Alaska and Frontier Airlines attempt to avoid competition in building up San Diego and Trenton

US carriers Alaska Airlines and Frontier appear to be satisfied with test routes they have launched from San Diego and Trenton, New Jersey during 4Q2012 as both airlines plan to make a push during 1Q2013 from each airport. Alaska is introducing its second transcontinental flight from San Diego to Boston in Mar-2013 followed by new Hawaii service in 2Q2013. Frontier, meanwhile, is making a push from Trenton to Florida during the northern hemisphere winter.

Frontier launched service from Trenton to Orlando in Nov-2012, and now is the lone commercial carrier serving the small airport close to the larger metro areas of Philadelphia and New York.

Alaska debuted its first transcontinental service from San Diego to the leisure destination of Orlando in Oct-2012. Both carriers characterised those forays as test cases in route expansion outside their core networks which are built around Seattle and Portland for Alaska and Denver for Frontier.