Frontier Airlines is continuing its expansion in Jacksonville.
Tuesday the carrier announced it is adding six new destinations beginning in August from Jacksonville International Airport to:
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Las Vegas
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
- St. Louis, Mo.
Frontier is offering introductory fares as low as $39 to draw attention to the seasonal expansion.
“The greater Northern Florida and Jacksonville communities continue to respond well to our low fares done right philosophy,” said Tyri Squyres, vice president, marketing, in an email to WJCT News.
Once the August expansion kicks in, Frontier will offer 12 nonstop destinations from Jacksonville.
The airline currently offers flights to Austin, Chicago O’Hare, Cincinnati, Denver, Philadelphia and Trenton.
Frontier says it has nearly 200 new planes on order and claims to have one of the youngest fleets in the industry. It flies the Airbus A320 family of jets.
Here are the flight numbers and schedules for the upcoming seasonal expansion:
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from BUFFALO (BUF)
F9 1416 Depart JAX: 2:35 p.m. Arrive BUF: 4:44 p.m.
F9 1417 Depart BUF: 5:35 p.m. Arrive JAX: 9 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Monday, Friday
Service Start: August, 13
Seasonal
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from KANSAS CITY (MCI)
F9 811 Depart JAX: 7:50 a.m. Arrive MCI: 9:26 a.m.
F9 810 Depart: MCI: 10:16 a.m. Arrive JAX: 1:41 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Monday, Friday
Service Start: August, 13
Seasonal
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from LAS VEGAS (LAS)
F9 763 Depart JAX: 8:45 p.m. Arrive LAS: 10:25 p.m.
Frequency: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday
F9 763 Depart JAX: 5:55 p.m. Arrive LAS: 10:35 p.m.
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
F9 762 Depart LAS: 11 p.m. Arrive JAX: 6:20 a.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Daily
Service Start: August, 12
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from MILWAUKEE (MKE)
F9 815 Depart JAX: 2:30 p.m. Arrive MKE: 3:53 p.m.
F9 814 Depart MKE: 4:43 p.m. Arrive JAX: 8:01 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
Service Start: August, 15
Seasonal
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (MSP)
F9 1165 Depart JAX: 8:05 a.m. Arrive MSP: 10:20 a.m.
F9 1164 Depart MSP: 11:10 a.m. Arrive JAX: 3:13 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
Service Start: August, 15
Seasonal
JACKSONVILLE (JAX) to/from ST. LOUIS (STL)
F9 1875 Depart JAX: 2:45 p.m. Arrive STL: 4 p.m.
F9 1874 Depart STL: 4:50 p.m. Arrive JAX: 7:55 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Frequency: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
Service Start: August, 12
Seasonal
More information is available at flyfrontier.com
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.
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