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Frontier ending service to Stewart Airport

May 12, 2023 1:03 pm

Mid-Hudson News reports that Frontier Airlines is ending its service to Stewart International Airport after this summer, after it just began flying there in 2021. Then, Frontier offered service to Tampa, Orlando, and Miami, but now only flies to Orlando a couple of times a week. That will end July 2. Orange County Chamber of Commerce President Heather Bell, who also chairs a regional airline attraction committee, was surprised by the announcement, saying, the airport struggles because of its location. "It’s 45 minutes from three, almost four competing airports and it’s an hour to an hour-and-a-half from the New York City airports,” she said. “You have to have a competitive game to really make that airport successful.” In July, the only airlines serving Stewart will be Allegiant with flights to Florida and seasonal service to Myrtle Beach, and Play Airways to Iceland with connecting flights to several European cities. In August, Atlantic Airways begins a once-weekly service to the Faroe Islands in the north Atlantic Ocean. Read more about this story at Mid-Hudson News.