Frontier Airlines announced seven new routes on Thursday, with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Dallas-Fort Worth emerging as big winners in the news.
Pittsburgh has introduced four new routes, three of which fly to major hubs operated by rival airlines.
These include Philadelphia, where Frontier will add an intra-Pennsylvania route that will go against American Airlines; American operates an upstate fortress center in The City of Brotherly Love.
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Frontier will also fly from Pittsburgh to another U.S. fortress hub – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) – and to Atlanta, Delta Air Lines’ main hub. Southwest also flies from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and Dallas, although the 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 both US and budget startup Breeze.
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Frontier previously served two of its just-announced Pittsburgh routes, according to schedule data from Cirium. The airline last flew between Atlanta and Pittsburgh in 2016; it briefly flew between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in May and June 2020, during the depths of the pandemic.
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Meanwhile, DFW landed two new routes in Frontier’s expansion, with flights to Jacksonville, Florida, connecting with the route to Pittsburgh.
Cleveland only topped one new route in Frontier’s announcement, but the service to Montego Bay, Jamaica, is notable because it will give the Ohio airport a new international destination. Frontier will be the only airline flying the route.
Introductory fares on the new routes start from $19 one-way, although Frontier will charge extra for almost everything except a spot on the plane.
All new Frontier nonstop routes
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Pittsburgh: Begins May 17, four flights per week
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
- Montego Bay, Jamaica: Begins March 9, three flights per week
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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
- Jacksonville, Florida: Begins March 8, three flights per week
- Pittsburgh: Begins May 16, three flights per week
Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL)
- Tampa: Begins March 7, four flights per week
Jacksonville International Airport in Florida (JAX)
- Dallas-Fort Worth: Begins March 8, three flights per week
Montego Bay Sangster International Airport in Jamaica (MBJ)
- Cleveland: Begins March 9, three flights per week
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
- Atlanta: Begins May 17, four flights per week
- Dallas-Fort Worth: Begins May 16, three flights per week
- Philadelphia: Begins May 16, two flights per week
- Raleigh-Durham: Begins May 17, four flights per week
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
- Pittsburgh: Begins May 17, four flights per week
Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Cleveland: Begins March 7, four flights per week
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