The Transaction (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

The Transaction [Abstract]

Allocation of the purchase price of the Acquired Business

The final allocation of the purchase price presented below represents the effect of recording the final fair value of assets acquired, liabilities assumed and related deferred income taxes as of the date of the Transaction, based on the total transaction consideration of $5.4 billion.

($ in thousands)
Total transaction consideration:				$	5,411,705
Current assets	$	454,513
Property, plant & equipment		4,407,676
Goodwill		3,695,397
Other intangibles – primarily customer list		2,532,200
Other noncurrent assets		75,092
Current liabilities		(483,118	)
Deferred income taxes		(1,476,813	)
Long-term debt		(3,456,782	)
Other liabilities		(336,460	)
Total net assets acquired	$	5,411,705

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement Of Operations Information

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
($ in millions, except per share amounts)
Revenue	$	5,652
Operating income	$	1,192
Net income attributable to common      shareholders of Frontier	$	324
Basic and diluted net income per common     share attributable to common     shareholders of  Frontier	$	0.33