Las Vegas is still a long way away from recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could get some much-needed help starting next year. Four airlines have announced that they are going to add new routes into McCarran International Airport in Sin City, which should help it begin to attract more gamblers from around the country. The rollout will be staggered, with different airlines launching their new routes across several months. 

Frontier Airlines announced this week that it will start offering flights into McCarran next March. Frontier is going to put up six new nonstop flights beginning March 12, about the same time the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to have been made readily available across the country. The new routes will come by way of El Paso, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Wichita, Kansas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the US, as well as Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico.

The airport’s chief marketing officer, Chris Jones, said in a statement about the new Frontier flights, These new routes not only support travelers’ enduring desire to experience Las Vegas, but also the belief that we will be a leading destination as air travel picks up.”

JetBlue wasn’t going to be left out in the cold, so it announced that it will start offering flights from Cancun, Mexico and Raleigh, North Carolina on March 4. That same day, according to a previous announcement by Allegiant Air, there will be a new route to Vegas from Flint, Michigan. Alaska Airlines is giving those trapped in the frigid weather of the state a chance to escape and will launch flights to McCarran starting May 20.