{"id":54507,"date":"2025-11-20T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54507\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:32:07","slug":"frontier-starts-nonstop-flights-to-six-large-u-s-cities-from-fort-lauderdale-sun-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54507\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontier starts nonstop flights to six large U.S. cities from Fort Lauderdale \u2013 Sun Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frontier Airlines launched new nonstop service Thursday from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to four major U.S. cities, and intends to launch flights to two more destinations later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver-based budget carrier is offering introductory fares of $29 to all six cities. They include:<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore\/Washington International Airport (starting Thursday).<br \/>\nChicago O\u2019Hare International Airport. (Thursday)<br \/>\nDallas-Fort Worth International Airport (Thursday)<br \/>\nDetroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport. (Thursday)<br \/>\nCharlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina (Friday).<br \/>\nGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>All of the cities except for Houston will be served three times a week from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2021\/11\/30\/frontier-airlines-returning-to-fort-lauderdale-with-new-flights-to-the-northeast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Lauderdale.<\/a> The Texas destination will get a single flight each week.<\/p>\n<p>Frontier said the additions push the number of its nonstop offerings to 12 cities from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith our launch of new service to Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, and Charlotte, N.C., we are thrilled to offer South Florida consumers affordable travel to even more exciting destinations just in time for the busy holiday travel season,\u201d Josh Flyr, Frontier\u2019s vice president of network and operations design, said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>From the airline, here are the terms of its $29 promotional fare:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTickets must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Dec. 3. Sale fares are valid for non-stop travel on select days of the week, Dec. 3, 2025, through Feb. 28, 2026. The following travel blackout dates apply: Dec. 18-31, 2025; Jan. 1-6, 2026; Jan. 16-17, 19, 2026; Feb. 13, 15-16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 21-day advance purchase is required. Not all markets are available for all dates of travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an August announcement unveiling the six-city flight additions, passengers were offered a range of one-way introductory fares of between $29 and $49, depending on the city. But now, $29 fares are up for grabs across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Competitive shuffle<\/p>\n<p>Frontier\u2019s moves come at a time when its South Florida-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2025\/10\/23\/spirit-says-it-is-actively-exploring-a-sale-or-merger-as-it-streamlines-operations-in-bankruptcy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discount rival Spirit Airlines<\/a> is downsizing while operating under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Some of the additions are in cities where Spirit is cutting back, such as at Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare International, where Spirit is relinquishing half its gates.<\/p>\n<p>A Frontier spokeswoman said she could not say whether Frontier will be taking additional terminal space at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit, which is headquartered in Dania Beach, has cut its systemwide capacity by 25% effective this month. It has dropped 14 airports, is terminating leases on 80 aircraft and furloughed hundreds of pilots and flight attendants, according court filings.<\/p>\n<p>Frontier has sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2025\/01\/29\/frontier-floats-new-takeover-bid-for-spirit-airlines-but-is-rejected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquire Spirit<\/a> multiple times, but without success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frontier Airlines launched new nonstop service Thursday from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to four major U.S. cities, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,558,28,29,249,251,250,686,114,266,115,109,1798],"class_list":["post-54507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-business","tag-florida","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-hollywood","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-social","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}