Below is an interesting article by Chris Walsh that appeared in yesterday’s Rocky Mountain News. Good news for Aspen, based on a Rocky Mountain News online poll,  Coloradans claim Frontier is their favorite airline. Less encouraging, is the follow-up article that appeared today about Frontier’s $16.5 million loss during three weeks in April.

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Orbits could change at DIA :’In five years the airline structure servicing DIA is going to look different’ – By Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News – Tuesday, May 27, 2008

A three-way war involving Denver International Airport’s largest airlines is entering a phase of uncertainty amid rising fuel prices, promising to accelerate a shift in the balance of power at DIA.

The two biggest carriers, United Airlines and Frontier Airlines, face severe financial challenges that threaten their very survival:

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Frontier loses $16.5 million in three weeks – By Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News -Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Frontier Airlines lost $16.5 million during a three-week period in April and saw its cash balance dip to $108.3 million, according to documents filed Wednesday with a U.S. bankruptcy court.

The carrier’s net loss during the period amounted to more than half its deficit for the last three months of 2007, which at the time ranked as the largest in its history. Denver-based Frontier did not issue results for January through March of this year because it filed for bankruptcy less than two weeks after the quarter ended.

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