Frontier Airlines
Ultra-low-cost airline of the United States
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| 2025 | Frontier Airlines plans to retire its Airbus A320-200 aircraft fleet during this year. |
| April 15 2025 | Frontier Airlines Flight 3506 (A321neo, N607FR) from Orlando aborted landing at San Juan due to nose landing gear damage during a hard landing. During the go-around, the left engine emitted flames. Both airport runways were closed for inspection, and the aircraft ultimately landed on runway 08. All 228 passengers deplaned without injuries. |
| 2024 | Established a codeshare agreement with Volaris, expanding its international network and partnership opportunities. |
| 2024 | Frontier Airlines is operating significant passenger routes with Denver, Colorado as its top airport, serving 4,094,998 annual passengers with a 9.9% growth. |
| October 5 2024 | Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 from San Diego caught fire while landing in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pilots declared an emergency and successfully landed without injuries to the 197 occupants. |
| 2023 | Reached a milestone with 30.2 million passengers, 136 aircraft in fleet, and further improved financial performance with net loss reduced to just $11 million. |
| 2022 | Continued recovery with passenger numbers rising to 25.5 million, fleet expansion to 120 aircraft, and further reduction in net loss to $37 million. |
| 2021 | Frontier Airlines retired its last Airbus A319-100 aircraft. |
| 2021 | Frontier began recovery from pandemic impacts, increasing passenger numbers to 20.7 million, expanding fleet to 110 aircraft, and reducing net loss to $102 million. |
| 2020 | The airline experienced significant disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with passenger numbers dropping to 11.2 million, fleet size increasing to 104 aircraft, and incurring a net loss of $225 million. |
| 2019 | Frontier Airlines reached a peak of 98 aircraft in its fleet and recorded its highest passenger numbers at 22.7 million, with a strong financial performance showing a net profit of $251 million. |
| November 30 2018 | A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200 (N227FR) experienced engine fan cowlings being ripped off during take-off. The crew performed a precautionary emergency landing after suspecting a foreign object on the runway, with no injuries reported. |
| 2013 | Frontier Airlines completed the retirement of all Airbus A318 aircraft, with all planes being parted out for scrap. |
| 2012 | Frontier Airlines ceased operations of De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft previously operated by Lynx Aviation. |
| April 13 2011 | Frontier formed a new subsidiary, Frontier Express, planned to operate the airline's smaller aircraft with different services. |
| 2010 | Frontier Airlines began introducing Embraer E170 and E190 aircraft, operated by Republic Airways, and started retiring Airbus A318 aircraft. |
| 2010 | Frontier's CEO Bryan Bedford participated in the reality TV show Undercover Boss. |
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