Case Study: Frontier Airlines boosts onboard revenue by 25% and slashes mobile data costs with Wandera

Soaring to Success Secure Mobility at 40,000ft

Frontier Airlines, an ultra-low-cost carrier, faced major mobility challenges: company-owned Samsung tablets frequently fell out of date when staff were offline, devices lacked 3G/4G forcing post-flight ethernet uploads that delayed revenue and risked declined payments, and enabling cellular raised security, misuse and data‑cost concerns. To fix this Frontier selected Wandera for mobile data security and management alongside MobileIron’s enterprise mobility management (EMM) platform to secure and manage the device fleet.

Using Verizon 4G with Wandera and MobileIron, Frontier whitelisted point-of-sale apps, blocked nonwork apps, enforced policies, and pushed automatic updates and support tools; Wandera’s data controls dramatically cut usage and overages. The rollout drove a 25% overnight increase in onboard revenue, about 235GB in monthly data savings (usage fell from a budgeted ~300GB to ~65GB), a 78% bill cost reduction and immediate ROI, and even helped make catering profitable.

Frontier Airlines

Andrew Brandness

Special Project Manager