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Frontier Airways pronounces 22 new routes launching in December

At the same time as Frontier Airways executives say they’re seeing the finances service’s funds enhance, the airline is making one other sweeping community adjustment because the winter months method.

The Denver-based low-cost airline introduced practically two dozen routes Tuesday, every of which is able to launch in mid-December.

As a part of the adjustments, Frontier will launch a handful of recent flights between New England and Florida. It’s going to additionally double down on its quick development in cities like Chicago, Houston, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

And it will start all-new service to one in every of Colorado’s hottest snowboarding locations: Simply forward of the vacation season, the service will launch three new routes from main U.S. cities to Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) close to Vail.

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In all, Frontier is launching 22 new routes between Dec. 17 and Dec. 20. Amongst these routes, the service has beforehand flown about half inside the previous decade. The remainder are totally new to the airline.

The most important winner? It is a tie between Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD) and Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), which every get 4 new pins on Frontier’s route map.

The brand new service provides to already-fast development for Frontier at each airports. This yr, the airline’s complete variety of seats departing O’Hare will rise 125% over 2023, based on knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium. In the meantime, Frontier will function greater than 4,300 flights from LAX this yr after not serving the airport in 2023.

One other winner in Frontier’s newest replace: California’s Palm Springs Worldwide Airport (PSP), which returns to the service’s route map for the primary time since 2021 with flights to each Denver and San Francisco.

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Frontier’s 22 routes added

This is the complete rundown of Frontier’s 22 new (or resumed) routes:

Route Launches Frequency Final served
Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) Dec. 17 4 weekly spherical journeys 2023
BOS to Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA) Dec. 17 Day by day 2020-21
Patrick Leahy Burlington Worldwide Airport (BTV) to Orlando Worldwide Airport (MCO) Dec. 20 4 weekly spherical journeys 2022
BTV-TPA Dec. 20 Three weekly spherical journeys New
Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport (CLE) to Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport (PBI) Dec. 21 Weekly 2020
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Worldwide Airport (CVG) to PBI Dec. 21 Weekly New
Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) to PSP Dec. 12 Three weekly spherical journeys 2021, and extra repeatedly earlier than the pandemic
DEN-EGE Dec. 19 Twice weekly New
Dallas Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW) to EGE Dec. 16 Twice weekly New
San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO) to EGE Dec. 21 Weekly New
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to LAX Dec. 17 Day by day New
IAH-MIA Dec. 17 Three weekly spherical journeys New
LAX to Portland Worldwide Airport (PDX) in Oregon Dec. 17 Day by day New
LAX to Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) Dec. 17 Day by day New
LAX to Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) Dec. 17 Day by day New
ORD to Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport (RSW) Dec. 17 4 weekly spherical journeys Final repeatedly scheduled service in 2021
ORD-TPA Dec. 17 Day by day Final repeatedly scheduled service in 2021
ORD-PBI Dec. 18 Three weekly spherical journeys 2017
ORD to Sarasota Bradenton Worldwide Airport (SRQ) Dec. 18 Three weekly spherical journeys 2020-21
PSP-SFO Dec. 12 Three weekly spherical journeys New
Portland Worldwide Jetport (PWM) in Maine to TPA Dec. 18 Three weekly spherical journeys 2022
Washington’s Dulles Worldwide Airport (IAD) to TPA Dec. 17 Day by day 2015

Simply the most recent community shakeup for Frontier

Frontier kicked off 2024 by asserting 54 new routes in January, and has not let up since. The service has introduced one main community adjustment after one other as a part of an effort to spice up profitability; the airline has been aiming to keep away from surging competitors on home routes.

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After consecutive quarters of lackluster monetary efficiency, CEO Barry Biffle lately famous the service is beginning to see some extra promising outcomes — which coincides with quite a few U.S. carriers trimming their schedules to higher meet demand from clients.

“We’re seeing, during the last six weeks, a fairly good enchancment versus the place we anticipated,” Biffle instructed Wall Avenue analysts on the Sept. 11 Morgan Stanley Laguna Convention.

To this point in 2024, Frontier had introduced 114 new routes as of early August — and the shakeup has continued since then.

The airline didn’t specify what, if any, route cuts would possibly coincide with this newest tranche of adjustments by Frontier. The service has routinely slashed scores of routes thus far this yr as a part of its bigger community shakeup.

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