Update: Frontier to discontinue service between St. Augustine and Washington; airport officials to meet with airline Friday

Update: St. Augustine airport board executive director Ed Wuellner said Tuesday that a planned meeting with Frontier Airlines has been delayed until Friday.

Wuellner and other Northeast Florida Regional Airport officials are hoping to reach an agreement with Frontier that would restore service between St. Augustine and Washington Dulles.

The current schedule has the last flight between the St. Augustine and Washington to be Jan. 6, 2015. 

On Monday, a Frontier spokesman did confirm that a meeting was scheduled for Tuesday. However, he did not give an indication as to whether the airline would resume the St. Augustine-Washington route after what was called a "seasonal" stoppage.

Here is the original story, which was posted on Monday:

Frontier Airlines' service between St. Augustine and Washington Dulles is stopping soon, but whether it's a temporary shutdown or a permanent one remains to be determined.

Flights between the oldest city and the nation's capital on Frontier will be discontinued after Jan. 6, 2015.

Both Ed Wuellner, executive director of the airport authority, and Frontier spokesman Todd Lehmacher said it was a seasonal shutdown.

As of Monday, there was no agreement as to when or if the service will be restarted.

There is a meeting between airport and Frontier officials set for Tuesday. But Lehmacher said that doesn't mean a decision will be made immediately about the St. Augustine-to-Washington flights.

"We're going to discuss it further with the airport," Lehmacher said.

The five weekly flights between Dulles and the Northeast Florida Regional Airport started Sept. 8.

It was the second destination added to the local airport after going years without commercial service. In May, Frontier started operating three flights between St. Augustine and Trenton, N.J.

That was the first time there had been commercial traffic since Skybus ceased operations in April 2008.

Flights between St. Augustine and Trenton can still be booked through April 2015, and there has been no indication that those flights will cease.

Wuellner said Monday that Frontier has given him every indication that the company is still happy with the arrangement here. Lehmacher confirmed that.

"We're not removing service from St. Augustine," he said.

When the Trenton route started, Ed Wuellner, executive director of the airport authority, said the airport was looking to add more flights, and the Washington announcement soon followed.

And even when the flights to Dulles started, Wuellner said there was a possibility for further additions with Frontier and possibly other airlines in the near future.