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February 16, 2025
Frontier & Spirit Op Costs/Min

US DoT; AirInsight

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What might a combination of these two airlines look like? We assembled data and created these charts to illustrate the potential outcome. This is not a comment on whether the combination will be successful; it is an attempt to represent the combined operations.

The Market

The two arrows highlight these two airlines as independents.  They are big airlines by industry standards, but in the US, they are dwarfed by the competition.  Remember, this is an economy-of-scale business.  Bigger is almost always better.

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Addison Schonland Partner
Co-Founder AirInsight. My previous life includes stints at Shell South Africa, CIC Research, and PA Consulting. Got bitten by the aviation bug and ended up an Avgeek. Then the data bug got me, making me a curious Avgeek seeking data-driven logic. Also, I appreciate conversations with smart people from whom I learn so much. Summary: I am very fortunate to work with and converse with great people.