Frontier’s president and CEO shares his views on what airports can do to attract airlines, how the market will shake out post-COVID and what he makes of the new market entrants.
Before Routes Americas 2021 we spoke to Orlando International (MCO) CEO Phil Brown, who outlined the airport’s strong leisure recovery and key international network targets.
Spirit's network planning VP John Kirby told Routes Americas 2021 that Miami International’s decision to lower costs, coupled with soaring leisure demand, prompted the ULCC's big expansion in South Florida.
The carrier plans to begin accepting Dubai-bound passengers from three countries, as well as adding double-daily Airbus A380 service to Jordan during July and August.
The airline will fly to 12 US destinations by late July—the same number as before the pandemic—with capacity to and from the country around 60% of 2019 levels.
Iceland’s decision to open its borders to vaccinated travelers is prompting the carrier to launch a new route to the country in May, as well as resuming two other services.