Frontier to cut seasonal flights at PHL

Frontier Airlines will discontinue 10 seasonal routes from Philadelphia International Airport at the end of October.

Denver-based Frontier, which added flights to new cities from Philadelphia this spring, will drop nonstop flights in the winter season to Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio; Chicago; Nashville, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Milwaukee; San Antonio, Texas; and St. Augustine, Fla., at the end of October.

Remaining will be Frontier's flights from Philadelphia to 10 other cities: Austin, Texas; Denver; Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Cancun, Mexico; Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, Fla.; New Orleans; and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The route changes are seasonal adjustments, Frontier spokesman Jim Faulkner said. The decision on which flights will return next spring has not yet been made.

"We look at market performance, and look for the best places to put the assets," Faulkner said.

Frontier usually switches aircraft to fly from cold- to warm-weather destinations in the winter. When weather is warm in the Northeast, the airline flies to traditionally cold winter destinations in the summer months, he said.

Frontier will discontinue seasonal flights from Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, N.J., to Detroit in January and to Chicago and Fort Myers, Fla., at the end of October.

Frontier will fly from the Trenton airport to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham next winter, Faulkner said.

Frontier, which uses the slogan "Low fares done right," said its base fares are 50 percent to 70 percent lower than "industry average" ticket prices on the major airlines. While base fares are lower, Frontier charges extra for a carry-on bag in the overhead bin, advance seat assignments, and even a soft drink on the airplane.

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