DENVER,
July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. today
announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with VTB Leasing to sell
six of Frontier's 47
Airbus A319 aircraft to VTB Leasing for onward lease to
Rossiya Airlines. This agreement amends an earlier agreement where VTB
Leasing was to purchase two A319 and two A318 aircraft. Under the revised
agreement, VTB Leasing will not take delivery of the originally agreed upon
two A318 aircraft to be delivered in August and will instead purchase an
additional six A319 aircraft in August.
Frontier Airlines has also reached an agreement on other sale leaseback
transactions that further supplement its liquidity position. In total,
Frontier will realize approximately $80 million in net proceeds from these
transactions.
"This is another major step forward in strengthening our cash position as
we manage through our reorganization," said Sean Menke, Frontier President and
Chief Executive Officer. These aircraft transactions, combined with the
financing announced last week and other liquidity initiatives the Company has
realized since early July, represent substantial progress in our
reorganization efforts."
About Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Denver-based
Frontier Airlines. Currently in its 15th year of operations, Frontier Airlines
is the second-largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport,
employing more than 5,000 aviation professionals. Frontier Airlines' mainline
operation has 60 aircraft with one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North
America. Frontier Airlines' mainline operations offer 24 channels of
DIRECTV(R) service in every seatback along with a comfortable all-coach
configuration. In conjunction with a fleet of ten Bombardier Q400 aircraft
operated by Lynx Aviation (a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.),
Frontier offers routes to more than 50 destinations in the U.S., Mexico,
Canada and Costa Rica. In November 2006, Frontier and AirTran announced a
first-of-its-kind integrated marketing partnership that offers travelers the
ability to reach more than 80 destinations across four countries with low
fares aboard two of the youngest fleets in the industry. For more in-depth
information on Frontier Airlines, please visit its Web site at
http://FrontierAirlines.com.
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