Frontier Airlines
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Discount carrier Frontier Airlines It is enhancing service in New York, and is planning new non-stop routes to the main lines American Airlines Hubs with prices starting at less than $20.
The airline plans to launch service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Miami International Airport on March 30.
A round-trip flight departing April 1 and returning a week later was showing up as $38 on Frontier's website for a basic ticket, which does not include seat assignment or a carry-on and is non-refundable. The cost of the same flight on those dates on American Airlines, which included a carry-on bag, a non-alcoholic drink and a snack, was $142.
Frontier has a base in Miami, but the airport is dominated by Americans.
Frontier is also launching flights between New York's Kennedy Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth four times a week, starting April 22.
On May 1, it plans to begin daily nonstop flights between JFK and Los Angeles International Airport.
Frontier has less than 1% market share of capacity at the three major airports serving the New York City area, according to analytics firm Cirium.
It launched JFK service last June, and with additions this spring, it will have eight flights out of the airport.
Frontier has been upbeat about its expansion and said it plans to return to double-digit profit margins around mid-2025. Shares of the ultra-low-cost carrier are up 17% year-to-date, and it raised its fourth-quarter forecast from breakeven to a pre-tax margin of 4%.
