Frontier Airlines announced 22 new routes opening in December
Even as Frontier Airlines executives say they are seeing the low-cost carrier’s finances improve, the airline is making another sweeping network adjustment as Winter months are approaching.
The Denver-based low-cost airline announced nearly two dozen routes on Tuesday, each launching in mid-December.
As part of the changes, Frontier will launch several new flights between New England and Florida. It will also double thanks to rapid growth in cities like Chicago, Houston, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
And the airline will begin all-new service to one of Colorado’s most popular ski destinations: Just before the holidays, the airline will launch three new routes from major U.S. cities to Regional Airports Eagle County (EGE) near Vail.
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In total, Frontier will launch 22 new routes between December 17 and December 20. Of those routes, the airline has previously flown about half within the past decade. The rest are completely new to the airline.
The biggest winner? It’s a tie between Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), each of which has four new spots on Frontier’s route map.
The new service adds to Frontier’s already rapid growth at both airports. This year, the total number of airline seats departing from O’Hare will increase 125% compared to 2023, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Meanwhile, Frontier will operate more than 4,300 flights from LAX this year after not serving the airport in 2023.
Another winner in Frontier’s latest update: California’s Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), which returns to the carrier’s route map for the first time since 2021 with flights to both Denver and San Francisco.
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Added 22 Frontier routes
Here’s the full list of Frontier’s 22 new (or resumed) routes:
| Route | Launched | Regularity | Last serving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Miami International Airport (MIA) | December 17 | Four weekly round trips | 2023 |
| BOS to Tampa International Airport (TPA) | December 17 | Daily | 2020-21 |
| Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV) to Orlando International Airport (MCO) | December 20 | Four weekly round trips | 2022 |
| Editor-TPA | December 20 | Three weekly round trips | New |
| Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) | December 21 | weekly | 2020 |
| Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to PBI | December 21 | weekly | New |
| Denver International Airport (DEN) to PSP | December 12 | Three weekly round trips | 2021, and more often than before the pandemic |
| DEN-EGE | December 19 | Twice per week | New |
| Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to EGE | December 16 | Twice per week | New |
| San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to EGE | December 21 | weekly | New |
| Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to LAX | December 17 | Daily | New |
| IAH-MIA | December 17 | Three weekly round trips | New |
| LAX to Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon | December 17 | Daily | New |
| LAX to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) | December 17 | Daily | New |
| LAX to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) | December 17 | Daily | New |
| ORD to Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) | December 17 | Four weekly round trips | Last regularly scheduled service was in 2021 |
| ORD-TPA | December 17 | Daily | Last regularly scheduled service was in 2021 |
| ORD-PBI | December 18 | Three weekly round trips | 2017 |
| ORD to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) | December 18 | Three weekly round trips | 2020-21 |
| PSP-SFO | December 12 | Three weekly round trips | New |
| Portland International Airport (PWM) from Maine to TPA | December 18 | Three weekly round trips | 2022 |
| Washington’s Dulles International Airport (IAD) to TPA | December 17 | Daily | 2015 |
Just the latest network change for Frontier
Frontier launches in 2024 by announced 54 new routes in Januaryand haven’t given up since. The carrier has announced one major network adjustment after another as part of its efforts to increase profits; Airlines have been aiming to stay away Competition increases on domestic routes.
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After consecutive quarters of lackluster financial results, CEO Barry Biffle recently noted that the carrier is starting to see some more promising results — coinciding with many U.S. carriers cutting reduce their schedules to better meet customer needs.
“Over the last six weeks, we’re seeing a pretty good improvement relative to what we expected,” Biffle told Wall Street analysts at the Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference Sept. 11.
For 2024, Frontier announced 114 new routes through early August — and what’s changing has continued since then.
The airline did not specify what, if any, route cuts might coincide with this latest round of changes by Frontier. Since the beginning of the year, the carrier has regularly cut many routes as part of its larger network reform plan.
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