AJSpark

I wanted to check Frontier's schedule in mid-July for summer travel but their booking window ends on July 10. Does anyone have any idea when they might expand it? Thanks!

knope2001

Pretty likely to come out in the next week or two. They are generally pretty close to Southwest's rollout, which is due 2/4/13. Not necessarily lock step, but usually within a week or two.

lowfareair

I talked to a group travel booking agent today who said to look for it in mid-February, on a Monday, most likely the 18th or 25th.

AJSpark

Thanks for the replies. I really like Frontier and would like to see their fares but not sure I can wait till mid-to-late Feb to book. SWA's booking window already goes through early August.

MikeFromMKE

Why can't you wait? The best time for good fares is usually 6-10 weeks out.

knope2001

New schedule loaded early this morning through early September.

Have not had much time to look yet, but I've noticed that the Washington DC schedule looks iffy for the nonstops from Kansas City, Madison and Omaha.

--They are still shown flying with E190, but in the past there have been E190 flights from MSN, OMA and or MCI to Denver to rotate those E190's into the rest of the network. With the new schedule it's all Airbus from MSN/OMA/MCI to Denver. Now that I have a chance to look more closely it is more complicated than that, so hold off judgment for the moment. Some days DEN-MSN has E190, some days E190 and 319, some days only 319, and some days no flights at all.

--In parts of the new schedule, the E190 rotation at DCA does not appear to "work" correctly.

It's possible that an E190 or two will be segregated out of DCA and keep some of those markets, but even if that is what's happening, something has to change with the DCA schedule to make the flights work out.

We know that the E190 fleet is shrinking and will apparently shrink to zero. Not yet sure if this is that point, but it would not be a surprise to find the rest of the DCA point-to-point E190 flying disappear soon.

davywavy

The last executive comment was that the E190's are staying "at least until September" - but that could easily change if other work for the aircraft turns up.

The greater question is what happens to the DCA slots, which do not belong to Frontier.

They are Republic assets and when separation happens I don't know if Republic would - or could - simply gift them to Frontier.

jonu

Southwest and AirTran just extended to November 1. Any idea when Frontier will follow suit?