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July 30, 2025
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Welcome to the route map, Nebraska. You too, eastern Tennessee.

They’re the latest additions for fast-growing startup carrier Breeze Airways, which announced its latest expansion Tuesday.

Breeze’s Nebraska service takes off first, with flights from Lincoln Airport (LNK) to Orlando starting Dec. 10.

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Two days later, Breeze will arrive in eastern Tennessee, where it will serve Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) near Kingsport. Flights to Orlando begin Dec. 12 while service to Dulles International Airport (IAD) near Washington, D.C., begins Dec. 15.

TRI serves the Tennessee cities of Kingsport and Johnson City as well as the city of Bristol, whose main thoroughfare straddles the Tennessee-Virginia border. The airport will be Breeze’s third destination in Tennessee — Memphis and Nashville are the others — but its first in the mountainous eastern portion of the state.

As for Lincoln, Breeze's entry brings a new budget airline to the city about two years after Lincoln-based startup Red Way abruptly went out of business after a short run.

Short-lived: Lasting barely a summer, Nebraska budget airline to cease operations

Breeze's two new cities announced Tuesday are part of a broader seven-route expansion that runs from New England to Florida.

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Other cities getting new Breeze routes are Albany and Rochester, New York; Fort Myers, Florida; Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Also joining Breeze’s network are two previously announced routes as well as one returning one:

• Norfolk, Virginia, to Orlando

• Raleigh, North Carolina, to Ogdensburg, New York

• Charleston, West Virginia, to Tampa (returning)

Each of those routes begins Oct. 3.

The full list of new routes announced Monday is below.

Albany International Airport (ALB) in New York

  • Fort Myers, Florida: Begins Dec. 17 with round-trip flights each Wednesday and Saturday. Seasonal. Introductory fares from $69 one-way.

Fort Myers via Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)

  • Albany, New York: Begins Dec. 17 with round-trip flights each Wednesday and Saturday. Seasonal. Introductory fares from $69 one-way.
  • Rochester, New York: Begins Jan. 8 with round-trip flights each Thursday and Sunday. Seasonal. Introductory fares from $79 one-way.

Lincoln International Airport (LNK) in Nebraska

  • Orlando: Begins Dec. 10 with round-trip flights each Wednesday and Saturday. Introductory fares from $79 one-way.

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) in New Hampshire

  • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Begins Feb. 6 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Seasonal. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.

Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in South Carolina

  • Manchester, New Hampshire: Begins Feb. 6 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.

Orlando International Airport (MCO)

  • Lincoln, Nebraska: Begins Dec. 10 with round-trip flights each Wednesday and Saturday. Introductory fares from $79 one-way.
  • Kingsport, Tennessee: Begins Dec. 12 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.

Portsmouth International Airport (PSM) in New Hampshire

  • Raleigh, North Carolina: Begins Dec. 11 with round-trip flights each Thursday and Sunday. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)

  • Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Begins Dec. 11 with round-trip flights each Thursday and Sunday. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.

Rochester, New York, via Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)

  • Fort Myers, Florida: Begins Jan. 8 with round-trip flights each Thursday and Sunday. Seasonal. Introductory fares from $79 one-way.

Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) near Kingsport, Tennessee

  • Orlando: Begins Dec. 12 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Introductory fares from $49 one-way.
  • Washington, D.C. (via Dulles): Begins Dec. 15 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Introductory fares from $39 one-way.

Washington, DC, via Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Virginia

  • Kingsport, Tennessee: Begins Dec. 15 with round-trip flights each Friday and Monday. Introductory fares from $39 one-way.

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