Frontier Airlines announced seven new routes Thursday, with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Dallas-Fort Worth emerging as big winners in the news.
Pittsburgh is launching four new routes, three of which serve major hubs of competing legacy airlines.
That includes Philadelphia, where Frontier plans to add routes within Pennsylvania to compete with American Airlines. American Airlines operates a statewide stronghold hub in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Frontier will also fly from Pittsburgh to American Airlines’ other stronghold hub, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), and Delta Air Lines’ top hub, Atlanta. Southwest Airlines also flies from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and Dallas, but its flights are to Dallas Love Field (DAL).
Frontier’s fourth route from Pittsburgh to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) will pit the ultra-low-cost airline against American low-cost carrier Breeze.
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Frontier has so far served two of the recently announced Pittsburgh routes, according to Cirium’s schedule data. The airline last operated between Atlanta and Pittsburgh in 2016. It flew briefly between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in May and June 2020 during the height of the pandemic.
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Meanwhile, DFW opened two new routes with Frontier expansion, adding service to Jacksonville, Fla., to the Pittsburgh route.
Frontier’s announcement marks only one new route for Cleveland, but the addition to Jamaica’s Montego Bay is notable because it gives the Ohio airport a new international destination. Frontier is the only airline operating this route.
Initial fares on the new route start at $19 one-way, but Frontier will charge extra for almost everything other than a spot on the plane.
Frontier’s all new non-stop routes
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Pittsburgh: 4 flights per week starting May 17th
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
- Montego Bay, Jamaica: 3 flights per week starting March 9th
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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
- Jacksonville, Florida: 3 flights per week starting March 8th
- Pittsburgh: 3 flights per week starting May 16th
Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL)
- Tampa: 4 flights per week starting March 7th
Jacksonville International Airport, Florida (JAX)
- Dallas-Fort Worth: 3 flights per week starting March 8th
Montego Bay Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Jamaica
- Cleveland: 3 flights per week starting March 9th
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
- Atlanta: 4 flights per week starting May 17th
- Dallas-Fort Worth: 3 flights per week starting May 16th
- Philadelphia: 2 flights per week starting May 16th
- Raleigh-Durham: 4 flights per week starting May 17th
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
- Pittsburgh: 4 flights per week starting May 17th
Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Cleveland: 4 flights per week starting March 7th
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