Republic Airways Holdings chief marketing officer and former Frontier Airlines chief Sean Menke has resigned from that post.
Republic purchased Frontier upon its exit from Chapter 11 in October 2009, and quickly named Menke as vice president and chief marketing officer, with a primary responsibility of overseeing the marketing strategy of Frontier and Midwest Airlines. Republic closed on its purchase of Midwest Airlines in July of last year.
Upon Frontier's emergence from Chapter 11 Republic quickly began cross-fleeting between Frontier and Midwest, placing some of Frontier's Airbus narrowbodies in Milwaukee and operating Embraer E-190s from Denver.
In announcing Menke's departure Republic says it expects to complete the combining of its branded operations by the end of the second quarter, and acquire three new Airbus A319s and seven new E-190s during the first half of 2010.
Menke, meanwhile, will remain in his current position until the end of the first quarter.
"As we continue to work to integrate our operations and create a stronger, more efficient organisation for our customers and employees, it has become clear that our best long-term strategy is to base all of our executive management functions at a single headquarters location," says Republic chief executive Byran Bedford. With the change, Republic is basing all members of its executive team at its Indianapolis headquarters.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
