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Breeze announces 18 new routes, 5 new cities — including first Newark flights

Aug. 07, 2024
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Breeze announces 18 new routes, 5 new cities — including first Newark flights
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Breeze Airways is planning a major network expansion, announcing a whopping 18 new routes on Wednesday. As part of the network moves, the Utah-based carrier will add five new cities to its route map.

Among the new airports is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Though Breeze will only serve one nonstop destination from Newark, it's a milestone — marking the carrier's first time serving one of the New York City area's three largest airports.

And Breeze is making a far bigger splash in several other cities where it prepares to launch service for the first time.

Between now and February, the carrier will debut four new routes from Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) in Florida. It’ll also begin operations in Erie, Pennsylvania; South Bend, Indiana; and Wilmington, North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast.

Sunset in Daytona Beach, Florida. MIROSLAV_1/ISTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES

This swath of new routes also will see Breeze double down on its soon-to-launch base, Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW), and broaden its footprint at several Northeast airports where it’s been expanding in recent months, including Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, New York.

In all, these five new airports will give the carrier 64 nonstop destinations across 30 states, Breeze said Wednesday.

Breeze Airways' newest routes

Here’s the full rundown of Breeze’s 18 new routes:

RouteLaunchesFrequency
EWR to West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston
Nov. 14
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
DAB-HPN
Nov. 14
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
DAB to Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Hartford
Feb. 13, 2025
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
DAB to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
Feb. 13, 2025
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
DAB to Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) in Providence
Feb. 14, 2025
Twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays
Erie International Airport (ERI) in Pennsylvania to Orlando International Airport (MCO)
Nov. 6
Twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays
RSW to South Bend International Airport (SBN) in Indiana
Feb. 5, 2025
Twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays
RSW to Wilmington International Airport (ILM) in North Carolina
Feb. 14, 2025
Twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays
ILM-BDL
Feb. 13, 2025
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
ILM-MCO
Feb. 13, 2025
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
ILM-PVD
Feb. 14, 2025
Twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) to Akron-Canton Airport (CAK)
Nov. 20
Twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays
Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) to SRQ
Nov. 21
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
HPN-SRQ
Oct. 31
Three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
SBN-MCO
Nov. 7
Twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays
Portland International Jetport (PWM) in Maine to SRQ
Nov. 20
Twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays
RDU-SRQ
Nov. 22
Twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays
Richmond International Airport (RIC) in Virginia to SRQ
Nov. 22
Twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays

This expansion by Breeze places a heavy emphasis on leisure routes from underserved airports, particularly on the East Coast.

Head-to-head with Avelo

It’s also worth noting the carrier will compete with fellow startup airline Avelo, which also launched service in 2021 and is itself fresh off a major network expansion.

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The two airlines will go head-to-head on three of the four routes Breeze is launching from Wilmington.

Breeze and Avelo will directly compete on the Daytona Beach-to-Hartford route, and indirectly with Breeze’s new Westchester County flight — Avelo currently flies from Daytona Beach to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) in Connecticut, which sits about 50 miles east of the Westchester airport and draws passengers from overlapping areas.

Breeze Airways Airbus A220-300
ZACH GRIFF/THE POINTS GUY

Bottom line

Breeze continues to grow its network, three years after commencing operations. The carrier’s latest 18-route expansion includes a particular focus on growing in the Northeast, months after announcing major expansion plans in Providence.

The carrier is planning to shift to a fleet comprised entirely of Airbus A220 jets, and recently expanded its loyalty offerings with its Breezy Rewards program, including its first cobranded credit card.

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Featured image by DAVID SLOTNICK/THE POINTS GUY
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