Frontier Launches Service to Five New Cities April 8

The new routes include Atlanta, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Detroit, and Raleigh/Durham.

  Beginning today, April 8, Frontier Airlines has launched new service routes in and out of Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing.  The new routes include Atlanta, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Detroit, and Raleigh/Durham. This is in addition to Frontier’s previously announced nonstop service to Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, and New Orleans. “We are excited to be offering low-fare nonstop service from Princeton/Trenton to ten great destinations,” said Daniel Shurz, Frontier’s senior vice president, commercial. “Customers who fly from Trenton-Mercer Airport can enjoy using a small airport with easy access to I-95 as well as the great value offered at FlyFrontier.com.” Following is the schedule for Frontier’s new Trenton service.  …

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Dan Daman

5:09 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013

I find it interesting that people who move into homes near an airport complain when (more) flights make (more) noise. You did get a say . . . It occured when you purchased your home.   more ›

Win Round-Trip Tickets on Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is offering the chance to win round-trip flights through a sweepstakes for customers who travel through Trenton-Mercer Airport.

County Executive Addresses Impact of Sequestration on Airport

In a news release issued Tuesday, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes said that while Trenton-Mercer Airport would remain open if sequestration cuts take place, those cuts would have "severe operational impacts" on the airport.

Editor's Note: The following news release was issued Tuesday (Feb. 26) by the Mercer County administration. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes today clarified the potential impacts on Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) if the Federal Government does not meet the “Sequestration Deadline,” coming this Friday, March 1, 2013, and urged lawmakers in Washington to reach a compromise. He also urged calm. Should sequestration take place, over the next seven months the Federal Budget will be cut by $85 billion, with an additional $1.2 trillion being utilized for deficit reductions over the next 10 years, including in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Contract Tower Program, a program that funds control tower services at approximately 250 …

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Frontier Adds More Non-Stop Routes from Trenton-Mercer Airport

Frontier will now also fly non-stop to Atlanta, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Detroit, and Raleigh/Durham.

  Frontier Airlines today announced it will expand its low-fare service at Trenton-Mercer Airport with the addition of five nonstop destinations launching in April.  Frontier will now provide customers with convenient, low-fare service to Atlanta, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Detroit, and Raleigh/Durham. This is in addition to Frontier’s previously announced nonstop service to Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, and New Orleans. “This is a great day for us at Frontier as we bring significantly more low-fare options to the Princeton/Trenton area, providing a time and money saving option to customers throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” said Daniel Shurz, Frontier’s senior vice president, commercial. “Customers who fly from Trenton…

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Frontier Airlines Announces Additional Passenger Routes to Florida, New Orleans from Trenton-Mercer

The low-fare airline, which today (Nov. 16) begins flying between Trenton-Mercer Airport and Orlando, Fla., on Thursday announced that early next year it would also begin flying from Mercer County to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans

Frontier Airlines – whose new passenger service from Trenton-Mercer Airport to Orlando, Fla., begins today (Nov. 16) – yesterday announced that it will begin flying from the Mercer County airport to four additional destinations early next year. Beginning on either Jan. 31 or Feb. 1 the Denver-based airline will offer nonstop, low-fare service from Trenton-Mercer to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; and New Orleans, La. The airline also announced that it would be basing an Airbus A319 aircraft at Trenton-Mercer to operate the expanded service. Following the departure of Streamline Air from Trenton-Mercer in September, Frontier is now the only airline to provide scheduled passenger service from the airport in Ewing …

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Kids Fly Free at Trenton-Mercer Airport Event

“Young Eagles Day” on Saturday, Oct. 13, is being sponsored by the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the Mercer County administration. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 176 is sponsoring “Young Eagles Day” on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trenton-Mercer Airport. All children ages 8 to 17 will have an opportunity to fly in an aircraft piloted by an EAA member pilot, free of charge. On-site registration is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; there is no advance registration available. The day will provide youngsters an opportunity to learn about aircraft and aviation. In addition to the free flights for the 8 to 17 year olds, children younger than 8 years old will have a fun-ride in a simulated plane mockup. There will also be an aviation ground school where parents …

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Safety Project at Trenton-Mercer Airport Completed

Installation of Engineered Material Arresting System beds was completed last week. The beds of lightweight, crushable concrete blocks are designed to entrap an aircraft that has overrun a runway with little or no damage to the aircraft.

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the Mercer County administration. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes last week announced the completion of the installation of Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) beds at the ends of Runway 16-34 at Trenton-Mercer Airport. The installation was made possible with a $13.4 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, and a $353,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The beds are made of lightweight, crushable concrete blocks constructed at the ends of the runways that are designed to entrap an aircraft that has overrun the runway with little or no damage to the aircraft, and most importantly, no major injuries to passengers, crew, or …

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Trenton Mercer Airport Gets $13.3 Million From FAA

The money will go to improve safety and prevent runway overshoot by adding protective technology at the end of two runways, and $120,000 to conduct a wildlife hazard assessment.

U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced in a recent news release that Trenton-Mercer Airport has received $13.3 million, part of $18.6 million from the Federal Avaiation Administration to local New Jersey airports for runway construction and rehabilitation, fire and rescue equipment, and other safety improvements. The Trenton-Mercer Airport money will go to improve safety and prevent runway overshoot by adding protective technology at the end of two runways, and $120,000 to conduct a wildlife hazard assessment.  “This federal funding will protect passengers and help local New Jersey airports continue to provide reliable service,” said Lautenberg, a member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations …

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Flights Between Trenton-Mercer and Orlando to Begin This Fall

Colorado-based Frontier Airlines will begin offering Monday and Friday flights between Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing and Orlando, Fla., beginning in November, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes announced Wednesday.

Editor's Note: The following is news release issued by the Mercer County administration. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced today rapidly growing Frontier Airlines will begin offering new nonstop service between Trenton-Mercer Airport and Orlando, Fla. “This is an exciting development for our region. More than any other destination, residents of Mercer County have made it clear to me that Orlando tops their list, and I am so pleased that we are able to deliver,” Hughes said. Denver, Colo.-based Frontier Airlines is the latest passenger carrier to tap into the lucrative Trenton-Mercer regional market. Streamline Airlines currently offers weekday service from Trenton-Mercer to Boston. “With rapidly increasing passenger numbers…

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Improvements to be Made to Mercer Airport Taxiway

The New Jersey Department of Transportation grant will help fund improvements to taxiways at Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing Township.

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued recently by the Mercer County administration. Mercer County announces it received a New Jersey Department of Transportation grant of $25,625 to go toward the necessary engineering for rehabilitation and improvements to taxiways H, B and F at Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing. This latest grant adds to the $973,750 received from the Federal Aviation Administration for the project, bringing the total, with the county’s apportionment, to $1,025,000. Work is scheduled to begin this summer. “Mercer County is extremely pleased to have received this $1,025,000 grant for taxiway improvements at Trenton-Mercer Airport and we thank State DOT Commissioner James Simpson for his continued support,” …

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