CLEVELAND, Ohio – Frontier Airlines is restarting nonstop service between Cleveland and New Orleans, but the route will be short lived.

The carrier will operate five flights to and from the Big Easy in February for Northeast Ohioans interested in visiting for Mardi Gras.

The addition is part of a larger announcement this week from Frontier, which is adding new flights from 22 cities to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for the holiday.

Mardi Gras next year falls on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

The new Cleveland flights will run Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from Feb. 12 until Feb. 22, for a total of five round-trip flights.

Flights will depart from Cleveland at 5:57 p.m., landing in New Orleans at 8:16 p.m. Returning flights will leave New Orleans at 9:11 p.m., arriving in Cleve

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