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<\/p>\nFrontier Airlines is reportedly planning to go public. The airline is rumored to have\u00a0hired underwriters\u00a0Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank,\u00a0and JPMorgan Chase to file the initial public offering.\u00a0Frontier Airlines has been transforming itself from hub and spoke route system\u00a0to a point to point system. This philosophy moves the company away from the\u00a0network carrier model used by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines, and towards a route\u00a0network system similar to\u00a0Southwest Airlines. This transition also includes moving to an\u00a0ultra low cost carrier model made famous by Ryanair in Europe, and successfully used in the US by Spirit Airlines. This means offering passengers a\u00a0super low\u00a0base fare just for a seat, and then charging additional fees for all other services. These additional services include carry on bags, checked bags, an assigned seat, an upgraded seat, all beverages, snacks, and anything else they can think of.<\/p>\n
Frontier Airlines has completed a major turn around the last few years. The carrier is owned by private equity investors\u00a0Indigo Partners. Indigo acquired the airline in 2013 from previous owners\u00a0from Republic Airways Holdings. Republic was already an investor in Frontier Airlines when it was in bankruptcy court in 2008, and\u00a0bought the remaining stake in the air carrier it didn’t already own in 2009. Indigo is somewhat of an expert in operating\u00a0discount airlines, having previously taken low cost carrier Spirit Airlines public in 2011. Indigo is also the largest owner of\u00a0Wizz Air Holdings, a major low cost air operator in Europe.\u00a0Frontier Airlines is most well known for the animals that adorn the carriers\u00a0airplane tails. Headquartered in Denver, the airline\u00a0currently operated more than 275 flights a day utilizing an all Airbus fleet. They serve more than 40 cities in the United States, Mexico, and Jamaica.<\/p>\n
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