A Frontier Airlines A320neo in Denver (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)
Denver-based low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is in the news after announcing the end of its only commercial service in Delaware. The service between the two airports will end at the beginning of the summer due to insufficient demand.
We are very appreciative of the support we have received from the community and our airport partner. There was insufficient demand to support the service and the final flight will be on June 6, 2022, according to the Delaware Republic.
The airline abandoned New Castle in 2015, but came back with this twice-weekly service in 2020 just a few weeks before the COVID-19 epidemic wreaked havoc on the air transport industry. The start of those flights was delayed several times as the environment remained challenging, but eventually services began in February 2021. Delaware is the only state in the US without commercial air service after it was decided to end its services to the airport.
The management and staff of the DRBA believe that scheduled commercial air service can and will succeed at the airport. The airport is located along the busy I-95 corridor and has the lowest cost operating environment of any airport in the US.
A major hub for American Airlines is located just 25 miles south of Philadelphia International Airport in the 1,250-acre area of the Wilmington-New Castle Airport. Over 200 aircraft were based at the airport in 2019. Two of the three runways are over 7,000 feet long. The airport is often used by President Joe Biden when he returns to his home state of Delaware.
Securing new commercial service for Wilmington is one of the airport's key goals.
Vanni fell in love with commercial aviation during his undergraduate studies in Statistics at the University of Bologna, when he prepared his thesis on the effects of deregulation on the U.S. and European aviation markets. Then he pursued his passion further by obtaining a Master’s Degree in Air Transport Management at Cranfield University in the U.K. followed by holding several management positions at various start-up carriers in Europe (Jet2, SkyEurope, Silverjet). After moving to Canada, he was Business Development Manager for IATA for nine years before turning to his other passion: sports writing.
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