Chautauqua Airlines to drop six Frontier destinations from the Milwaukee hub

September 10, 2011 — Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines (2nd)

Frontier Airlines (2nd)-Chautauqua Airlines Embraer ERJ 145LR (EMB-145LR) N270SK (msn 145304) PHL (Tony Storck) “Ginger”, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Chautauqua Airlines (Indianapolis) has announced to its employees it will suspend nonstop Frontier Airlines branded service from the shrinking Milwaukee hub to six destinations effective on November 1. The company will reduce its daily departures at MKE from 67 to 45 and ground its six ERJ 145s operated in Frontier colors. Five of the six removed aircraft will be re-deployed in temporary charter service from November through March 2012. The new schedule also includes service reductions in Kansas City from 26 daily departures to 20 and suspension of the Kansas City-Minneapolis/St. Paul service.

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Chautauqua and its parent Republic Airways Holdings have not yet publicly commented on these reductions.

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