September saw a return of traffic growth for the Houston-based carrier for the first time since last August, helped by a favorable year-ago comparison. In 2008, Continental’s operations were impacted by Hurricane Ike, which caused a multi-day closure of its Houston hub.
Frontier Airlines emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. With that, the Denver Business Journal notes “the scrappy Denver carrier known for low fares and animals on its jet tails … enters a new era,” one in which Frontier will now be a unit of Republic Airways. Republic acquired Frontier through the bankruptcy process, and says it plans to continue to run Frontier as a stand-alone operation.