Frontier Airways provides 7 nonstop routes

Frontier Airways introduced seven new routes on Thursday, with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Dallas-Fort Value rising as huge winners within the information.

Pittsburgh landed 4 new routes, three of which fly to main hubs of rival legacy carriers.

Amongst these is Philadelphia, the place Frontier will add an intra-Pennsylvania route that may go up in opposition to American Airways; American operates a fortress hub throughout the state in The Metropolis of Brotherly Love.

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Frontier additionally will fly from Pittsburgh to a different of American’s fortress hubs — Dallas Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW) — and to Atlanta, the highest Delta Air Traces hub. Southwest additionally flies from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and Dallas, although its flights are to Dallas Love Area (DAL).

With Frontier’s fourth route from Pittsburgh — to Raleigh-Durham Worldwide Airport (RDU) — the ultra-low-cost provider will go up in opposition to each American and funds startup Breeze.

Frontier has served two of its just-announced Pittsburgh routes beforehand, in line with schedule knowledge from Cirium. The airline final flew between Atlanta and Pittsburgh in 2016; it briefly flew between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in Could and June of 2020, throughout the depths of the pandemic.

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In the meantime, DFW landed two new routes in Frontier’s growth, with flights to Jacksonville, Florida, becoming a member of the path to Pittsburgh.

Cleveland landed only one new route in Frontier’s announcement, however the service to Montego Bay, Jamaica, is noteworthy in that it’ll give the Ohio airport a brand new worldwide vacation spot. Frontier would be the solely provider flying the route.

Introductory fares on the brand new routes start as little as $19 one-way, although Frontier fees further for practically every thing past a spot on the airplane.

All of Frontier’s new nonstop routes

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL)

• Pittsburgh: Begins Could 17, 4 flights per week

Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport (CLE)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica: Begins March 9, three flights per week

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