• Home
  • Reviews
    • Flight Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Lounge Reviews
    • Trip Reports
  • About
    • Press
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Award Expert
Live and Let's Fly
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Flight Reviews
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Lounge Reviews
    • Trip Reports
  • About
    • Press
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Award Expert
Home » Frontier » A New King At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport…For A Fortnight
FrontierUnited Airlines

A New King At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport…For A Fortnight

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 30, 2024July 30, 2024 10 Comments

a two airplanes on a runway

For the first time in two decades, United Airlines and its predecessor Continental Airlines have been bumped out of the top airline position at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). But don’t expect this to last for more than a fortnight or so…

Frontier Overtakes United Airlines In Cleveland

Frontier Airlines is now the “top” carrier at CLE, bumping out United Airlines thanks to its robust summer schedule. Frontier has added dozens of routes to Cleveland over the last several weeks in anticipation of the peak summer travel season. Last month, Frontier served 221,434 of those travelers, while United served 217,898 (American Airlines was a distant third at 181,340 passengers).

This marks a seismic change at Cleveland, where Continental Airlines operated a major hub for many years. In fact, even after Continental merged with United Airlines in 2010, the airport remained a United hub until 2014. And while CLE has lost its hub status for United, the Chicago-based carrier still treats Cleveland as a focus city, operating a number of direct, non-hub-to-hub routes.

But Frontier Airlines will dramatically scale back flying starting next month, with plans to eliminate service to:

  • Charleston (CHS)
  • Jacksonville (JAX)
  • Myrtle Beach (MYR)
  • New Orleans (MSY)
  • Pensacola (PNS)
  • Savannah (SAV)

Frontier calls these routes “seasonal” and has not yet determined whether any or all of them will return next summer.

Even so, Frontier maintains a pilot base in CLE and will continue flights on new routes including Austin, New York City, and Salt Lake City.

But with the schedule reduction, it does appear United Airlines will again take the top spot at CLE.

Even with all the traffic additions from Frontier, the airline still boasts lower passenger counts than it did in 2008 at the heydey of the Continental hub.

Have you flown one of the new Frontier routes from Cleveland?


image: Bill Abbott

Get Daily Updates

Join our mailing list for a daily summary of posts! We never sell your info.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Previous Article Why My First Stop At JFK After A Redeye Is The TWA Hotel
Next Article Terrell Davis Claims United Airlines Banned Him, United Says Not So Fast…

About Author

Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

Related Posts

  • United New Flight Attendant Contract

    6 Clauses That Could Derail United’s New Flight Attendant Contract

    June 10, 2025
  • United Starlink Radio Interference

    Starlink Grounded: United Temporarily Disables Wi-Fi On Some Regional Jets

    June 9, 2025
  • United Airlines Spotify

    United Airlines + Spotify: A Mile-High Streaming Upgrade With Music, Podcasts, And Audiobooks

    June 5, 2025

10 Comments

  1. Trk1 Reply
    July 30, 2024 at 10:51 am

    Every Frontier flight that goes from Cleveland is a money loser. The airline is awash in loss leader flights. Cleveland will be doing just fine when the pull back from this airline happens. We need to have airlines that we can count on over the longer time frame.

  2. Karen Reply
    July 30, 2024 at 11:13 am

    Proof/Receipts??

    Every Frontier flight that goes from Cleveland is a money loser.

  3. Karen Reply
    July 30, 2024 at 11:18 am

    Those flights end August 11th and August 12th.
    _____________________
    But Frontier Airlines will dramatically scale back flying in September, with plans to eliminate service to:

  4. Tony Reply
    July 30, 2024 at 12:43 pm

    If Cleveland’s economy was in good shape, UAL would not de-hubbed CLE a decade ago. Moreover, Cleveland population has been slowly shrinking in the last two decades. If Frontier wants to build up service from CLE, I wish him good luck. Nearby Columbus, Ohio has a stronger economy and growing population. This should be the target ULCC concentrate their effort.

    • askmrlee Reply
      July 30, 2024 at 3:21 pm

      Team CBUS here. It’s not just the population but the number of air passengers at the airports that matters. CLE still has more passengers (about 9.9 million/year ending 2023) than CMH & LCK combined or CVG – both about 8.7 million. Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant already serve Columbus.

      • Karen Reply
        July 30, 2024 at 3:54 pm

        Frontier is dropping CMH to Orlando, New Orleans and Philadelphia too. Could also be seasonal or whatever.

        • askmrlee Reply
          July 31, 2024 at 10:33 pm

          That’s just Frontier being Frontier – start and stop service quickly. I don’t understand how they expected to compete against American in Philadelphia with 3x/week service vs. 42x/week. Or worse years ago they flew Columbus to Trenton also 3x/week and called it the Philadelphia area.

      • FNT Delta Diamond Reply
        July 30, 2024 at 11:16 pm

        Hasn’t Delta announced a Sky Club for Columbus?

        Before the pandemic, I used to make an occasional connection in Columbus. You could find first-class deals doing XXX—New York LGA/JFK—Columbus—Detroit—XXX. Same for Pittsburgh. Of course, neither airport was (or is) setup for Delta connections. Sometimes a bag would come out at baggage claim and not make the connecting flight. Same for Dallas, which every now and again pops up as a connecting airport on a cheap Delta airfare. I still see Pittsburgh every now again come up on Google Flights and ITA but not Columbus.

    • FNT Delta Diamond Reply
      July 30, 2024 at 11:12 pm

      Columbus is huge partly because of the university — those students count in the census but don’t live there full-time — and partly because of suburban annexation. Cleveland can’t get physically bigger due to cities around it that can’t be annexed.

      I’ll take Cleveland over Columbus any day. Better art museum, you have the Lake Erie waterfront, and you’re a short(ish) drive from Detroit, Pittsburgh and even Buffalo/Ontario, Canada.

  5. FNT Delta Diamond Reply
    July 30, 2024 at 11:08 pm

    I’m shocked that some of the Frontier routes are seasonal. Who flies Cleveland to Florida or Savannah in the summer? I would think Cleveland-Savannah and Cleveland-Florida would be more popular in the winter and spring.

Leave a Reply

Cancel reply

Search

Hot Deals for June

Note: Please see my Advertiser Disclosure

Capital One Venture X Business Card
Earn 150,000 Miles Sign Up Bonus
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Earn 100,000 Points
Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
Earn 75,000 Miles!
Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
Earn 75,000 Miles
Chase Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card
Earn $750 Cash Back
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express
Earn 120,000 Membership Reward® Points

Recent Posts

  • United New Flight Attendant Contract
    6 Clauses That Could Derail United’s New Flight Attendant Contract June 10, 2025
  • Delta Crying Baby
    Delta Passenger Melts Down Over Crying Baby, But Who Was Really The Brat? June 10, 2025
  • Singapore Airport Shoplifters
    Singapore Doesn’t Play: Airport Shoplifters Busted Within The Hour June 10, 2025
  • Cathay Pacific The Wing Business Class Lounge Review
    Review: Cathay Pacific The Wing Business Class Lounge Hong Kong (HKG) June 9, 2025

Categories

Popular Posts

  • Qatar Airways Economy Class Breakfast
    Economy Class Breakfast On Qatar Airways June 7, 2025
  • Aegean Airlines Feast
    A Feast Fit For A King On Aegean Airlines May 23, 2025
  • Israel Flight Cancellations
    Major Carriers Extend Flight Cancellations To Israel: Here’s The List June 6, 2025
  • a group of people in blue uniforms
    United Airlines’ Uniforms Get A Facelift—And A Political Filter May 28, 2025

Archives

June 2025
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« May    

As seen on:

facebook twitter instagram rss
Privacy Policy © Live and Let's Fly All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Live and Let's Fly with appropriate and specific directions to the original content.