Airbus A321-271NX flown by Frontier Airlines from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport to be delivered to the United States.
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EVERETT -- Frontier Airlines is coming to Paine Field. This morning, the low-cost airline announced a schedule of flights starting June 2 serving Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas three times a week.
It's opening service with ultra-low tickets of $29 for the Phoenix and Vegas trips.
Frontier uses Denver as one of its hubs.
Frontier gives Paine Field its second airline for the first time in years. Alaska Airlines has stayed on since commercial flights began. United Airlines had flights from Paine to destinations such as Denver.
“This new service further validates Seattle Paine Field as the region’s ‘second’ airport,” Brett Smith, CEO of Propeller Airports, which manages the Paine Field terminals, said in a press release. “Frontier enhances our nationwide connectivity and provides customers throughout the region with additional options, while reducing congestion at our sister airport Seattle-Tacoma International. I know this is welcome news for our passengers.”
Frontier's fleet is exclusively Airbus jets. Most are A320s, which are comparable to the Boeing 737.
It is America's 7th or 8th-busiest carrier in terms of passengers per year, depending how you slice it: More than Allegiant Air, but less than Alaska Airlines or Spirit Airlines. At the top are the "Big Four" of American, Southwest, Delta and United, in that order, according to air travel data company OAG.
