wigstheone
Mar 31, 02, 12:34 pm
DENVER (AP) -- Frontier Airlines chief executive Sam Addoms will retire Monday, leaving behind and airline that has grown from a struggling startup to a robust discount carrier.
Addoms, 62, joined Frontier in 1993, a year before it began flying, and became CEO in 1995. He guided the airline through its transition from a regional carrier to a discount airline challenging giant United Airlines, which has one of its five hubs in Denver.
His approach was to build employee and customer loyalty while tightly controlling costs.
``Sam's frugalness enabled us to stay afloat when everyone else was failing around us,'' said Jim Sullivan, a Boeing 737 captain.
Frontier now has 2,400 employees and 30 aircraft. With Denver as its hub, it flies to 29 cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Seattle.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Frontier-Addoms.html
Addoms, 62, joined Frontier in 1993, a year before it began flying, and became CEO in 1995. He guided the airline through its transition from a regional carrier to a discount airline challenging giant United Airlines, which has one of its five hubs in Denver.
His approach was to build employee and customer loyalty while tightly controlling costs.
``Sam's frugalness enabled us to stay afloat when everyone else was failing around us,'' said Jim Sullivan, a Boeing 737 captain.
Frontier now has 2,400 employees and 30 aircraft. With Denver as its hub, it flies to 29 cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Seattle.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Frontier-Addoms.html