Frontier Airways is getting set to launch two new intra-Caribbean routes this summer season as a part of a big scaling up of its service from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Between mid-June and early July, the Denver-based ultra-low-cost service will launch new nonstop service from Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport (SJU) to Cibao Worldwide Airport (STI) in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, and to Grantley Adams Worldwide Airport (BGI) in Barbados.
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Here is a take a look at the schedule and frequencies for the brand new routes:
| Route | Launches | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| SJU-STI | June 14 | Three weekly spherical journeys |
| SJU-BGI | July 3 | Three weekly spherical journeys |
Frontier continues San Juan progress
This sequence of route bulletins is simply the most recent case of Frontier bolstering its footprint in San Juan, the place it just lately opened a crew base.
Even prior to those two routes, the service was set to develop its scheduled seats from San Juan by 38% this summer season, in accordance with knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
That is helped contribute to general seat progress from San Juan topping 10% this summer season.
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The market is amongst these Frontier has honed in on in an effort to woo passengers reserving journeys to go to mates and kin.
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The brand new San Juan service to Barbados and Santiago will give Frontier a complete of eight routes inside the Caribbean and Latin America.
Frontier already has — or is planning — service between San Juan and Cancun, St. Thomas and St. Croix within the U.S. Virgin Islands, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo within the Dominican Republic, and Sint Maarten.
One other head-to-head with a ‘Massive Three’ service
Frontier additionally introduced a brand new route inside the contiguous United States that may launch this summer season. Beginning July 3, it is going to launch nonstop service from Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport (CLT) to Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA).
Amid a massive network shake-up within the early months of 2024, Frontier has proven a willingness to fly between the hubs of the most important U.S. carriers, and this route — which is able to see it tackle American Airways — is not any exception.
Nonetheless, the three-times-weekly service between the 2 southeast hubs pales compared to the 492 flights American will function between Charlotte and Miami in July alone, per Cirium.
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