Originally Posted by
jfinsocal
F9 is essentially punting on business travel with the elimination of routes to large east coast destinations, 4X weekly service to some destinations, not to mention no alliance or first class. Right now it is basically a hybrid of Allegiant and Southwest - trending toward Allegiant. This business model works provided fuel cost is low but is geared toward leisure travelers.
Frontier is a leisure airline which some business travellers fly sometimes.
The highly seasonal, lower frequency model works just fine with the present fuel prices and the new route map shows the increasing emphasis on north/south winter flying and seasonal destinations in summer.
On December 31, Republic upgraded the profit estimates for Frontier for Q4. The airline is flying profitably and has been for most of the year.