Frontier Airlines adds another destination from Charlotte. That’s 8 new sites this year
Frontier Airlines is expanding again out of Charlotte’s airport and adding a new nonstop connection to the Cincinnati region, the company announced on Tuesday.
Flights for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport will occur four times a week. The low-fare carrier is starting the service on May 16, according to the Denver-based airline.Introductory fares are as low as $19, according to a Frontier news release.
The airline is planning to serve 20 destinations from the Cincinnati area and increase average peak summer daily departures by 57% from last year. Frontier announced service from the airport to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul and New York LaGuardia in January.
It’s the latest route expansion out of CLT for Frontier.
Last month, Frontier announced service to seven new destinations, including six U.S. cities and one in the Caribbean. The daily and weekly service for those flights will start in the spring and summer. The destinations are: New York/LaGuardia; Houston-Bush; Dallas-Forth Worth; Chicago O’Hare; Baltimore-Washington; Buffalo, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Charlotte Douglas broke records for passenger travel last year, with 53.4 million passengers catching flights from the airport. Charlotte’s airport also ranked as the seventh-busiest airport worldwide for arrivals and departures, according to the Airport Council International’s preliminary rankings for 2022.
Frontier is another option for passengers for the airport dominated by American Airlines, which accounts for about 90% of all flights out of Charlotte Douglas.
Other airline expansion plans around Charlotte
In early January, American announced expansion routes to mountain destinations in the west: Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Bozeman, Montana; Calgary, Canada; and Spokane, Washington. The routes will start in June and will continue through early September.
The nearby Concord-Padgett Regional Airport is also offering something new for passengers looking for a ticket to the Northeast. Avelo Airlines recently announced nonstop flights to New Haven, Connecticut, from the airport in Cabarrus County. Flights will start May 2.
