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Frontier Airlines was a United States local service carrier, a scheduled airline that was formed by the merger of Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines, and Monarch Air Lines on June 1, 1950. Headquartered at the now-closed Stapleton International Airport in Denver , Colorado , the airline ceased operations on August 24, 1986.
A Frontier Boeing 737-300 in the original 1994 livery. Frontier retired its last 737 in 2005.. Frontier Airlines was created by Frederick W. "Rick" Brown (a United Airlines pilot), his wife Janice Brown, and Bob Schulman, the latter two having worked at the original Frontier Airlines (1950–1986). [21]
The original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) served Vernal for over 30 years. In 1950 Frontier Douglas DC-3s flew nonstop to Salt Lake City and Rock Springs and direct to Denver, Billings, Casper, Laramie and Cheyenne. [5] By 1967 Frontier Convair 580s flew nonstop to Salt Lake City and direct to Denver. [6]
Pages in category "Airlines established in 1950" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) Frontier Flying ...
In 1967 Central merged into Frontier Airlines which retained its routes from Amarillo. [14] Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) began Amarillo service upon merging with Central Airlines in 1967 and retaining that carriers routes. Service was scaled back over the next few years and by 1974 Frontier was only operating a Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo ...
Successor Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) then served Grand Junction using DC-3s and upgrading with Convair 340s in the late 1950s and Convair 580s by the early 1960s. Frontier began the first jets at Grand Junction with Boeing 727-100s flying DEN-GJT-SLC and back starting in October, 1966. Some Frontier 727 flights flew direct to Kansas City ...
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727 flying between Dallas-Fort Worth and Salt Lake City on Aug. 31, 1988, crashed shortly after takeoff. Of the 108 on board, two crew members and 12 ...
Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines, and Monarch Airlines merge to form Frontier Airlines. June 5 – After both its engines overheat during an evening flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Wilmington, North Carolina, a Westair Transport Curtiss C-46F Commando ditches in the Atlantic Ocean 480 kilometers (300 miles) east of Melbourne, Florida ...