The cutback stands to impact thousands of flights nationwide because the FAA directs more than 44,000 flights daily, including commercial passenger flights, cargo planes and private aircraft.

Domestic airfares in the U.S. have become slightly cheaper in 2025, with notable drops in major city pairs like Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

Frontier Airlines is another ultra-low-cost carrier that owns a share of the US domestic market. The airline can be traced back to the 1950s, formed as a merger of Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines, and Monarch Air Lines. However, the airline ceased operations in the early 1980s. A new airline, the current iteration, was founded in 1994.

New research and analysis from Thrifty Traveler shows that the largest U.S. airlines have resumed charging higher fares for most one-way domestic flights than on roundtrip bookings. These findings signal a stark change in how airlines set prices.

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