PHOTO GALLERY: Frontier Airlines inaugural flight takes off Tuesday

Holiday travelers filled the terminal at the Columbia Regional Airport waiting for the first Frontier Airlines flight from Columbia to Orlando Tuesday afternoon. Frontier will run the direct flight to Orlando twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.   |  Kile Brewer

Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid talks with representatives from Frontier Airlines before walking outside the Columbia Regional Airport to speak before a ribbon cutting for Frontier's new twice-weekly flight from Columbia to Orlando.   |  Kile Brewer

Mayor Bob McDavid, center, joins members of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and representatives from Frontier Airlines Tuesday in cutting a ribbon to commemorate the airline's new service.   |  Kile Brewer

Newly-elected state representatives Caleb Rowden, center, and John Wright, at right, are reflected in a car windshield outside the Columbia Regional Airport Tuesday before the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Frontier Airlines flights from Columbia.   |  Kile Brewer

A Columbia Regional Airport employee motions in a Delta Airlines flight while the first Frontier Airlines flight waits to take off for Orlando on Tuesday afternoon. Delta will discontinue service to Columbia on Feb. 13, while Frontier started twice-weekly service to Orlando.   |  Kile Brewer