Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Barry L. Biffle, Former Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.5M in 2025, up 348% from $1.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 120:1, on median employee pay of $54,000.

Filed
April 2, 2026
Annual meeting
May 14, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$6.5M+348% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
120:1median $54,000
CEO pay in equity
70%$4.5M in awards
CEO Salary
$744,770Barry L. Biffle base salary
Interim CEO Salary
$655,074James G. Dempsey base salary
Median Employee Pay
$54,000Annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
120:1Ratio to median employee

How Biffle was paid

$6.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Stock awards70%Non-equity incentive19%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Barry L. BiffleFormer Chief Executive Officer$6,465,509
James G. DempseyChief Executive Officer and President$4,237,766
Howard M. DiamondExecutive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs$2,354,285
Mark C. MitchellSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$2,000,940
Alexandre ClercSenior Vice President, Customers$1,831,410
Robert A. SchroeterSenior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$1,864,062

What changed and why

  • Barry L. Biffle stepped down as Chief Executive Officer effective December 15, 2025.
  • James G. Dempsey was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer and later CEO.
  • $6.5MBarry L. Biffle received total compensation of $6,465,509 for fiscal year 2025.
  • $4.2MJames G. Dempsey received total compensation of $4,237,766 for fiscal year 2025.
  • Management bonus plan payouts were earned based on performance metrics achieved during 2025.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.