Frontier Airlines is ending service at Paine Field early next year, pulling out of the Everett airport less than seven months after launching flights there.
The discount airliner will no longer operate out of Paine Field as of early January, a spokesperson for the Denver-based carrier confirmed Thursday, Dec. 18.
The move comes just months after Frontier began service at the Everett airport in early June, marking its arrival with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, water cannon salute, and balloons.
Until Frontier’s entry, Alaska Airlines had been the only commercial carrier serving Paine Field since 2021.
Frontier’s final flights are scheduled for the first week of January. Tickets are not being sold beyond Jan. 5, according to Propeller Airports, which operates the Paine Field passenger terminal.
A check of Frontier’s website shows no flights departing Paine Field after that date.
Frontier launched service with three-times-weekly flights to Denver, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. By December, the airline had reduced its Paine Field schedule to twice-weekly service.
Despite the exit, Frontier officials said a return to Paine Field has not been ruled out.
“We greatly value our partnership with Paine Field and, as with any market departure, we will continue to evaluate a potential return at some point in the future,” spokesperson Jennifer De La Cruz said.
The Paine Field departure comes amid broader changes at Frontier. Earlier this week, the airline announced that longtime CEO Barry Biffle will step down, with company president James Dempsey named interim CEO. Frontier said Biffle will remain in an advisory role through the end of the year.
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