Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns - July T100 (onboard loads)

Here are onboard loads for July for the eastern division of Frontier, plus some select competitors. Remember, as always, that loads are only half the picture in guessing relatively profitability as it says nothing much about fare or traffic composition.

Frontier markets primarily served with Airbus/EJet
95.9% ….. MKE ….. DEN
95.1% ….. MKE ….. SEA
94.8% ….. MCI ….. SEA
94.4% ….. MKE ….. PHX
94.2% ….. MCI ….. BOS
93.4% ….. MKE ….. MCO
92.9% ….. OMA ….. LAX
92.8% ….. MKE ….. SAN
92.3% ….. MKE ….. DFW
90.1% ….. MCI ….. LAX
90.1% ….. OMA ….. SAN
89.3% ….. MCI ….. SFO
88.6% ….. MKE ….. SAT
87.9% ….. MKE ….. LAS
87.9% ….. MKE ….. BOS
87.8% ….. MKE ….. LGA
85.1% ….. MCI ….. DCA
84.6% ….. MCI ….. LGA
84.0% ….. OMA ….. DCA
83.1% ….. MCI ….. MSY
82.3% ….. MKE ….. MCI
82.2% ….. MCI ….. AUS
78.0% ….. MCI ….. SAT
77.0% ….. MCI ….. MSP
76.5% ….. MKE ….. DCA

Frontier markets primiarly served with ERJ
91.7% ….. MKE ….. BDL
91.5% ….. MKE ….. PHL
88.3% ….. MKE ….. STL
88.0% ….. MKE ….. PIT
87.5% ….. MKE ….. OMA
86.4% ….. MKE ….. EWR
84.9% ….. MKE ….. MSP
84.5% ….. MKE ….. BNA
82.9% ….. MKE ….. FNT
81.1% ….. MKE ….. BKG
78.5% ….. MKE ….. CLE
77.8% ….. MKE ….. DSM
77.6% ….. MKE ….. RHI
77.3% ….. MKE ….. IND
77.2% ….. MKE ….. CMH
76.6% ….. MKE ….. GRR
70.8% ….. MKE ….. MBL
70.0% ….. MKE ….. MSN
64.8% ….. MKE ….. SDF
62.4% ….. MKE ….. DAY
61.7% ….. MKE ….. GRB
50.8% ….. MKE ….. ATW

AirTran MKE
95.3% ….. MKE ….. LAX
94.3% ….. MKE ….. SFO
93.7% ….. MKE ….. LGA
92.2% ….. MKE ….. DEN
91.9% ….. MKE ….. TPA
90.7% ….. MKE ….. BOS
90.7% ….. MKE ….. SEA
89.2% ….. MKE ….. FLL
88.8% ….. MKE ….. LAS
88.8% ….. MKE ….. RSW
85.2% ….. MKE ….. DCA
81.8% ….. MKE ….. MCO
81.8% ….. MKE ….. MSP
78.8% ….. MKE ….. ATL
68.5% ….. MKE ….. SRQ
68.3% ….. MKE ….. BWI

Skywest/FL* MKE
85.8% ….. MKE ….. PIT
80.9% ….. MKE ….. OMA
78.5% ….. MKE ….. CAK
77.1% ….. MKE ….. IND
64.3% ….. MKE ….. DSM
63.8% ….. MKE ….. STL

Southwest MKE
89.1% ….. MKE ….. LAS
87.5% ….. MKE ….. MCI
87.5% ….. MKE ….. PHX
80.7% ….. MKE ….. MCO
79.7% ….. MKE ….. BWI
76.0% ….. MKE ….. TPA

American MKE
88.4% ….. MKE ….. DFW

Delta MCI
93.0% ….. MCI ….. LAX
91.5% ….. MCI ….. BOS
88.2% ….. MCI ….. AUS
87.8% ….. MCI ….. LGA
82.2% ….. MCI ….. MSY
72.7% ….. MCI ….. CMH

Delta OMA
86.8% ….. OMA ….. DCA


Summer is a time of full planes, and while full planes are definitely not a guarantee of profit, flights that have a lot of empty seats in summer can raise an eyebrow.

i'll see if I can get DEN posted later.

Here's Denver

97.0% ….. DEN ….. RSW
96.0% ….. DEN ….. TYS
95.9% ….. DEN ….. DTW
95.9% ….. DEN ….. MKE
95.8% ….. DEN ….. LGA
95.7% ….. DEN ….. IND
95.5% ….. DEN ….. MDW
95.5% ….. DEN ….. PHF
95.5% ….. DEN ….. PHL
95.4% ….. DEN ….. FLL
95.1% ….. DEN ….. ATL
95.1% ….. DEN ….. SEA
95.0% ….. DEN ….. SFO
94.9% ….. DEN ….. AUS
94.8% ….. DEN ….. TPA
94.8% ….. DEN ….. PDX
94.8% ….. DEN ….. OKC
94.7% ….. DEN ….. MCO
94.7% ….. DEN ….. SDF
94.5% ….. DEN ….. MSY
94.4% ….. DEN ….. CAK
94.4% ….. DEN ….. DCA
94.2% ….. DEN ….. STL
94.0% ….. DEN ….. SAT
94.0% ….. DEN ….. LAX
93.9% ….. DEN ….. SAN
93.9% ….. DEN ….. BNA
93.8% ….. DEN ….. HOU
93.7% ….. DEN ….. FAI
93.6% ….. DEN ….. SMF
93.3% ….. DEN ….. MCI
93.3% ….. DEN ….. LAS
93.2% ….. DEN ….. SNA
93.2% ….. DEN ….. DSM
93.1% ….. DEN ….. MSP
92.8% ….. DEN ….. BKG
92.7% ….. DEN ….. DFW
92.3% ….. DEN ….. MSN
92.3% ….. DEN ….. GRB
92.2% ….. DEN ….. DAY
92.2% ….. DEN ….. GEG
92.0% ….. DEN ….. ANC
91.6% ….. DEN ….. GRR
91.5% ….. DEN ….. ICT
91.1% ….. DEN ….. BZN
90.9% ….. DEN ….. SBA
90.8% ….. DEN ….. SLC
89.3% ….. DEN ….. PHX
88.7% ….. DEN ….. BOI
88.3% ….. DEN ….. FSD
85.4% ….. DEN ….. BIL
82.9% ….. DEN ….. OMA
82.4% ….. DEN ….. ABQ
81.8% ….. DEN ….. TUS
81.7% ….. DEN ….. JAC
77.8% ….. DEN ….. DRO
71.8% ….. DEN ….. COS
64.9% ….. DEN ….. ASE
57.9% ….. DEN ….. PVU

Impressive loads out of DEN considering a large portion of the markets are above 88%. Other than PVU the lower markets seem to be longstanding Q400 routes which do raise some eyebrows. Especially with the small fleet I wouldn't be surprised to see the rest of the Q's parked after this ski season until they can find a home (I think we are still debating which 5 sub 99 aircraft will remain next year right?). Hopefully they can find a way to keep ASE as it is a high yielding route and one of my favorite ski destinations.

Impressed with the MKE-SAT numbers, but based on the fares I've priced out in the past it doesn't appear that this would be very high yielding traffic.

As always, thanks for posting these!

It'll be interesting to see MKE's loads from more recent months which reflect the axed connecting feed.

It'll be interesting to see MKE's loads from more recent months which reflect the axed connecting feed.

Absolutely. Most likely will be lower, but also more likely to be O/D, which would potentially be higher yielding. Also, I wonder how many might be driving MSN-MKE or GRB-MKE to catch flights without the connection.

As well as they seem to be doing in ANC and FAI I'm surprised they haven't yet gone year-round to Alaska.