Frontier Airlines is planning an active expansion to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean – it doubles its rapid growth at the world’s busiest airports.
Budget airlines announced 22 route expansions this week, including brand new services to the Turks and Caicos, and services back to Nassau, Bahamas for the first time in two years.
The attack on nearly twenty-two new flights took place after the airline announced another 20 routes last week, many of which intersected with low-cost competitor Spirit Airlines, and is currently involved in bankruptcy proceedings.
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As part of this latest expansion, Frontier will add seven new return destinations to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), which the airline identified earlier this year as one of its largest growth airports.
Ultra-low-cost aircraft carriers will be in Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico and St. Martin in the Caribbean.
A more interesting addition is the uninterrupted service between New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Luis Muniz Marin International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Typically, LaGuardia’s “peripheral rules” will prevent an additional 1,608 miles of route. However, Frontier only flies this route on Saturday, which are exempt from distance restrictions.
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All flights will be launched between November and December and will serve some tropical islands before the holidays.
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Frontier’s 22 routes announced this week
Here is a complete summary of the 22 new routes Frontier unveiled this week:
| route | release date | frequency |
|---|---|---|
| ATL to Memphis International Airport (MEM) | November 20 | Twice a week |
| ATL to Princess Saint Marton Giuliana International Airport (SXM) | December 6 | weekly |
| ATL to Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) from Nassau | December 13 | weekly |
| ATL to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) | December 19 | Twice a week |
| ATL to Turkish and Caicos Providenciales International Airport (PLS) | December 20 | weekly |
| ATL to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz International Airport (PVR) in Puerto Valata | December 20 | weekly |
| ATL to San Jose del Cabo International Airport (SJD) | December 20 | weekly |
| Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to La Aurora International Airport (GUA) in Guatemala City | December 20 | weekly |
| DFW to El Salvador International Airport (SAL) in San Salvador | December 21 | Twice a week |
| Spokane International Airport (GEG) to Phoenix Skyport International Airport (PHX) | November 23 | Twice a week |
| Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington to Saar | December 18 | Daily |
| Harry Reed International Airport (LAS) to SJD in Las Vegas | December 20 | weekly |
| LGA to SJU | December 20 | weekly |
| Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Saar | December 20 | weekly |
| MCO to GUA | December 21 | Twice a week |
| MCO to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) in San Jose, Costa Rica | December 20 | weekly |
| MCO to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP) | December 20 | weekly |
| Miami International Airport (MIA) to Saar | December 19 | Three times a week |
| mia-sap | December 20 | weekly |
| Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago | November 23 | Twice a week |
| Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Cibao International Airport in Santiago, Dominican Republic De Los Caballeros | December 18 | Twice a week |
| PHX to Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) | November 22 | Twice a week |
Resuming flights
Several of these new flights are the routes that Frontier operated in the past.
Here are 5 of the 22 routes earlier in the decade: ATL-NAS, LAS-SJD, MCO-SAL, MCO-SJO and MIA-SAL. Meanwhile, Frontier last ran three more in the mid-2010s: ATL-MEM, ATL-MKE and MSP-ord.
Bottom line
This expansion comes as airlines explicitly promote the first choice budget carrier for us and the Central American market, especially in precocious financial situations.
“The announcement further supports the airline’s commitment to becoming the top 20 leading low-class carriers in the U.S. Metropolitan Metropolis, Josh Flyr, vice president of networking and operations design, said in a statement.
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