Frontier Airlines on June 8 launched nonstop service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to San Diego International Airport (SAN).
Additionally, on June 21, Frontier will launch nonstop service from CLE to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). With the new service, Frontier serves a total of 17 nonstop destinations from CLE.
Service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE):
Aer Lingus today commences its inaugural service to Cleveland in Ohio, its first new transatlantic route since 2019, on cue with the surge in US demand for travel this summer.
With the start of its new service, Aer Lingus becomes the only airline to fly between Europe and Cleveland, opening a unique gateway to the Midwest for its customers.
Customer demand for the route has already taken off, with more than 90% of seats booked across the peak summer season, with general transatlantic bookings up more than 20% on 2019 levels this summer.
The bounce back in demand for premium leisure travel has fuelled the jump in demand from Aer Lingus’ UK and European customers connecting via Dublin, with bookings to Washington D.C. and Orlando increasing by 40% and 35% respectively, since 2019.
Since 2013, Aer Lingus has grown the number of transatlantic routes it serves from six to 19 in 2023 and the number of transatlantic passengers will have almost tripled in the same timeframe, from 1.1m in 2013 to an expected 3m in 2023.
The new four-times a week service from Dublin is operated with one of the airline’s state-of-the-art Airbus A321neoLRs, which is Aer Lingus’ most sustainable long-haul aircraft. It delivers up to a 20% reduction in fuel burn and CO2 emissions and almost reducing by half its noise footprint when compared to previous generation aircraft.
It accounts for over a third of Aer Lingus’ current fleet and from 2024/2025 it will boast this further with the planned delivery of six Airbus A321XLRs, which will open up further opportunities to expand Aer Lingus’ transatlantic network and deliver more new routes.
The inaugural service of flight EI87 departed the Irish capital at 3:30pm for its eight-hour 20-minute transatlantic crossing in time for its scheduled arrival at 6:50pm (local).
The returning EI86 will depart Cleveland every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 8:20pm, and will arrive back into Dublin at 4:55am the next day.
Top Copyright Photo: Aer Lingus Airbus A321-253NX WL EI-LRD (msn 9187) DUB (Michael Kelly). Image: 957058.
Frontier Airlines (2nd) Airbus A320-251N WL N395FR (msn 11077) (Sage, the Pygmy Rabbit) BOS (Fred Freketic). Image: 960341.
Frontier Airlines may have lost the bidding war for Spirit Airlines, but it continues to expand at a record pace.
The fast-growing airline will launch new seasonal nonstop service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to San Francisco (SFO), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), San Diego (SAN), and Charlotte (CLT) in May and June of 2023.
With the new service, Frontier will serve a total of 17 nonstop destinations from Cleveland, continuing to be the most of any airline operating from CLE.
Service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE):
SERVICE TO:
SERVICE START:
SERVICE FREQUENCY:
INTRO FARE:
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
May 12, 2023
4x/week
$49*
Charlotte (CLT)
May 12, 2023
4x/week**
$29*
San Diego (SAN)
June 8, 2023
3x/week
$89*
San Francisco (SFO)
June 23, 2023
4x/week
$99*
**Service offered less frequently for first week of service. Then, service is offered as reflected in the grid above starting May 20, 2023.
Meanwhile the carrier is also expanding at Tampa:
Frontier will launch new seasonal nonstop service from Tampa International Airport (TPA) to Phoenix (PHX) in May of 2023. Previously announced service to Punta Cana (PUJ) and Santo Domingo (SDQ) in the Dominican Republic will begin in May, as well. With the new service, Frontier will serve a total of 20 nonstop destinations from TPA and offer its largest ever summer schedule from the airport.
Service from Tampa International Airport (TPA):
SERVICE TO:
SERVICE START:
SERVICE FREQUENCY:
INTRO FARE:
Phoenix (PHX)
May 11, 2023
Daily
$59*
Punta Cana (PUJ)
May 21, 2023
2x/week
$129*
Santo Domingo (SDQ)
May 22, 2023
2x/week
$129*
Frontier has also announced it will operate its largest-ever number of departures from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) this summer. Just announced new routes include Frontier’s first-ever flights to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) and the first time the carrier has connected RDU to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) since 2019. Service to MDW and IAH will start in June. With these new routes, Frontier will operate a record 112 weekly departures this summer, serving a total of 20 destinations with nonstop service.
Service from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU):
SERVICE TO:
SERVICE START:
SERVICE FREQUENCY:
INTRO FARE:
Chicago (MDW)
June 16, 2023
4x/week
$39*
Houston (IAH)
June 18, 2023
3x/week
$49*
Frequency and times are subject to change.
Top Copyright Photo: Frontier Airlines (2nd) Airbus A320-251N WL N395FR (msn 11077) (Sage, the Pygmy Rabbit) BOS (Fred Freketic). Image: 960341.
