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Frontier Airlines Takes Off At MacArthur Airport
Frontier Airlines launched its once a day flight to Orlando Wednesday morning. The airline will soon add 10 more destinations from ISP.
RONKONKOMA, NY – Frontier Airlines has officially taken off from Long Island MacArthur Airport. Flight 1779 destined for Orlando departed the Ronkonkoma airport at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday.
Frontier's first arrival to the airport came about an hour earlier when Flight 1778 from Orlando touched down to a water cannon salute from MacArthur Airport Fire-Rescue.
Welcome @FlyFrontier to Long Island! First flight from @MCO! pic.twitter.com/BLJwD8a3nG
— Anthony Prudenti (@AnthonyPrudenti) August 16, 2017
Frontier, a low-cost carrier based in Denver, has big plans for MacArthur, which desperately needs new airlines and destinations. Frontier plans to add 10 other destinations from the Town of Islip-owned airport over the next year. See the planned destinations here.
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Frontier Airlines first inbound flight taxis to the gate at MacArthur Airport! pic.twitter.com/u1FZfSlck1
— Town of Islip (@TownofIslip) August 16, 2017
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