Frontier Airlines (2nd) Airbus A318-111 N802FR (msn 1991) BWI (Brian McDonough), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) in September 2010, will remove four 120-seat Airbus A318s and one 76-seat Embraer ERJ 170 aircraft from scheduled service. Three of these aircraft have been sold to third parties and two will be returned to their lessors.
Beginning in January 2011, Frontier will accept the first of six new 162-seat A320 aircraft. All six aircraft have firm lease financing arranged and will be arriving during the first two quarters of 2011.
In conjunction with the fleet changes, Frontier also announced the suspension of service between Denver and Rapid City on September 7, 2010, and the seasonal suspension of service between Denver and Boise from December 1, 2010 to April 17, 2011.
In other news, Frontier will launch two new destinations out of its Milwaukee hub. The new service includes twice-daily nonstop flights between Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) and Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) beginning on September 27, 2010, and four weekly roundtrips to San Antonio International Airport (SAT) beginning on November 19, 2010.
In addition to the new destinations, Frontier Airlines is also making a number of adjustments to flight schedules out of Milwaukee on November 19. The carrier will upgrade the aircraft serving several of its popular destinations out of MKE. This will include an upgrade to Airbus A319 service on all Boston (BOS), Washington, D.C. (DCA), and New York (LGA) flights, which were previously served with a combination of Embraer ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 and Airbus A319 aircraft. The carrier will also upgrade all Milwaukee-Philadelphia (PHL) flights from ERJ 145 to ERJ 170 service.
Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. Airbus A318-111 N802FR (msn 1991) is pictured on final approach at Baltimore/Washington.