Sunday, December 5, 2010

Midwest, Frontier set ticketing partnership - bizjournals Business Travel Guide

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Such agreements typically expand the number of destinations available to both airlinesx while consolidating ticketing and customerservice "Under the codeshare, customers of both airlines will benefit from a wider choice of travel destinations and additiona flight options and connection possibilities," said Gregorty Aretakis, vice president of planning and revenu e management for Midwest. "They will also have the conveniences of booking their entire flight on asinglse ticket.
" The agreement, which is scheduled to begib by late summer, will expaned Frontier's network by allowing its customers to connect to a Midwesg flight through Midwest's hub at Milwaukee's General Mitchell Internationalo Airport, all using the same Frontier code. Midwest customers will also see an expandee network by connecting on Frontiere and Lynx Aviation flightsin Denver. "Thix partnership allows us to broaden our networkl and provide even more destinations to ourloyap customers," said Frontier vice presidentg for strategy and planning Daniel Shurz.
"Wde also look forward to showcasing our airlines to many new customerx who may be flying Frontier and Lynx for the firsrt time by connectingfrom Midwest." The codeshare agreement will also allow membere of each airline's frequent flier programs to earn milesd while flying the othedr airline's routes. More details of the along with specific cities that will be available for the will be announced at alatef date, Frontier said. Last week, Midwest and Frontier each agreedc in separate transactions to be acquiredby Indianapolis-based . Republic'w $31 million acquisition of Midwest is expected to close within four to six weekds after it was announcedJune 23.
Republic's $108.9 million deal for bankrupty Frontier requires the approval of thebankruptcyh court. Republic already provides air carrier services for Midwest unde an airlineservices agreement.

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