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Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for November 2005

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 15:00 CST

DENVER, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced preliminary traffic results for November 2005. Revenue passenger miles increased 10.8 percent to 573,610,000 for November 2005 from the same period last year. Available seat miles increased 7.5 percent to 780,087,000 for November 2005 from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor for November 2005 of 73.5 percent, an increase of 2.2 points from November 2004, when the airline reported a load factor of 71.3 percent. The airline carried 608,825 passengers during November 2005, a 16.5 percent increase from November 2004. The airline reported passenger yield of 11.25 cents for the month of November 2005, an increase of 5.6 percent from the same period last year. Its passenger revenue per available seat mile was 8.27 cents, up .67 cents or 8.8 percent from November 2004. For the month of November 2005, the airline's average length of haul decreased 4.8 percent to 942 miles as compared to the same period last year.

The following table represents mainline comparisons for the month of November year-over-year, calendar 2005 year-over-year and fiscal 2006 year-over-year traffic results.

November November Increase/ Percent 2005 2004 (Decrease) Available Seat Miles(ASM) 780,087,000 725,870,000 54,217,000 7.5% Revenue Passenger Miles 573,610,000 517,765,000 55,845,000 10.8% Load Factor 73.5% 71.3% 2.2 points N/A Revenue Passengers Carried 608,825 522,773 86,052 16.5% **Passenger Yield(cents) 11.25 10.65 .60 5.6% **Passenger Revenue Per ASM (cents) 8.27 7.60 .67 8.8% Average Length of Haul 942 990 (48) (4.8%) Calendar Year- Calendar Year- Increase/ Percent to-Date 2005 to-Date 2004 (Decrease) Available Seat Miles 8,704,233,000 8,000,438,000 703,795,000 8.8% Revenue Passenger Miles 6,593,851,000 5,721,225,000 872,626,000 15.3% Load Factor 75.8% 71.5% 4.3 points N/A Revenue Passengers Carried 6,816,757 5,849,993 966,764 16.5% **Passenger Yield (cents) 10.67 10.30 .37 3.6% **Passenger Revenue Per ASM (cents) 8.09 7.37 .72 9.8% Average Length of Haul 967 978 (11) (1.1%) Fiscal Year- Fiscal Year- Increase/ Percent to-Date 2006 to-Date 2005 (Decrease) Available Seat Miles 6,451,276,000 6,058,896,000 392,380,000 6.5% Revenue Passenger Miles 4,934,677,000 4,361,118,000 573,559,000 13.2% Load Factor 76.5% 72.0% 4.5 points N/A Revenue Passengers Carried 5,141,285 4,408,071 733,214 16.6% **Passenger Yield(cents) 10.67 10.13 .54 5.3% **Passenger Revenue Per ASM (cents) 8.16 7.29 .87 11.9% Average Length of Haul 960 989 (29) (2.9%) Frontier's fiscal year begins April 1 and ends March 31. ** Passenger yield and passenger revenue per available seat mile is calculated from revenue derived only from the mainline revenue passengers reported in this press release. About Frontier

Currently in its 12th year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 4,600 aviation professionals. With 49 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 47 destinations in 28 states spanning the nation from coast to coast and to seven cities in Mexico. 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 six consecutive years. In July 2005, Frontier ranked as one of the "Top 10 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 http://www.frontierairlines.com/.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements as that item is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing materially from expected results and represent the Company's expectations and beliefs concerning future events based on information available to the Company as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release. Additional information regarding risk factors that may affect future performance at the Company are contained in the Company's SEC filings, including without limitation, an 8-K filed on November, 28, 2005, the Company's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.

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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