Frontier Airlines First Flight Portland Oregon Airport - Eugene

Description: On March 3, 1983, Frontier Airlines made two major changes in its Pacific Northwest route structure. The first involved rerouting the Boise-Eugene segment of its Denver-Boise-Eugene flight to serve Pasco, Washington and the second added Portland, Oregon, as a new intermediate stop between Denver and Eugene. Pasco was the third stop in Washington to be serviced by Frontier, while Portland was the second city in Oregon.All legs of the Denver-Portland-Eugene inaugural used Boeing 737-200 equipment.This cover was carried on the inaugural Frontier Airlines flight from the Portland, Oregon Airport Mail Facility to Eugene, Oregon (where it was backstamped) and is listed in The American Air Mail Catalogue as FL-D70Sf.Frontier Airlines’ shareholders and the Department of Transportation approved the airlines’ merger with People Express on Tuesday, November 21, 1985, officially ending Frontier Airlines’ 39-year era as one of the west’s major independent air carriers. People Express, based in Newark, N.J., bought the Denver-based Frontier Airlines on October 9, outbidding Texas Air Corporation and a coalition of Frontier unions. With the Department of Transportation’s actions, Frontier Airlines officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of People Express, Inc.On August 24, 1986 Frontier Airlines ceased operations and released all of its employees as the result of financial difficulties. On August 28, 1986, the airline filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.On October 17, 1986, the bankruptcy court approved the purchase by Continental Airlines’ parent corporation, Texas Air, of the assets of Frontier Airlines. The Frontier acquisition was one of several conditions established by Texas Air as requirements for its acquisition of People Express, Inc., Frontier’s parent company. The equipment and routes of Frontier were sold to Continental Airlines which reinstated many of the old Frontier routes using the purchased Frontier equipment and by rehiring many of the old Frontier employees.Continental Airlines continued to operate the Frontier jet fleet with the aircraft being repainted in Continental's livery. On March 3, 2012 Continental Airlines merged into United Airlines.

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Location: Cranford, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-09-12T20:01:19.000Z

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