Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines announced plans Thursday to add service for the first time from Hollywood Burbank Airport, the latest sign that travel demand is beginning to recover from a yearlong pandemic slump. The news that the Las Vegas-based carrier will add three routes out of Hollywood Burbank Airport starting in July comes less than a month after a former United Airlines executive made Burbank the launchpad for a new low-cost carrier, Avelo Airlines. “As we now start to see our entire country start to recover, we see travel starting to return,” Frank Miller, Hollywood Burbank Airport’s chief executive, said at a news conference Thursday morning. Frontier Airlines, which already serves Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario International Airport, will fly from Burbank three times a week to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver, starting July 15. Hotel occupancy rates in Los Angeles County have started to recover from an average of about 50% during 2020 to more than 70% in recent weekends, according to the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 13, 2021 17:17 UTC