrating its third year, Winter Park/Mary Jane, Copper Mountain and Frontier will be celebrating some recent news all season long:

* Winter Park recently announced the names of seven newly cut advanced/expert trails and their designated chairlift designed so skiers and riders can better access the steep and deep terrain of the backside of Parsenn Bowl. Scheduled to open in mid-December, skiers and riders can expect to be greeted with pieces of Native American history as Winter Park officials worked with current leaders of the Northern Arapahoe Tribe to decide on eight names belonging to historic tribe leaders, symbols and areas. * Come play at Copper Mountain, one of the most accessible resorts in Colorado. This season, Copper's Mountaineering Guides take skiers and riders to Tucker Mountain and beyond to help develop basic backcountry skills and awareness. As well, Copper hosts the 10th anniversary of the 2007 JEEP U.S. Freeskiing Open Championships Jan. 17-21, with athletes from around the world competing in three different disciplines: slopestyle, superpipe, and big air. Copper is 100% powered by wind through renewable wind energy credits and lodging guests can donate $1 per room night to the National Forest Foundation to fund local conservation projects in the White River National Forest. * Frontier Airlines was recently voted Denver's favorite airline. Earlier this year, a survey and conducted by independent research firm Harris Interactive(R) and commissioned by Frontier, asked nearly 600 Denver-area travelers about their airline preferences -- more respondents chose Frontier as their favorite than any other airline.

Copper is located 75 miles west of Denver on Interstate 70, while Winter Park is located 67 miles north west of Denver just off I-70. Both resorts offer easy access to and from Denver International Airport. For more information on Copper Mountain, call (800) 458-8386 or view http://www.coppercolorado.com/. For information on Winter Park, call (970) 726-5514 or visit http://www.skiwinterpark.com/.

About Frontier

Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Currently in its 13th year of operations, Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 5,000 aviation professionals. With 55 aircraft and one of 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 configurations. 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 was 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.

About Intrawest Colorado

Intrawest ULC is a world leader in destination resorts and adventure travel. The company has interests in 10 resorts at North America's most popular mountain destinations, including Whistler Blackcomb, a host venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Intrawest owns Canadian Mountain Holidays, the largest heli-skiing operation in the world, and an interest in Abercrombie & Kent, the world leader in luxury adventure travel. The Intrawest network also includes Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Florida and Club Intrawest -- a private resort club with nine locations throughout North America. Intrawest develops real estate at its resorts and at other locations across North America and in Europe. Intrawest is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information, visit http://www.intrawest.com/.

Frontier Airlines

CONTACT: Darcy Morse, +1-970-531-1565, Darcy.Morse@skiwinterpark.com; orJoe Hodas of Frontier Airlines, +1-720-374-4504, JHodas@flyfrontier.com

Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/http://www.frontierairlines.com/ski4freehttp://www.coppercolorado.com/http://www.skiwinterpark.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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