FRONTIER AIRLINES SEEKS FASTER CLAIM SETTLEMENT
Continental Airlines Inc said
Frontier Airlines, which it bought last year, has sought
approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy court here to pay up to 1.9
mln dlrs in employee medical, dental and other benefit claims
on an expedited basis.
    Continental is itself owned by Texas Air Corp <TEX>.
    Some 1.2 mln dlrs of the claims would be paid directly to
former Frontier employees for medical expenses incurred prior
to, and immediately after, Fronter filed for bankrupcty and
ceased operations in August last year.
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