Frontier chief calls US airline sector ‘rigged’ over gate access
By 
Howard Hardee2025-10-01T19:48:00
Frontier Airlines chief executive Barry Biffle has accused major US carriers of using gate control at busy airports to limit competition and maintain pricing power, calling the sector “pretty rigged”.
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