CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A low-cost airline is returning to Gerald R. Ford International Airport to offer nonstop flights to Denver and Orlando, Florida.
Frontier Airlines will start nonstop flights from Grand Rapids to Orlando International Airport (MCO) on Dec. 13. The flights depart from Grand Rapids at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, according to the airline’s website.
Frontier is expected to add Denver flights to the Gerald R Ford International Airport in spring 2018.
Airport officials say Frontier Airlines will use an Airbus A320 family aircraft for the flights.
This marks the return of the low-cost air carrier to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Frontier Airlines started flying out of Grand Rapids in 2010 until discontinuing services in September 2013.
Orlando is the top destination for nonstop flights out of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, according to the airport authority. Denver is a top ten market for the airport.