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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowRepublic Airways Holdings Inc. says it has entered into a nonbinding preliminary agreement with a third party that could buy its Frontier Airlines subsidiary.
The Denver Post reports that during a second-quarter earnings call Friday, Republic Chairman and CEO Bryan Bedford said he would make no assurances about the deal. He didn't disclose the potential buyer but said if a final agreement is reached, the sale would likely close sometime during the third quarter.
Indianapolis-based Republic has been trying to sell Denver-based Frontier since 2011.
Frontier turned a profit of $13.7 million for Republic in the second quarter, the company said Thursday in its lastest earnings report.
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