Frontier Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc, an airline holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 16th year of operations, Frontier is the second-largest carrier at Denver International Airport, employing approximately 5,000 aviation professionals. Frontier has one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North America offering 24 channels of DIRECTV service in every seat back along with a comfortable all-coach configuration. They began service on July 5, 1994 with 180 employees and two Boeing 737-200s on routes between Denver, Colo. and Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, N.D. Since then they have grown to be the second-largest carrier out of Denver International Airport, with an average of 350 daily system-wide departures and arrivals. These serve 24 of the top 25 destinations out of Denver. Their team now numbers over 5,000 Frontier employees in cities throughout North America. They currently operate a fleet of 51 aircraft including 38 Airbus A319s, nine Airbus A318s and four Airbus A320s. They sell great low fares all week long, and offer combinable one-way fares so one will always get the very best price. In addition, their EarlyReturns® mileage program provides one with the fastest way to earn free travel.