Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver International) is to open a crew base at Dallas/Fort Worth in May 2023 which is expected to employ up to 120 pilots and 220 flight attendants within its first year of operation. Dallas-Fort Worth will be the airline's ninth base after Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Chicago O'Hare, Denver International, New York Newark, Orlando International, Philadelphia International, Tampa International, and Trenton, NJ. Coinciding with this announcement was confirmation from Frontier that they would also start five new routes out of Dallas Fort Worth in the first half of 2023.

"Opening a crew base here demonstrates our strong commitment to continued growth and expanded service," said Frontier Airlines president CEO Barry Biffle. He says the new base will generate more than USD78 million annually in local wages with further growth anticipated after the first year. Biffle adds that since 2019, Frontier Airlines has been the fastest-growing carrier at Dallas Fort Worth.

By a wide margin, American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) remains the biggest airline operating in and out of Dallas Fort Worth, offering 83.71% of the airport's scheduled passenger capacity in December 2022. According to ch-aviation Commercial Aviation Operator Capacity Data data, Frontier Airlines ranks fifth, with 1.71% (or 63,802 seats) available in and out of DFW in December. Frontier Airlines flies to ten destinations across the US from the airport - Denver International, Las Vegas Harry Reid, Philadelphia International, San Francisco, Chicago Midway, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Orlando International, Phoenix Sky Harbor, San Diego International, and Ontario International. Frontier's top three busiest routes out of DFW are to Denver, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia.

In April, Frontier will add New York La Guardia to their DFW departures board with daily roundtrip flights from April 18. On May 21, daily roundtrip flights to Santa Ana, CA and four times a week flights to Baltimore International will commence. The following day, May 22, see the start of four times a week roundtrip flights to Raleigh/Durham and thrice-weekly flights to Montego Bay - the airline's only international route out of Dallas Fort Worth.