Frontier Airlines’ latest network adjustment statement includes key intricacies, since some of the terminated flights may return in future scheduling periods.
DENVER- Frontier Airlines (F9), an ultra-low-cost carrier, started approximately 110 flights in H1 2024, according to Ishrion Aviation. However, nearly half of these routes were reduced or axed. However, some may return in future versions.
Frontier Airlines is dramatically revamping its route network, with about 70 routes that debuted in early 2024 not returning for the 2025 timetable. This represents a 60% reduction from the nearly 110 additional routes introduced by the ULCC in the first half of 2024.
Frontier Airlines to Cut Routes
According to independent aviation expert Ishrion, Frontier has changed the following routes:
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) faces the most substantial cuts, losing service to twelve destinations including
- The Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
- The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH).
- The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
- The Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- The Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
- Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
- The Pensacola International Airport (PNS)
- Saint Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)
- McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
- The Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF),
- Norwich International Airport (ORF).
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will see nine route discontinuations, affecting service to
- Pittsburgh (PIT) is
- The Nashville International Airport (BNA)
- Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)
- Oma’s Eppley Airfield (OMA
- Portland International Airport (PDX)
- Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR).
- The Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)
- Sacramento International Airport (SMF) and St. Louis (STL).
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) loses connections to
- The Sangster International Airport (MBJ)
- The Charleston International Airport (CHS)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
- The Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY).
- Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- Pensacola (PNS, and
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul (MSP).
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) will no longer serve LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP), Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Pensacola (PNS), or Portland International Jetport (PWM).
Other noteworthy losses include Ontario International Airport (ONT) losing operations to Salt Lake City (SLC), El Paso International Airport (ELP), and Sacramento (SMF). Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) will no longer provide service to Norfolk (ORF), Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), and Southwest Florida (RSW).
The network changes also affect Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), which loses connections to St. Louis (STL), Missoula Montana Airport (MSO), and Los Cabos International Airport (SJD). Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) will lose connections to Portland, Maine (PWM) and Salt Lake City.
Several other airports risk isolated route cuts, including Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) losing service to Pittsburgh (PIT) and Milwaukee (MKE), Charlotte (CLT) dropping Buffalo (BUF) and Houston (IAH), and New Orleans (MSY) terminating operations to Columbus (CMH) and Indianapolis (IND).
Some New Routes
As Frontier reallocates capacity, it also announces the resumption of previously halted services.
Notable return routes include Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which were both canceled in 2023.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) service is also scheduled to resume.
The airline is also bolstering current routes, adding a second daily flight from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) to increase capacity.
The social media response to these adjustments has been varied, with one X (previously Twitter) user predicting: “Give it 4 months and they’ll be back.”