Frontier Airlines will launch new low fare service at Washington Dulles International Airport with nonstop flights to 14 destinations.
The airline is using the same formula it employed in Wilmington (New Castle Airport) and Trenton-Mercer County, with the difference being that Dulles is a higher cost major international airport. The carrier sees a niche for its business strategy that will work to blend low fares and fees for services with a friendlier approach than other “ultra low fare” carriers.
While service to Wilmington is now limited to seven non-stop destinations (six when service to Detroit ends this fall), Frotnier has been filling large jets from Delaware filled 92% of available seats during the first two months of this year.
Spirit flies into Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall, but does not have service from Dulles, which serves an affluent area in northern Virginia.
Beginning Aug. 19, the airline will offer nonstop flights to Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Orlando, Fla. Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Tampa, Fla. Service to Chicago-O’Hare, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Las Vegas, Memphis, Tenn., Fort Myers, Fla., St. Louis, and the St. Augustine/Jacksonville, Fla. area begins Sept. 8.
“The addition of Frontier to the Dulles family represents a significant, positive development for passengers interested in additional low cost, domestic travel options to and from the National Capital region,” said Jack Potter, CEO, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. With the Washington area economy growing and the Metrorail Silver Line on the way, Dulles will continue to fill the expanding air travel needs for the region and these new options from Frontier will play an important role.”
