Breeze Airways continues to develop its niche network of point-to-point flights between secondary airports or unserved markets. The Utah-based airline, another carrier developed by aviation entrepreneur David Neeleman, who also supported the establishment of Azul, JetBlue and WestJet, operates a fleet of 66 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. In the coming months it will add services to six new destinations, replacing Spirit on a number of routes while also adding new international destinations in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
As Spirit Airlines collapsed earlier this year, a number of popular leisure routes were left unserved, and Breeze has been one airline stepping up at Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), where it is now one of the largest carriers by destinations served. This coming February, Breeze will reconnect Myrtle Beach with Latrobe and Boston Logan International Airport (LGU) with regular nonstop flights: Latrobe to Myrtle Beach starts February 9 with no other airline operating the route, Latrobe to Orlando starts May 26, and Myrtle Beach to Boston starts May 4, where American Airlines and Delta Air Lines also operate. The reintroduction of flights to Latrobe reestablishes commercial air service at the Pennsylvania airport that otherwise was left abandoned by Spirit. From Tampa, Breeze will add Montego Bay from December 19 and Santo Domingo from June 18, plus St. Thomas on December 16, which is not classed as an international flight and needs no passport. Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) will gain three new routes next June and July: to Myrtle Beach on July 1, to Raleigh on June 29, where Frontier Airlines maintains a seasonal service, and to Charleston on July 2, with no other airline operating the other two routes.