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DENVER, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) today announced preliminary traffic results for January 2006. Revenue passenger miles increased 10.6 percent to 575,024,000 for January 2006 from the same period last year. Available seat miles increased 13.1 percent to 870,032,000 for January 2006 from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor for January 2006 of 66.1 percent, a decrease of 1.5 points from January 2005, when the airline reported a load factor of 67.6 percent. The airline carried 603,649 passengers during January 2006, a 16.3 percent increase from January 2005. The airline reported passenger yield of 10.64 cents for the month of January 2006, an increase of 4.8 percent from the same period last year. Its passenger revenue per available seat mile was 7.03 cents, up .17 or 2.5 percent from January 2005. For the month of January 2006, the airline's average length of haul decreased 4.8 percent to 953 miles as compared to the same period last year.

The following table represents comparisons for the month of January year-over-year, and fiscal 2006 year-to-date, year-over-year traffic results.

                                                    Increase/
                    January 2006    January 2005    (Decrease)   Percent
  Available Seat
   Miles (ASM)       870,032,000     769,052,000    100,980,000    13.1%
  Revenue Passenger
   Miles             575,024,000     519,860,000     55,164,000    10.6%
  Load Factor              66.1%           67.6%   (1.5) points      N/A
  Revenue Passengers
   Carried               603,649         519,237         84,412    16.3%
  **Passenger
   Yield (cents)           10.64           10.15            .49     4.8%
  **Passenger Revenue
   Per ASM (cents)          7.03            6.86            .17     2.5%
  Average Length
   of Haul                   953           1,001            (48)   (4.8%)


                 Fiscal Year-to-  Fiscal Year-to-    Increase/
                    Date 2006        Date 2005      (Decrease)    Percent
  Available
   Seat Miles      8,196,112,000   7,631,963,000    564,149,000     7.4%
  Revenue
   Passenger Miles 6,130,117,000   5,448,275,000    681,842,000    12.5%
  Load Factor              74.8%           71.4%     3.4 points      N/A
  Revenue
   Passengers
   Carried             6,387,597       5,497,106        890,491    16.2%
  **Passenger
   Yield (cents)           10.76           10.21            .55     5.4%
  **Passenger
   Revenue Per
   ASM (cents)              8.04            7.29            .75    10.3%
  Average Length
   of Haul                   960             991            (31)   (3.1%)

 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® 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 seven 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 December, 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.

SOURCE: Frontier Airlines

CONTACT: Joe Hodas of Frontier Airlines, +1-720-374-4504,
jhodas@flyfrontier.com

Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/

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