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Frontier Airlines<\/a><\/span> will launch four new routes this spring, targeting destinations where CEO James Dempsey believes Spirit Airlines’ service cuts have created new opportunities. Spirit is in the process of emerging from a second bankruptcy<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Frontier will connect Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) with Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California; it’ll also connect Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) with Dulles International Airport (IAD) starting in May. In June, it’ll start operating flights between Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) and Nashville International Airport (BNA).<\/p>\n Here are the details of Frontier’s new routes:<\/p>\n Of those routes, two are currently served by Spirit: DFW-EWR and LAS-BNA. Starting this summer, the bankrupt discount airline will reduce its year-round service on the latter route to seasonal, according to schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium.<\/p>\n Dempsey, speaking at an investor conference Tuesday, highlighted Las Vegas as a market where Frontier is seeing benefits from Spirit’s schedule reductions.<\/p>\n “The structural change and benefit to Frontier has happened,” he said. “You’re seeing it certainly in the West of the United States, where Spirit historically was connecting a lot of traffic through Vegas … You’ve seen them deconstruct that network quite considerably.”<\/p>\n Frontier seats are up 6% at LAS in the first quarter compared to 2025, while Spirit seats are down 68%, Cirium data shows.<\/p>\n\n