{"id":10642,"date":"2010-11-09T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=10642"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:54:56","slug":"after-midwest-frontier-shuffles-the-flight-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/after-midwest-frontier-shuffles-the-flight-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"After Midwest, Frontier shuffles the flight deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10815 alignright\" title=\"Plane_Joe Brancatelli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/plane_brancatelli-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Midwest Airlines is now officially out of business. At least in the sense that all flights are now being marketed as <a title=\"Frontier Airlines\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/ViewAirDeal?deal_id=air-frontier-airlines&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Frontier Airlines<\/a>, the other carrier that commuter operator Republic Holdings purchased out of bankruptcy last year.<\/p>\n<p>The airline says\u00a0it will begin flying from Omaha to three new cities: <a title=\"Los Angeles vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=losangeles-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles <\/a>(beginning February 14); <a title=\"Orlando vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=orlando-vacations&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Orlando<\/a> (January 15); and <a title=\"San Diego vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=sandiego-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">San Diego<\/a> (January 16).<\/p>\n<p>The non-stops will operate with EMB-190s configured with standard coach and four rows of &#8220;stretch&#8221; seating. The airline also says it will move its Houston flights to Hobby Airport (HOU) from Bush Intercontinental (IAH) on November 18.<\/p>\n<p>Looking further ahead, Frontier says it will add seasonal A-319 flights between <a title=\"Denver vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=denver&amp;cnt=PKG&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Denver<\/a> and Liberia, <a title=\"Costa Rica vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=costa-rica-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Costa Rica<\/a>, beginning February 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/\" target=\"_self\">Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <\/em><a title=\"JoeSentMe.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JoeSentMe.com<\/em><\/a><em>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. 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