Byron Dorgan: “about 2 years ago, Frontier Airlines began jet airplane service in North Dakota. It was actually a carrier that had…”

“about 2 years ago, Frontier Airlines began jet airplane service in North Dakota. It was actually a carrier that had previously quit service, and some years later a new group of people using the same name, Frontier, reorganized and started a new airline. Two years ago, when Frontier started service to parts of North Dakota, we were fairly excited about that, because in a small, sparsely-populated State like North Dakota, we need more competition in airline services. North Dakota is served by one major carrier. The fact is that when you have one-carrier service--although I admire that carrier--you generally pay higher prices, and you have the kind of service they decide they want to give to you. So we were fairly excited that we would get that jet airline service to North Dakota. This morning, Frontier Airlines announced that it will withdraw its service to North Dakota.”