Frontier Airlines Names John Bendoraitis Chief Operating Officer

By Kate Rice

Frontier Airlines has appointed John Bendoraitis as chief operating officer of the Denver-based carrier. Bendoraitis has been president of Comair Airlines since 2008, where he led the reorganization of the airline’s cost structure.

As president of Compass Airlines from 2006 to 2008, Bendoraitis was responsible for the certification and launch of the airline.

He began his aviation career at Northwest Airlines, where over a 22-year span he worked his way up from aircraft technician to vice president of base maintenance operations.