Frontier Airlines
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Discount carrier Frontier Airlines is beefing up service in New York, planning new nonstop routes to major American Airlines hubs with fares starting under $20.
The airline plans to launch service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Miami International Airport on March 30.
A roundtrip flight leaving on April 1 and returning a week later was showing as $38 on Frontier’s website for a basic ticket, which doesn’t include a seat assignment or carry-on bag and is nonrefundable. The same trip on those dates on American, which includes a carry-on bag and a nonalcoholic beverage and snack, was going for $142.
Frontier has a base in Miami, but the airport is dominated by American.
Frontier is also launching flights between New York’s Kennedy Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth four times a week, starting April 22.
On May 1, it plans to start daily…
