Frontier

About Frontier

Frontier Airlines is the second largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, with an average of 250 daily system-wide departures and arrivals. Frontier employs over 5,000 aviation professionals throughout North America with a fleet of 55 aircraft. They proudly offer all of their seats at various discount fares and unlike most other airlines; Frontier does not require its passengers to stay over a Saturday night to take advantage of their low fares.

Frontier Challenges

Maximizing profitability for any airline is highly dependant on proper forecasting of seat allocation, and competitive pricing. Decisions are driven by an array of information that must be captured and stored in a large-scale database. Making sense of this data in a reliable and timely manner is critical to the success of the business.

Greenplum Solution

Greenplum Database was an ideal fit. Petabyte-scale loading allowed for Frontier to quickly incorporate multiple feeds into the warehouse in record time. The parallel architecture and high availability yielded faster query response times than ever before.