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Jul 27, 2004

Frontier Airlines Hires Robert Rapp, Jr. as Chief Information Officer


DENVER (July 27, 2004) - Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) today announced that it has hired Robert Rapp, Jr. as its vice president and chief information officer (CIO), effective July 26, 2004. In his new role, he will oversee Frontier's information technology infrastructure including all telecommunications, data center operations, technical security and applications development, as well as overall architectural and integration technology planning. Rapp will report to Frontier's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Paul Tate.

Rapp brings nearly 30 years of information technology experience to Frontier, as well as several years of airline experience having served as vice president, systems for Southwest Airlines. Most recently Rapp served as a principal with technology consulting firm Knowledge Reservoir, LLP, specializing in knowledge management. In addition he concurrently served as chief security officer with Rent-A-Center, Inc. Prior to his entrepreneurial and consulting ventures, Rapp served as chief technology officer (CTO) for UpstreamInfo, an independent venture founded by EDS, Raytheon, the Information Store and Chevron Texaco, which focused on leveraging web-based and infrastructure technologies for the upstream energy businesses of those companies. Rapp's professional career has been hallmarked by peer recognition and accolades including nominations for Computerworld's "100 Best Places to Work in IS" as well as winning CIO Magazine's "CIO Award for Customer Service" for three straight years.

"Robert brings a considerable level of experience and knowledge to a position that is critical to Frontier as we continue to grow and, in particular, as we improve upon our technology infrastructure," said Tate. "In addition, Robert's track record of managing information technology with high growth companies, and the depth of his talent particularly in the airline industry, are key additions to the executive team at Frontier. His leadership and his proven ability to build a strong technology organization will help strengthen Frontier as we continue to invest in mission critical technologies that will support our primary customer service that we constantly strive for."

About Frontier
Currently in its 11th year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport with a fleet of 46 aircraft and employing approximately 4,500 aviation professionals. Frontier, in conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air, operates routes linking our Denver hub to 43 cities in 24states spanning the nation from coast-to-coast and to five 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 five consecutive years. In July 2004, 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 www.frontierairlines.com.

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