Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Traffic for February 2006

[Paul]

Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: FRNT) today announced preliminary traffic results for February 2006. Revenue passenger miles increased 15.0 percent to 569,930,000 for February 2006 from the same period last year. Available seat miles increased 16.3 percent to 783,293,000 for February 2006 from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor for February 2006 of 72.8 percent, a decrease of .8 points from February 2005, when the airline reported a load factor of 73.6 percent.

The airline carried 604,651 passengers during February 2006, a 20.2 percent increase from February 2005. The airline reported passenger yield of 10.35 cents for the month of February 2006, an increase of 1 percent from the same period last year. Its passenger revenue per available seat mile was 7.53 cents, down .01 or .1 percent from February 2005. For the month of February 2006, the airline's average length of haul decreased 4.3 percent to 943 miles as compared to the same period last year.

							February	   February	 Increase/   Percent
							  2006		   2005	   (Decrease)
	Available Seat
	 Miles (ASM)		  783,293,000	673,790,000   109,503,000   16.3%
	Revenue Passenger
	 Miles				569,930,000	495,693,000	74,237,000   15.0%
	Load Factor				 72.8%		  73.6%   (.8) points	 N/A
	Revenue Passengers
	 Carried				  604,651		503,071	   101,580   20.2%
	**Passenger Yield
	 (cents)					10.35		  10.25		   .10	1.0%
	**Passenger
	 Revenue Per
	 ASM (cents)				 7.53		   7.54		 (.01)	(.1%)
	Average Length
	 of Haul					  943			985		  (42)   (4.3%)

							Fiscal		 Fiscal
						 Year-to-Date   Year-to-Date	 Increase/
							 2006		   2005		(Decrease)  Percent
	Available Seat
	 Miles			  8,979,405,000  8,305,753,000   673,652,000	8.1%
	Revenue Passenger
	 Miles			  6,700,047,000  5,943,968,000   756,079,000   12.7%
	Load Factor				 74.6%		  71.6%	3.0 points	 N/A
	Revenue Passengers
	 Carried				6,992,248	  6,000,177	   992,071   16.5%
	**Passenger Yield
	 (cents)					10.72		  10.21		   .51	5.0%
	**Passenger
	 Revenue Per
	 ASM (cents)				 8.00		   7.31		   .69	9.4%
	Average Length
	 of Haul					  958			991		  (33)   (3.3%)

						   Calendar	   Calendar
						 Year-to-Date   Year-to-Date	 Increase/
							 2006		   2005		(Decrease)  Percent
	Available Seat
	 Miles			  1,653,325,000  1,442,842,000   210,483,000   14.6%
	Revenue Passenger
	 Miles			  1,144,954,000  1,015,553,000   129,401,000   12.7%
	Load Factor				 69.3%		  70.4%  (1.1 points)	 N/A
	Revenue Passengers
	 Carried				1,208,300	  1,022,308	   185,992   18.2%
	**Passenger Yield
	 (cents)					10.50		  10.20		   .30	2.9%
	**Passenger
	 Revenue Per
	 ASM (cents)				 7.27		   7.18		   .09	1.3%
	Average Length
	 of Haul					  948			993		  (45)   (4.5%)

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