By: Haley Berley
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas’ busiest airport announced the addition of a new flight to their schedule this week. The flight is with Frontier Airlines and consists of a non-stop trip to Denver, Colorado for just $38.88.
Frontier Airlines representative Jonathon Nield states, “The success of the new Denver flight will determine whether the carrier will add flights from XNA to other cities and whether to increase flight frequencies.”
The 186-seat Airbus A320 Family aircraft will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays
Blake Woolsey, chairwoman of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority states that they want to urge all the residents and travelers who fly XNA to use this new service whenever possible. “That’s going to be critical [for them] to be successful because this is a significant step in the development of commercial air service for XNA as well as for our region.”
University student, Katrina Michael says the addition to XNA makes her even more excited about her upcoming graduation.
“Now I don’t have to worry about spending hundreds of dollars for a weekend getaway,” said Michael.
The flights to Denver will depart XNA at 5:47 p.m. and arrive in Denver at 6:50 p.m. The flights to XNA will depart Denver at 1:58 p.m. and arrive at XNA at 4:57 p.m.