Passengers with Frontier Airlines now can travel direct from Atlanta to Nassau, El Salvador, and Kingston.
American ultra-low-cost airline Frontier will now connect travelers from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia direct to four new destinations in the Caribbean and Central America. Excitingly this makes Frontier the second-largest international carrier at the Georgia hub.
Frontier’s new schedule to the Caribbean and Central America
Frontier’s modest schedule will operate the below schedule:
Atlanta to Nassau
F9 216, departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta at 07:25, arriving at Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) in Nassau, Bahamas at 09:25, operating Saturdays.
F9 217, departing from Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS), in Nassau, Bahamas at 10:36, arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), in Atlanta at 12:54, operating Saturdays.
Atlanta to El Salvador
F9 219, departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta at 09:05, arriving at El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL), in El Salvador at 11:52, operating Thursdays and Sundays.
F9 218, departing from El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL), in El Salvador at 12:57, arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), in Atlanta at 17:38, operating Thursdays and Sundays.
Atlanta to Kingston
F9 157, departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta at 10:58, arriving at Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) in Kingston, Jamaica, at 13:52, operating Mondays and Fridays.
F9 156, departing from Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) in Kingston, Jamaica, at 17:12, arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), in Atlanta, at 20:20, operating Mondays and Fridays.
Later this month, Frontier will also commence flights from Atlanta to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Frontier’s fleet
As expected with the low-cost model, Frontier operates a fleet of 115 aircraft, as below:
12 x Airbus A320-200
81 x Airbus A320neo, with another 67 on order
21 x Airbus A321-200
One x Airbus A321neo, with 167 on order
Growth at Atlanta
Becoming the second-largest international carrier at the Atlanta hub is being celebrated at Frontier, with the airline’s senior vice president of commercial, Daniel Shurz, commenting:
Recently being re-crowned the world’s busiest airport, again. Atlanta has seen a flurry of new routes and capacity post-pandemic, with announcements such as:
17 European destinations on offer from the airport next summer
Delta’s South America focus
Delta’s double daily to Sao Paolo
South Africa is back on the map for Delta
Rebecca Francosky, Interim Airport Director of Air Service Development at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, commented on its continued growth:
Atlanta is the primary hub for Delta, operating a mind-boggling 1,000 daily departures to over 225 destinations, both domestically and internationally. The airport also is home to Delta’s global headquarters and Delta’s Technical Operations Center, its primary maintenance base. (https://simpleflying.com/frontier-airlines-central-america-caribbean-flights/)
