Breeze adds 5 routes to summer schedule, with a big focus on Myrtle Beach
Breeze Airways is bolstering its summer schedule. The Provo, Utah-based ultra-low-cost carrier on Tuesday announced five new routes launching this summer — each of which will touch a warm-weather, leisure destination on the East Coast.
Breeze is adding three new routes to Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in South Carolina, a popular summer beach destination.
It's also adding a few new options out of Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, New York, and it's doubling down on its growth out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina.
Additionally, Breeze announced on Wednesday added capacity on a couple of new routes and announced the resumption of some summer seasonal flying.
Breeze's new routes
Here's the full rundown of Breeze's new routes announced Wednesday.
| Route | Launch Date | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) in Ohio to MYR | June 20; summer seasonal | Round trip on Wednesdays and Saturdays |
Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport (AVP) in Pennsylvania to MYR | June 20; summer seasonal | Round trip on Thursdays and Sundays |
HPN-MYR | June 20 | Round trip on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays |
HPN to Portland International Jetport (PWM) in Maine | June 20; summer seasonal | Round trip on Thursdays and Sundays |
RDU to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in Florida | June 21 | Round trip on Mondays and Fridays |
This scaling up of Breeze's service to Myrtle Beach will give seven cities access to the popular vacation spot aboard the budget carrier by July, as shown by aviation analytics firm Cirium.
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Meanwhile, the addition of West Palm Beach gives Breeze yet another departure out of Raleigh-Durham, from which it will serve more than a dozen destinations by midsummer. Even before unveiling the new PBI route, Breeze's July scheduled seats from RDU will be up 73% over July 2023, Cirium data shows.
Other resumptions and frequency increases
On top of the five new routes Breeze announced Wednesday, it also announced plans to increase the frequency of two new routes launching in May and resume two seasonal summer routes.
Breeze will relaunch Westchester County service to Norfolk, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, on June 21 and 22, respectively.
It will also add a third weekly round trip between HPN and RDU, as well as two more (for a total of five) weekly round trips between MYR and Hartford, Connecticut's Bradley International Airport (BDL).
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