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Jan 5, 2006Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for December 2005DENVER, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) today announced preliminary traffic results for December 2005. Revenue passenger miles increased 9.4 percent to 620,416,000 for December 2005 from the same period last year. Available seat miles increased 8.8 percent to 874,804,000 for December 2005 from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor for December 2005 of 70.9 percent, an increase of 0.3 points from December 2004, when the airline reported a load factor of 70.6 percent. The airline carried 642,663 passengers during December 2005, a 12.8 percent increase from December 2004. The airline reported passenger yield of 11.53 cents for the month of December 2005, an increase of 6.3 percent from the same period last year. Its passenger revenue per available seat mile was 8.18 cents, up .53 or 6.9 percent from December 2004. For the month of December 2005, the airline's average length of haul decreased 3.1 percent to 965 miles as compared to the same period last year. The following table represents comparisons for the month of December year- over-year, calendar 2005 year-over-year year-to-date, fiscal 2006 year-to-date year-over-year, and the quarter ended December 31, 2005 year-over-year traffic results. December December Increase/ Percent
2005 2004 (Decrease)
Available Seat Miles
(ASM) 874,804,000 804,015,000 70,789,000 8.8%
Revenue Passenger Miles 620,416,000 567,297,000 53,119,000 9.4%
Load Factor 70.9% 70.6% 0.3 points N/A
Revenue Passengers
Carried 642,663 569,798 72,865 12.8%
**Passenger Yield
(cents) 11.53 10.85 .68 6.3%
**Passenger Revenue Per
ASM (cents) 8.18 7.65 .53 6.9%
Average Length of Haul 965 996 (31) (3.1%)
Calendar Calendar Increase/ Percent
Year-to- Year-to- (Decrease)
Date Date
2005 2004
Available Seat Miles 9,579,037,000 8,804,453,000 774,584,000 8.8%
Revenue Passenger Miles 7,214,267,000 6,288,522,000 925,745,000 14.7%
Load Factor 75.3% 71.4% 3.9 points N/A
Revenue Passengers
Carried 7,459,420 6,419,791 1,039,629 16.2%
**Passenger Yield
(cents) 10.75 10.35 .40 3.9%
**Passenger Revenue Per
ASM (cents) 8.09 7.39 .70 9.5%
Average Length of Haul 967 980 (13) (1.3%)
Fiscal Fiscal Increase/ Percent
Year-to- Year-to- (Decrease)
Date Date
2006 2005
Available Seat Miles 7,326,080,000 6,862,911,000 463,169,000 6.7%
Revenue Passenger Miles 5,555,093,000 4,928,415,000 626,678,000 12.7%
Load Factor 75.8% 71.8% 4.0 points N/A
Revenue Passengers
Carried 5,783,948 4,977,869 806,079 16.2%
**Passenger Yield
(cents) 10.77 10.22 .55 5.4%
**Passenger Revenue Per
ASM (cents) 8.16 7.34 .82 11.2%
Average Length of Haul 960 990 (30) (3.0%)
Quarter Quarter Increase/ Percent
Ended Ended (Decrease)
Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
2005 2004
Available Seat Miles 2,461,668,000 2,267,686,000 193,982,000 8.6%
Revenue Passenger Miles 1,774,114,000 1,625,146,000 148,968,000 9.2%
Load Factor 72.1% 71.7% 0.4 points N/A
Revenue Passengers
Carried 1,872,199 1,643,990 228,209 13.9%
**Passenger Yield
(cents) 11.05 10.41 .64 6.1%
**Passenger Revenue Per
ASM (cents) 7.96 7.46 .50 6.7%
Average Length of Haul 948 989 (41) (4.1%)
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 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 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, or Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/
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