Frontier begins service to Southwest Florida with fares as low as $49

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Planning to travel this holiday season?  There are new non-stop flights from Southwest Florida International Airport to seven cities across the United States.

Starting now you can fly directly out of RSW to Phoenix, Albany, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Syracuse.

Frontier Airlines is offering the new service with fares as low as $49.

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The first flight left Thursday morning for Phoenix and one passenger from Cape Coral says he's thrilled about it.  He visits his mom in Arizona a couple times a year, and now he can get there in half the time and doesn't have to take a connecting flight.

"This is a direct flight to Phoenix.  It's 4 hours and 30 minutes, which is great because whenever you do have to switch plans there's always the possibility of a weather delay or losing luggage. This is a fantastic service and it will get used quite a bit," says Ed Quilter.

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To book a flight, go to FlyFrontier.com.

Summary of Initial Service:

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from PHOENIX (PHX) 
Depart RSW: 10:18 a.m. Arrive PHX: 12:57 p.m. 
Depart PHX: 5:31 p.m. Arrive RSW: 11:39 p.m. 
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family 
Frequency: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday 
Service Start: Nov. 15 
Seasonal 

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from SYRACUSE (SYR) 
Depart RSW: 6:20 a.m. Arrive SYR: 9:22 a.m. 
Depart SYR: 10:07 a.m. Arrive RSW: 1:25 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
Service Start: Nov. 15
Seasonal

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from PORTLAND (PWM)
Depart RSW: 11:47 a.m. Arrive PWM: 3:02 p.m.
Depart PWM: 3:52 p.m. Arrive RSW: 7:35 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Monday, Friday
Service Start: Nov. 16
Seasonal

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from SALT LAKE CITY (SLC)
Depart RSW: 10:18 a.m. Arrive SLC: 1:11 p.m.
Depart SLC: 5:05 p.m. Arrive RSW: 11:47 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Monday, Friday
Service Start: Nov. 16
Seasonal

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from ALBANY (ALB)
Depart RSW: 11:47 a.m. Arrive ALB: 2:47 p.m.
Depart ALB: 3:37 p.m. Arrive RSW: 6:57 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
Service Start: Nov. 17
Seasonal

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from RALEIGH-DURHAM (RDU)
Depart RSW: 7:59 p.m. Arrive RDU: 9:49 p.m.
Depart RDU: 4:59 p.m. Arrive RSW: 7:09 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
Service Start: Nov. 17
Seasonal

FORT MYERS (RSW) to/from LAS VEGAS (LAS)
Depart RSW: 10:18 a.m. Arrive LAS: 12:21 p.m.
Depart LAS: 4:07 p.m. Arrive RSW: 11:39 p.m.
Aircraft: Airbus A320 Family
Frequency: Wednesday, Saturday
Service Start: Nov. 17
Seasonal