Frontier Airlines starts Kansas City-Austin flights

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today celebrated the start of service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI) with flight F9 1735 departing Kansas City at 7:28 p.m. (1928) CST. This new route brings the number of nonstop destinations served by Frontier in Kansas City to 14, and is the second nonstop destination served by the carrier from Austin.

This new route will be flown by Republic Airlines’ (2nd) 76-seat Embraer ERJ 170 aircraft. The Republic E170 and E190 aircraft will be outfitted with in-flight internet service by early 2011.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Please click on the photo for background information on Republic Airlines’ history with Frontier Airlines.