Southwest Airlines poured more fuel on the “Frontier is Down and We’re Going to Take Advantage of That Fact” fire today as the airline announced more expansion of its Denver operations.

Or as one of our favorite airline industry observers noted, “It’s like watching a five year old pull the wings and legs off a bug. Just brutal… Taking down two more F9 markets (SMF and FLL).”

Southwest Airlines announced five new nonstop flights and three new destinations from Denver. The airline added new nonstop service between Denver and Sacramento, Ft. Lauderdale and New Orleans. The airline also will add one additional nonstop between Denver and Phoenix for a total of seven.

The new flights begin on Aug. 4.

Good. Nice to see a nonstop between New Orleans and Denver. Since Frontier stopped flying between MSY and DEN, the market has been owned by TED.

You know — TED. Or as the excellent flight attendant I had on Ted recently explained to a plane full of passengers, with tongue firmly planted in his cheek, “People often ask me, “What is TED? Simple. TED — the end of United.”

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