Republic finally decides which brand would survive... and it...

... Frontier Airlines!

Indeed - the airline with the animals on the tail (Frontier Airlines) will be the name of the combined Republic and Midwest Airlines, merging the Airbus fleets of Frontier and ERJ-190 fleets of Midwest together.

So what does this mean (lets get down to the nitty gritty)

• All booking valid. 
• Systems have to merge eventually. 
• More routes pairs to be introduced.
• Frequent flyers miles - Both Programmes are combining into one. Stay tuned.
• Fleet and Work integration - lots of work ahead, expect fun with the unions. 12 to 18 months of fun.
• Paintwork-  Well since it's Frontier, there are going to be a lot more animals on planes - inducing the first ERJ painted with a Badger (the state animal of Wisconsin) - as yet unnamed. The people of Wisconsin will decide the animal's name...
• Midwest Cookies - Believe it or not, they'll be going fleetwide/servicewide.

More information at http://www.frontiermidwest.com/weare1/home/, but it's good to see Republic make a real go at it's "proper" airline, and hopefully make it work for the staff and the passengers