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SALT LAKE CITY — Frontier Airlines announced Thursday that it will begin new service between Salt Lake City International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport later this year, adding to a growing list of new service additions the Denver-based airline is making in Utah this year.
The low-fare airline will run three nonstop flights between the two cities beginning on June 14, though the company adds that frequency and times are "subject to change."
"We're delighted to add yet another destination for our customers in Utah," said Josh Flyr, vice president of network and operations design for Frontier Airlines, in a statement Thursday. "We know our customers appreciate convenient, low-cost options when they travel."
The announcement follows several other new Salt Lake City routes that the airline has announced in recent months. It previously announced new:
- Daily service to and from San Francisco beginning next week.
- Daily service to and from Ontario, California, beginning next week.
- Three flights per week to and from Dallas beginning next week.
- Three flights per week to and from Cleveland beginning on May 16.
- Three flights per week to and from Portland, Oregon, beginning on May 16.
Other airlines have also announced new Salt Lake City service this year. Spirit Airlines unveiled last week that it would add new daily service from Salt Lake City to San Diego and also to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beginning on June 20.
Delta Air Lines has also announced some new flights earlier this year. The airline started daily service to Indianapolis last month.
Meanwhile, there is at least one new cut on the horizon. CBS reported in March that JetBlue Airways would remove nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Orlando in June as part of widespread service reductions that the struggling airline is making to reduce costs.
Salt Lake City International Airport is coming off its busiest year on record. Nearly 27 million passengers went through the airport last year, breaking a record set in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic and before Salt Lake City's new airport opened.
Construction of the new airport continues.
Airport officials on Wednesday offered a sneak peek of the new central tunnel set open in October, which will reduce the dreaded distance between the new airport's two concourses. Bill Wyatt, director of the Salt Lake City International Airport, said he believes the project will be a turning point for the long-term project.
"I think when this opens, it will be the beginning of the end (of construction)," he said. "We can see our way to the finish line."
Correction: An earlier version said JetBlue was cutting a route between New Orleans and Salt Lake City in June; the route being cut is between Orlando and Salt Lake City.
