Frontier Airlines announces new routes in 15 cities
The network shakeup at Frontier Airlines continues. Frontier Airlines had never served this airport before this summer. Prior to this summer, the carrier had never served this airport.
Frontier is also returning to Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) for the first time since last year and to Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside Washington, D.C., for the first time since 2021.
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Dulles International Airport (IAD). SEAN CUDAHY/THE POINTS GUY
In all, the carrier’s latest network adjustment affects 15 cities across the country.
It’s the latest in a monthslong overhaul during which Frontier has embarked on an effort to boost profitability.
After adding well over 100 new routes so far earlier this year and eliminating dozens more, the carrier is shifting its fall schedule to primarily focus on the busiest days of the week for leisure travel — including deep cuts to its Tuesday and Wednesday flying.
Even with reductions in overall midweek flying, many of the new routes announced this week do include either daily service or several weekly round trips, including on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The carrier did not make any cuts in conjunction with Tuesday’s announcement, a Frontier spokesperson told TPG.
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Frontier’s 11 new routes
Here’s the full rundown of Frontier’s 11 new routes:
Route
Launches
| Frequency | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) | Oct. Join over 700,000 readers for breaking news, in-depth guides and exclusive deals from TPG’s experts |
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| Frontier’s 11 new routes | Here is a full rundown of Frontier’s 11 new routes: | Route |
| Launches | Frequency | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Austin Bergstrom International Airport ( 4 |
| Daily flights (last flight in 2020) | ATL – IAD | Nov. 14 |
| Daily | BUR to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) | Nov. Four weekly round trips to San Francisco International Airport SFO (last flight in 2022). 21 |
| Daily | BUR to Denver International Airport (DEN) | Nov. 22 |
| Daily (last flew in 2022) | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) | Oct. Weekly (last flew 2021) |
| IAD – Orlando International Airport MCO | Nov. Four weekly round trips ( | JFK – MCO) |
| Oct. 27 | Daily | JFK to Tampa International Airport (TPA) |
| Oct. 27 | Daily | Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) |
| Oct. What you need to know about the new routes | Frontier has operated these routes in the past. In several cases, Frontier last operated the nonstop service in 2022 or earlier. | SEAN CUDAHY/THE POINTS GUY |
| With the exception of Cincinnati-to-Sarasota, each of these new routes touches a major hub of the “Big Three” U.S. network carriers. This aligns with a strategy Frontier deployed this year that focuses less on stalwart leisure travel destinations and more on travelers flying between big cities to visit friends and relatives. | With respect to the Washington, D.C., region, Frontier has been absent from Dulles in recent years; the carrier already serves Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). | Meanwhile, this latest route announcement continues the carrier’s fast growth in 2024 at ATL — the world’s busiest airport — and in CVG, where it recently established a crew base. |
