Frontier Airlines to Launch Service to Six New Cities from T.F. Green Airport

Frontier Airlines will launch new low-fare service between T. F. Green (PVD) and six new cities starting this fall. Frontier will celebrate the new service with fares as low as $39* at flyfrontier.com.

The new cities from Providence include the following: Charlotte N.C.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Miami, Fla; New Orleans, LA; Tampa, Fla. and Raleigh N.C. Frontier will operate these new routes with Airbus A320 family aircraft.  On May 24, Frontier announced Denver and Orlando service from PVD, which is scheduled to start in mid- August. Among the new airlines, both Frontier and Norwegian will have 8 new non-stops routes from Green Airport.

“With today’s announcement, Frontier now offers our Low Fares Done Right product to eight great destinations from Providence,” said Jake Filene, deputy chief operating officer, Frontier Airlines. “Customers traveling from Providence now have a new significantly lower-cost options to reach these great destinations.”

Iftikhar Ahmad, President and CEO for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, “This is great news for our customers since these destinations are some of our top requested leisure and business markets.  Green Airport has doubled the numbers of non-stops from 17, just a few months ago, to 33 with this announcement. We thank Frontier’s leadership team for increasing their presence at PVD with these additional flights and strengthening our partnership.”

Jon Savage, Chairman of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation Board of Directors, said, “This has been our sixth announcement since January, four new airlines, two with multiple announcements, including Frontier.  Our focus has not only been on new destinations, but recapturing popular markets that are important to our customers.  These new flights achieve both goals.”

Frontier is focused on more than low fares. The carrier offers customers the ability to customize their travel to their needs and budget. For example, customers can purchase options a la carte or in one low-priced bundled called the WORKSsm. This bundle offers Frontier’s most popular options for as low as $59** each way and includes refundability, a carry-on bag, a checked bag, the best available seat, waived change fees and priority boarding.

Frontier is also offering a special contest where Providence residents can enter to win two round trip tickets, enter at:  http://bit.ly/PVDgiveaway

Following is a summary of the new service: