While Spirit Airlines is teetering on the edge of insolvency, its fellow budget carrier Frontier is looking to fill the gap in the market with a series of new routes. After adding over 20 domestic flight routes late last month, the airline is now doubling down on popular vacation hubs with 22 new or returning routes announced in a press release.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is getting the most love, with seven new routes. Other beneficiary cities include Orlando, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Miami. Meanwhile, most of the flights are headed to vacation hotspots across the Caribbean and Latin America. These destinations include St. Maarten; Nassau, Bahamas; Providencials, Turkss and Caicos; San Salvador, El Salvador; Santiago, Dominican Republic; and Guatemala City, Guatemala.
It’s all part of the company’s plan to usurp Spirit and other low-cost rivals in major markets. “The announcement further supports the airline’s commitment to become the leading low-fare carrier in the top 20 U.S. metros,” said Josh Flyr, Frontier’s vice president of network and operations design, in a press statement.
Spirit Airlines Struggles
- Spirit Airlines revealed in a message to investors in August that there was “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating.
- Spirit CEO Dave Davis spoke out attempting to quell rumors, but the airline’s flight attendants were given a serious warning about their job security.
Full Schedule of New Routes
- ATL to Memphis International Airport (MEM) – Launches Nov. 20
- ATL to St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) – Launches Dec. 6
- ATL to Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) in the Bahamas – Launches Dec. 13
- ATL to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) – Launches Dec. 19
- ATL to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) in Turks and Caicos – Launches Dec. 20
- ATL to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) in Turks and Caicos – Launches Dec. 20
- ATL to San Jose del Cabo International Airport (SJD) – Launches Dec. 20
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Guatemala City’s La Aurora International Airport (GUA) – Launches Dec. 20
- DFW to San Salvador’s El Salvador International Airport (SAL) – Launches Dec. 21
- Spokane International Airport (GEG) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) – Launches Nov. 23
- Washington’s Dulles International Airport (IAD) to SAL – Launches Dec. 18
- Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to SJD – Launches Dec. 20
- LGA to SJU – Launches Dec. 20
- Orlando International Airport (MCO) to SAL – Launches Dec. 20
- MCO to GUA – Lauches Dec. 21
- MCO to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) in San Jose, Costa Rica – Launches Dec. 20
- MCO to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras – Launches Dec. 20
- Miami International Airport (MIA) to SAL – Launches Dec. 19
- MIA-SAP – Launches Dec. 20
- Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) – Launches Nov. 23
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Cibao International Airport in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic – Launches Dec. 18
- PHX to Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) – Launches Nov. 22
