As part of its restructuring plan, Frontier is cutting Milwaukee and Kansas City capacity effective 01-Nov-2011 resulting in 213 layoffs at the airport and eliminating six destinations out of Milwaukee.
Frontier has been clawing its way out of bankruptcy and its merger with Midwest Airlines, and is now in the middle of a USD120 million cost-cutting restructure that includes capacity and employee cuts. The story is told with the impact on its Denver market where it is competing with Southwest/Air Tran as well as United.
