Frontier Airlines raised average fares 71% in the third quarter of 2026.
A year earlier, the same average fare was just $39.74 per passenger.
With bags and extras counted, revenue per passenger rose 30% to $138.22.
Total quarterly revenue reached an all time high of $1.36 billion.
Passenger numbers rose 18% to more than 9.8 million in the quarter.
Frontier paid $3.96 per gallon of fuel in the third quarter.
The fuel bill jumped 82% from the same quarter last year.
A year earlier, Frontier lost $77 million in the same quarter.
On an adjusted basis, Frontier earned $40 million, or 18 cents per share.
Frontier expects fuel near $4.75 per gallon in the fourth quarter.
The range runs from a 15 cent loss to a 5 cent profit per share.
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