Frontier Airlines will open a crew base at Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport and reopen its Chicago crew base.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both openings are slated for May, following the discount carrier’s opening of a Cleveland crew base in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the three added bases, Frontier will have a total of 12. The additions will help with Frontier’s plans to increase out-and-back flying to nearly 90% of its network by the spring, up from the current 50%. By flying more out-and-back routes and fewer complex point-to-point itineraries, Frontier aims to improve operational reliability and cut costs.<\/p>\n
In Cincinnati, from which Frontier currently serves 12 destinations, the carrier plans to employ approximately 160 flight attendants and 80 pilots within its first year of operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Frontier previously operated a Chicago base, serving O’Hare and Midway airports, until April 2022. The carrier expects approximately 110 pilots in Chicago within a year of the reopening. The carrier already has 190 Chicago-based flight attendant positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Frontier flies five routes out of O’Hare and 13 routes out of Midway.<\/p>\n