Frontier and Allegheny County Airport Authority officials are expected to announce the return to Pittsburgh and the flights at a press conference later today.
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United Airlines will begin offering daily nonstop service between Richmond International Airport and Denver International Airport April 5.
“We have 18 new planes delivering this eyar, growing the fleet by nine additional units after retirements”, she said.
Frontier Vice President Debbie Price says the airline will bring low fares to the city.
Flights to Richmond will operate using a 76-seat Embraer E175 aircraft once per day.
Frontier serves more than 40 cities in the United States, Mexico and Jamaica. Over the last two weeks, the airline announced more than 50 new markets, including Columbus.
“On behalf of the City of Colorado Springs, I am honored to be the first to say Welcome Back to our great city”.
Frontier has been on an ownership and management merry-go-round for the past six years and now is owned by Indigo Partners.
Frontier may be a merger topic in the months ahead.
Frontier Airlines is adding four new destinations and adding three routes from its main base in Denver.
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Nonstop flights from Denver International Airport to Columbus, Ohio, and San Antonio, Texas, will launch in May, followed by a new nonstop from Denver International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport in June. Without the cuts, landing fees, terminal rent and other costs at the airport would have surged 53.6 percent to $13.79 per passenger.
