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Breeze Airways is a fast-growing operator. In the latest update, it has added another 12 routes, including one international service; more links might be announced later this week. And four more cities have joined or rejoined its map: Atlantic City (new), Brownsville (new), Nassau (new), and San Antonio (returning).
Breeze’s first international services took place in early January. The addition of the Bahamas capital means the airline will now serve three airports internationally: Cancun; Nassau; and Punta Cana. Until Jamaica’s devastating hurricane, it had also planned to fly to Montego Bay. That important leisure destination is likely to be part of Breeze’s network in the future.
Breeze’s 12 New Routes
They are summarized below. None of them have been served by the airline before, which is not surprising. And like many operators, Breeze keeps abreast of market changes, and adds what it thinks might work. Some of the 12 additions were previously served by other airline, including three in 2024/2025. So-called ready-made markets are often important.
Only one of the new routes will have head-to-head competition, which is exactly how Breeze likes it. It seeks out such markets. More significantly, the US Department of Transportation shows that five of them have never been served before, including Charleston and Raleigh/Durham to Atlantic City.
Neither city pair has existing indirect airline passenger traffic, which is because Atlantic City is not served by a hub operator. However, some people would have driven or perhaps flown to 
Philadelphia and traveled overland. That leakage data is not available. Some ultra-low-cost and low-cost carriers, especially in Europe, are renowned for market creation.
|
Start Date |
Route |
Passengers Daily Each Way* |
Breeze’s Frequency |
Previously Served By The Airline? |
Does Another Passenger Carrier Operate?** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 6 |
Charleston to Atlantic City |
No one flew |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (not served before) |
|
May 6 |
Los Angeles to Louisville |
107 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (Spirit operated until 2025; American in 2019-2020) |
|
May 7 |
Pittsburgh to Louisville |
13 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (OneJet operated until 2018; US Airways and TWA, etc., before that) |
|
May 7 |
Raleigh/Durham to San Antonio |
98 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (Frontier operated until 2019; ExpressJet until 2008; Southwest until 2003) |
|
May 8 |
Greenville/Spartanburg-Columbus |
24 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (not served before) |
|
May 8 |
Raleigh/Durham to Madison |
36 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (not served before) |
|
May 8 |
San Antonio to Memphis |
52 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (Frontier operated in 2018; Delta/Northwest before) |
|
June 1 |
Orlando to Brownsville |
29 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (Avelo served the market until 2024; more on this below) |
|
June 11 |
Raleigh/Durham to Atlantic City |
No one flew |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (not served before) |
|
June 11 |
Tampa to Nassau |
25 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (Silver operated in 2025; Delta until 2006; others before that) |
|
June 12 |
Fort Lauderdale to Huntsville |
44 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
Yes (Allegiant) |
|
July 1 |
San Antonio to Pensacola |
66 |
Twice-weekly |
No |
No (not served before) |
|
* 12 months to October 2025. From the US DOT. In most of the markets, Breeze’s entry will nicely grow the size |
** Based on when Breeze will operate. Rough summary only |
Breeze Replaces Avelo To Brownsville
Until 2023, the Texas city of Brownsville, right on the border with Mexico, did not have Florida flights. History was made in May 2023, when Avelo took off from Orlando. Boeing 737-800 flights operated twice-weekly until August 2024. (It also operated from Burbank to Brownsville using Burbank-based aircraft/crew.)
US DOT figures show that Avelo carried 17,645 round-trip Orlando passengers in 2023. In the prior year, when nonstop flights did not exist, 4,563 passengers flew indirectly via Dallas and Houston. Thus, Avelo’s entry grew the market by nearly 400%. This is no surprise. Budget airlines are all about demand stimulation. But obviously, this does not mean new routes always work.
In total, Avelo carried 28,080 round-trip Orlando-Brownsville passengers. Its overall average load was 67.2%. It did well in the first year (80.8%), but that was perhaps driven by introductory fares. Its seat load factor fell to a miserable 52.3% in 2024; no wonder it was cut.
Will Breeze perform better? SpaceX demand will help, with the route connecting two locations critical to its development. As a mark of this, flight numbers have been tailor-made for it. And its much lower-capacity A220-300s will help with stronger loads and yields than Avelo’s 737-800s.
British Airways Adds Record 26th Nonstop US Route From London Heathrow
The airline plans a record-breaking operation from Heathrow to the US in the peak summer.
Louisville To Los Angeles Gets Nonstop Flights Again
With 107 PDEW, Louisville to Los Angeles has far more traffic than all the other additions. Unsurprisingly, the DOT shows that it was the Kentucky city’s largest unserved domestic airport pair. Austin was second (59 PDEW), followed by Seattle (58), San Diego (57), New Orleans (55), and Salt Lake City (47).
Let’s narrow the stage length focus to 850 nautical miles (1,574 km). Within this distance, and based on the airports Breeze already serves, New Orleans ranks as the largest unserved city (55 PDEW), followed by Savannah (45). Will the airline start those routes?
Given Breeze will now return to San Antonio, might flights begin from Louisville? The market had 46 PDEW, before growth from nonstop flights and lower fares are considered. Austin is not far from San Antonio. When the Texas capital is added, PDEW jumped to over 100—a decent number to start with.
