Summary
- Breeze Airways announces 3 new nonstop routes & frequency increases, expanding reach for travelers.
- Fall services to Florida destinations from Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania start in October.
- The carrier mainly operates on routes with minimal direct competition.
Low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is looking beyond the summer season and planning ahead, announcing several new routes. The airline recently turned three and has managed to build an impressive network while generating a profit.
Three new routes
Breeze Airways has announced three new nonstop routes and one frequency increase. These include destinations such as Burlington, VT; Fort Myers, FL; Long Island-Islip, NY; Tampa, FL; and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA.
An additional weekly flight between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Orlando, FL, will also be added, with all of these changes taking place in October. The schedules of the new services are as follows:
- From Burlington, VT to Fort Myers, FL (Mondays and Fridays, starting October 4).
- From Fort Myers, FL to Long Island-Islip, NY (Wednesdays and Saturdays, starting October 2).
- From Tampa, FL to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (Mondays and Fridays, starting October 18).
The frequency increase from Orlando, FL to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA will be from 4x weekly to 5x, starting October 8, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Breeze Airways’ President Tom Doxey commented,
“Breeze continues to expand our fall and winter service into Florida, and now serves eight destinations within the state. Now Guests in Long Island, Burlington, and Scranton will have more opportunities to escape to the Sunshine State while enjoying Breeze’s Seriously Nice™ service and fares.”
Breeze has also introduced a “Destinations Dupes” campaign while offering 35% off roundtrip base fares using the code ‘DUPE’. It highlights domestic getaways with international vibes across Breeze’s network and is applicable to all of its flights except the new ones.
Summer expansion
While there’s still some time before these new flights are operational, Breeze has already started several new services for the busy summer travel period. Recently, it brought back Jacksonville to Westchester County flight for the summer season, operating twice a week on an Embraer E190.
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In April, Breeze announced five new routes, two seasonal resumptions, and two route frequency increases. Akron/Canton, Ohio, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Westchester County-New York have received new nonstop service to Myrtle Beach, Florida. Westchester County is also seeing a new service to Portland, Maine, and the return of the popular seasonal service to both Norfolk and Jacksonville.
The carrier also expanded frequencies on a couple of other routes: Hartford-Myrtle Beach, increasing from 3x to 5x weekly from June 21, and Westchester-Raleigh/Durham, increasing from twice to thrice weekly from June 26.
Big plans
Breeze’s recent announcements are part of its larger expansion plan. Recently, Simple Flying’s US Lead, Jonathan Hendry, had the opportunity to speak with Breeze Airways founder and CEO David Neeleman.
The carrier’s top boss explained that “everything’s up for grabs,” which possibly means that many new network announcements could be made in the coming months. Breeze, which recently turned three, has also managed to be profitable in this short span of time.
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Today, it flies to more destinations than any other carrier in 11 of its cities and is the only scheduled carrier in at least one. Breeze mainly focuses on routes without direct competition, and this seems to be working well for the airline so far.
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