Frontier
Airlines Boeing 727-191
N7270F
(c/n 19391)
Frontier's first jets were five series 100s
delivered commencing in September of 1966. Clearly
these
aircraft were too large for the route structures involved, (Denver to
Dallas; Denver to Las
Vegas) but Boeing at the time were experiencing design problems with
the 737 and the whol;e
program
had been delayed. Hence, without going to overseas manufacturers,
the 727 was all that
was
available for the short haul. As soon as the smaller jets
were released, however, Frontier sold
off its
727-100s to Braniff. The airline did also opetrate four of
the stretched series 200 727s
in the
late 1960s.