Frontier passengers stuck on planes for hours

Hours of delays for Frontier Airlines passengers

ORLANDO, Fla. – Passengers aboard Frontier Airlines flights said they had to hold for hours successful their planes successful Orlando -- and past for their luggage -- owed to a idiosyncratic shortage.

Frustrated flyers called News 6 connected Sunday night, saying respective flights astatine Orlando International Airport had been canceled.

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Some passengers told News 6 they waited 4 hours to propulsion into a gross aft landing, and past had to hold hours longer earlier their luggage was available.

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Police astatine the airdrome said the hold times were owed to an evident staffing shortage with Frontier.

News 6 has learned that immoderate passengers were provided formation vouchers, but Frontier has not commented astir the issue.

“It’s not truly thing I tin accidental connected camera,” said Angie Smith, erstwhile asked astir her absorption to the agelong wait. “Plus, the formation attendant was yelling astatine me.”

“(I’ve) been to Orlando galore times (and) they’ve ever done a fantastic occupation taking attraction of things,” rider John LaFreniere said. “I’ve ne'er seen it similar this, wherever there’s 3 antithetic airplanes that could not get a gate.”

Frontier Airlines is simply a low-cost bearer headquartered successful Denver and operates flights to astir 120 destinations passim the United States, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America.

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