u/Htown_Flyer

Red lines are daily flights, blue are either 3x or 4x per week.

First paragraph of press release:

>DENVER – July 5, 2026 – Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: ULCC) is launching eight new routes previously operated by Spirit Airlines this week. The routes, spanning the U.S. and including major metropolitan areas including Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Las Vegas and more, begin operating today and tomorrow and will ensure consumers maintain access to affordable travel options.

Press release with a route-by-route text descriptions and introductory fare sale prices here: https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-beginning-service-this-week-on-eight-routes-previously-operated-by-spirit-airlines/

Comments:

• Nice to see some additional deployment of planes and crews well before the service cuts happening in August take effect. (see a post from about10 days ago)
• Seeing these come out at this time gives me optimism for other new domestic routes as the holiday schedules are released in the next month or two
• Spirit route backfill and a bias toward building up relatively frequent routes serving major airports are two network strategies the CEO talked about in the last earnings call. Both strategies appear to be well-represented in this group of new routes.

I had my eye on using my GWP to fly to another Frontier city to see a game (any game) if I could find a ticket for less than $150. But I came up empty after waiting in a very long online sales queue on two different ticket release dates, and I never saw an an aftermarket ticket in any city at less than double my target price.

Apparently, FIFA translates to "greedy bastards" in English. So seeing a WC game in person was not meant to be.

But attending a game isn't the only option.

One of the teams I had on my candidate list to see was Scotland. Turned out my hunch was right; the social media posts of men in kilts marching, "decorating" statues, singing their songs and drinking up all the beer in Boston and Miami were just amazing. No Scotland, no party! Sad I missed it.

A few thought-starter ideas that don't involve buying a game ticket.

• Each city hosting games has some sort of free Fan Experience location with a viewing party area open for game-watching. Not sure if this is true in all locations, but here the venue is open daily until the championship game, showing all games on a big screen. (I haven't been to the Houston festival yet, so I can't comment on the other activities available.) One list of showing all the options is here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/09/travel/world-cup-2026-city-guide.html It's behind a paywall, but I pretty sure someone else must have published a similar guide. there is also a FIFA home page for each host city.
• Attend a watch party while in some other random Frontier city during the next six weeks. One of my favorite World Cup memories from many years ago was being on a vacation in San Diego and our family deciding to go down to a plaza in Little Italy neighborhood when we learned we could see an Italy game on a big projector screen. There was a great mix of Italian-Americans and local soccer fans, and even some traveling Italians. It was nuts. So my tip for max fun is to find a Frontier city with a significant diaspora of immigrants rooting for a team playing in a game. Say Boston when Portugal is playing, or many cities in the Southwest where Mexican-Americans will congregate in large numbers when Mexico is playing. Most any game involving one of the Latin American teams is a good candidate for drawing a large and enthusiastic crowd. Switzerland...not so much.
• Follow the Netherlands to see where they are playing in the US for the Round of 16 if they win their Round of 32 game in Mexico this coming week. Other teams may have a fan parade to the stadium on a game day, but the Oranje have by far the largest parade tradition. No GW travel involved, but I had a great time joining their Houston parade to the NED-SWE game wearing my orange Astros shirt.

The six airports that will lose all Frontier service after this summer are: Corpus Christi, Knoxville, Sarasota and Spokane in the US, plus St. Maarten and San Jose (Costa Rica) internationally.

The map shows all of the 26 routes listed at this news source: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/260624-f93q26

Last flight dates for each route are included at the link.

A handful of routes on the list are suspensions of the route for a few months, but most of the 26 are a termination of service, with he majority of those route drops are marked "Last flight August XX, 2026"

Observations:

In my experience following Frontier for the last three years, this isn't an unusually long quarterly list. Frontier has always been ruthless in chopping routes that are unprofitable or problematic for operational reasons. But I also know that this quiet news is usually followed by a loud marketing announcement of "new destinations, new routes!" when the next extension of the schedules in published. All of those planes, pilots and FA's will be redeployed in some fashion.

One theme I see looking at the map is the trimming of international flights, but those destinations move around frequently. Many might come back as seasonal flights later in the fall or over the holidays.

Another is the tilting of the execution of list toward east-west route elimination.

Most significant to the greatest number of people, IMHO: a number of Frontier longest routes will be discontinued, including two of the very few coast-to-coast flights remaining in the network.

West coast residents might be particularly concerned; many of those eliminated long routes from SFO, LAX, LAS, PHX, SLC and LAS may be currently operating as a red-eye (overnight) flight eastbound. For those that use them, losing those direct routes will certainly add a connection and most likely will require an additional hotel night to buy when taking a trip to the eastern U.S.

Edit: Never Mind...?

The FAA comment came on Wednesday. I just saw this news from Thursday.https://thepointsguy.com/news/spirit-laguardia-slots/

>"Spirit Airlines' slots at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) are about to go to the highest bidder.

>The bankrupt discounter held 22 slots at the New York City airport, and those slots will go up on the auction block July 9, Spirit's estate told a bankruptcy court on Thursday. The winner will be the bidder with the "highest and otherwise best" offer."

https://airlinegeeks.com/2026/05/28/faa-chief-spirits-slots-at-laguardia-should-go-to-another-low-cost-carrier/

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said this Wednesday:

>“As long as the slots are going to a low-fare airline and for the public good, the FAA and DOT would support that,” Bedford told reporters in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was attending the CAPA Airline Leader Summit.

My take: As much as I would love more Frontier flights to one of my favorite destinations, I will be pleasantly surprised if this happens.

1. The big boys are likely to lobby HARD to convince the FAA to reduce congestion rather than increase competition
2. "slots going to" is not the same as "give them to". The article goes on to say the slots could be worth over $80 million. That's WAY beyond Frontier's ability to pay, IMO.

I'm no expert on landing slots, though...

Thoughts?