Frontier Airlines, known for its cheap fares and fees for everything from bringing a backpack to buying an in-flight drink, is making a bid for wealthy travelers’ wallets. The discount airline will introduce first-class seating on its planes, the company announced Tuesday, part of a greater trend of low-cost carriers premiumizing flight options.
In order to install the new first-class seats, Frontier will scrap the first two rows of three-by-three economy seats in its current fleet and retrofit the larger chairs in two-by-two rows at the front of the aircrafts. The airline will begin offering the seats in late 2025.
