Frontier Will Feature The Costa Rican Two-Toed Sloth On The Tail Of A New Aircraft

Frontier Airlines selected the Costa Rican two-toed sloth to be in the tail of one of its new aircraft. Photo: Frontier Airlines

Denver-based carrier Frontier Airlines has just unveiled details of a unique new aircraft that will join its fleet next year. This aircraft will feature the Costa Rican two-toed sloth on its tail. Frontier is known for featuring individual animals, each with a unique name and backstory painted on the tails of its Airbus A320-family fleet.

Every aircraft in Frontier's fleet features an endangered animal from all over the Americas, promoting the animals' backstories and highlighting their existence. Recently. The ultra-low-cost carrier unveiled Bori, a small Puerto Rican tree frog, and Juan, the Puerto Rican parrot. Hoffman's two-toed sloth was chosen to highlight this unique species native to Costa Rica and honor Frontier destination partner Costa Rica. Frontier currently serves two destinations in Costa Rica, Liberia and San Jose, both from Orlando.

The sloth is still missing a name, and Frontier, in partnership with Visit Costa Rica, is inviting customers to vote on social media. The names are Tico, Manny, and Tony. Tico is a name used to refer to natives of Costa Rica. Tony and Manny refer to Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park, where sloths can be viewed in the wild. There is also some pressure on social media to name the sloth Sid, after the sloth of the Ice Age Films.

Even with the announcement that the Costa Rican two-toed sloth will be painted on the tail of an incoming aircraft for Frontier, there is uncertainty surrounding which aircraft type it will be. In the coming years, Frontier is set to receive 230 new aircraft from Airbus, one of Airbus' largest unfilled orders. Frontier will acquire 54 Airbus A320neo, 18 Airbus A321 XLR, and 158 Airbus A321neo. According to Frontier, the aircraft painted with the two-toed sloth will arrive in the company next year.