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Frontier will open maintenance facility at KCI
Jerry LaMartina
Staff Writer
Denver-based Frontier Airlines plans to establish a new maintenance facility at Kansas City International Airport on April 1, the airline said Wednesday.
The new operation, Frontier's third maintenance facility in addition to Denver and Phoenix, initially will employ 12 mechanics -- two avionics technicians, two lead mechanics, seven mechanics and one supervisor -- when it begins service on April 1, the airline said in a statement.
"The space and the terms are under negotiation at this point, so where exactly at the airport they'll reside has yet to be determined," said Joe McBride, a Kansas City Aviation Department spokesman. "It's our hope that they'd want to increase the level of this operation and possibly work with American Airlines to sublease some of the space at the overhaul base."
Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas said that he doesn't know of any plan for the airline to sublease space at the overhaul base and that it's unlikely to occur.
Hodas wouldn't disclose the cost of Frontier's lease at KCI for the new maintenance facility.
The new facility will support Frontier's seven daily nonstop flights to and from Kansas City, including five to Denver and two to Los Angeles.
"Frontier's seven daily nonstops to and from Kansas City International Airport make it a critical airport in our system, and its location is central to several of our destinations, making it geographically advantageous for the expansion of our maintenance program," Ron McClellan, Frontier's vice president of maintenance and engineering, said in the statement. "In addition, Kansas City is a very popular destination, has a top-notch aircraft mechanic base and a great facility in Kansas City International Airport, making it an obvious choice for our maintenance expansion."
Jerry LaMartina
Staff Writer
Denver-based Frontier Airlines plans to establish a new maintenance facility at Kansas City International Airport on April 1, the airline said Wednesday.
The new operation, Frontier's third maintenance facility in addition to Denver and Phoenix, initially will employ 12 mechanics -- two avionics technicians, two lead mechanics, seven mechanics and one supervisor -- when it begins service on April 1, the airline said in a statement.
"The space and the terms are under negotiation at this point, so where exactly at the airport they'll reside has yet to be determined," said Joe McBride, a Kansas City Aviation Department spokesman. "It's our hope that they'd want to increase the level of this operation and possibly work with American Airlines to sublease some of the space at the overhaul base."
Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas said that he doesn't know of any plan for the airline to sublease space at the overhaul base and that it's unlikely to occur.
Hodas wouldn't disclose the cost of Frontier's lease at KCI for the new maintenance facility.
The new facility will support Frontier's seven daily nonstop flights to and from Kansas City, including five to Denver and two to Los Angeles.
"Frontier's seven daily nonstops to and from Kansas City International Airport make it a critical airport in our system, and its location is central to several of our destinations, making it geographically advantageous for the expansion of our maintenance program," Ron McClellan, Frontier's vice president of maintenance and engineering, said in the statement. "In addition, Kansas City is a very popular destination, has a top-notch aircraft mechanic base and a great facility in Kansas City International Airport, making it an obvious choice for our maintenance expansion."
