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May 20, 2004

Frontier Airlines Expands Service to Mexico With Additional Frequencies, New Point-to-Point Flights


DENVER (May 20, 2004) - Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: FRNT) has received approval from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin non-stop service between Cancun International Airport (CUN) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI), as well as Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). The service, pending approval from the government of Mexico, will begin July 3, 2004 offering once-weekly Saturday flights to Cancun. Frontier currently flies between its Denver hub and five beach destinations in Mexico: Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. Frontier has also applied to offer non-stop service between Cancun and St. Louis (STL), but has not yet received approval from the DOT to begin the service.

To celebrate the new service, Frontier is offering $99* one-way fares between Cancun and Kansas City and Cancun and Salt Lake City. Fares require a round-trip purchase and must be purchased by midnight EDT May 27, 2004 for travel by Sept. 25, 2004.

Frontier also announced added frequencies from its Denver (DEN) hub to several Mexico destinations for the peak winter season including the following:

  • Service from Denver (DEN) to Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) in Cabo San Lucas will increase from three times a week to daily beginning Nov. 7, 2004.
  • Service from Denver (DEN) to General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT) in Mazatlan will increase from three times a week to four times a week starting Nov. 7, 2004 and will increase to daily service for the Christmas and Spring Break seasons.
  • Service from Denver (DEN) to Puerto Vallarta will increase from three times a week to five times a week on Nov. 7, 2004 and will increase to daily service for the Christmas and Spring Break seasons.

"Mexico has proven to be an extremely popular destination for our customers and we are eager to offer the Salt Lake City and Kansas City communities their first, and currently only non-stop Cancun flights," said Sean Menke, senior vice president of marketing. "We are proud to be the largest carrier to Mexico from Denver and we look forward to continued expansion of the service to new markets outside of Denver so that even more customers can take advantage of Frontier's non-stop service to Mexico this winter."

Frontier is recognized throughout the nation for its unique customer amenities including low fares, new Airbus jets, 24 Channels of LiveTV and Frontier's generous EarlyReturns frequent flyer program that allows travelers to earn a free ticket at only 15,000 miles domestically and 25,000 miles to Mexico - the lowest in the aviation industry.

To kick off the new service to Cancun from Salt Lake City and Kansas City, Frontier is offering double miles to its EarlyReturns members who fly to Cancun from either Kansas City or Salt Lake City by August 28, 2004. To enroll in the program, customers can visit Frontier's Web site at www.frontierairlines.com, pick up an EarlyReturns enrollment form at any Frontier airport counter or call Frontier's EarlyReturns Service Center toll-free hotline at 866-26-EARLY or Frontier's reservations at 800-4321-FLY.

To make a reservation, customers may visit Frontier's Web sit at www.frontierairlines.com, contact Frontier Airlines at 1-800-4321-FLY, or consult their professional travel agent.

* Mexico Fares
Fares shown are one-way and a roundtrip purchase is required. The sale fare is only applied for Saturday non-stop flights between Kansas City / Salt Lake City and Cancun. Tickets must be booked and paid for by midnight EDT 5/27/04 or within 24 hours, whichever comes first for travel through 09/25/04. Tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable, but may be reissued for a $100 change fee plus any applicable difference in fare. Seats are limited and certain flights and/or days of travel may be sold out at these prices, especially during busy travel periods. Previously purchased tickets may not be exchanged for these special fare tickets. Fares do not include passenger facilities fees up to $4.50 roundtrip, the September 11th Security Fee of up to $5 roundtrip, applicable Security Surcharges of up to $10 roundtrip or fees of $3.10 per segment. A segment is defined as one take-off and one landing. Federal International Air Transportation Taxes of $27.40 round trip, foreign departure taxes, customs and immigration fees, airport improvement and health inspection fees and tourism fees combined for fees up to $70, are not included in above fares. Service between Kansas City / Salt Lake City and Cancun begins on 7/3/04.

About Frontier
Currently in its tenth year of operations, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport with a fleet of 41 aircraft and employing approximately 4,200 aviation professionals. Frontier, in conjunction with Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air, operates routes linking our Denver hub to 39 destinations in 22 states 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 August 2003, 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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