Budget airline Frontier has started passing along some COVID safety costs to passengers, even as the airline has quietly stopped taking passenger temperatures before each flight.
The Denver-based airline, known for bargain tickets and a pile of extra fees, added a $1.59 “COVID recovery charge” in May, spokesman Zach Kramer said.
The airline’s website says the charge offsets costs such as increased sanitation and cleaning on its planes and at the airport, shields at the ticket counters and in gate areas and personal protective equipment for employees.The charge is per passenger, per one-way flight and is not easy to find when booking a flight on Frontier’s website.
What the website doesn’t mention: Frontier last week ended passenger temperature