Dec. 05, 2025
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Frontier’s new first-class seats now slated for early 2026 debut
Frontier Airways expects to start putting in its new first-class seats shortly after the beginning of the brand new 12 months, the service informed TPG this week.
It should mark the primary true premium seat the price range airline has supplied — and a significant shift for an airline lengthy identified for its no-frills onboard expertise.
It is also a little bit of a delay.
Frontier first introduced plans to launch a real first-class product a 12 months in the past this week. On the time, CEO Barry Biffle informed TPG the service hoped to start putting in the seats in September and add them to its planes over a two-month interval.
However on final month’s earnings name, Biffle informed analysts the Denver-based airline as a substitute anticipated the complete first-class rollout to occur by the spring of 2026.
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The whole world airline business has been affected by delays to the seat provide chain, so it isn’t stunning that Frontier did not meet its unique time-frame for debuting the brand new front-cabin product.
Nonetheless, that vacationers will see the brand new recliner seats on board its Airbus A320 and A321 planes within the coming months must be an attractive new growth for each passengers and the airline.
Frontier is hoping to faucet right into a premium wave that is seen prospects show extra prepared, in recent times, to pay extra for higher-end merchandise.
The service is sourcing its new first-class seats from Italian seatmaker Geven, as first introduced this previous spring. As soon as the airline’s first-class rollout is full, these seats are anticipated to occupy the primary two rows of each Frontier aircraft.
Frontier plans to supply complimentary, space-available first-class upgrades to the brand new seats to members of its Frontier Miles loyalty program who attain Gold standing or larger.
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