Frontier Airlines adding more low-cost flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth International
Frontier Airlines is expanding its list of destinations out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
The low-cost carrier announced this week the addition of a DFW crew base with more routes.
The addition of up to 340 pilots and flight attendants joining the new crew base is expected to come in May, meaning room for more daily flights. New service includes daily trips to New York City and Orange County, California.
“Frontier is a rapidly growing airline,” said spokesperson Jennifer de la Cruz. “We have 230 aircraft on order and will nearly triple in size by the end of the decade. Dallas Fort Worth is a rapidly growing metroplex and our operations there have been significantly increasing the past few years. As we look to further increase our presence, there came a point where establishing a crew base to better support our expanding operations made sense. It also helps in attracting pilots and flight attendants who reside in the region.”
Frontier will also introduce flights to Baltimore, North Carolina and Jamaica in May. The new crew base is expected to generate more than $78 million in annual wages.
The Denver-based airline operates out of Terminal E at DFW. The carrier will now have 19 destinations out of Dallas-Fort Worth, an increase compared with 2018 prior to COVID-19 travel setbacks. In October 2022, Frontier saw about 15 flights per day, a jump in about 13 flights since the same month four years ago.
Frontier Airlines may be adding new flights in an effort to compete against locally based carriers American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. DFW has the most destinations among airports across the country.
“We are an ultra low cost carrier with a very different business model from the larger legacy airlines,” de la Cruz said. “We cater almost entirely to price conscious leisure travelers and less than 10 percent of our business is made up of business travelers.”
It is unclear if any economic incentives were involved with Frontier’s expansion.
This story was originally published November 4, 2022 at 5:04 PM.
