Launched in 2018 by JetBlue (JBLU) , WestJet and Azul Brazilian Airlines (AZUL) founder David Neeleman, Breeze Airways (BREZ) has quickly grown to compete with established low-costers such as Spirit (SAVE) and Frontier (FRON) .
Using a model that focuses on secondary cities and smaller destinations not well-served by mainstream airlines, the Salt Lake City-based Breeze launched with 16 cities and currently flies to 68 destinations across the U.S.
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Breeze Airlines was founded in 2018 and is adding several new routes in 2025.
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Breeze founder speaks of ‘great demand’ for flights to these secondary cities
The latest number comes as a result of an expansion to three new cities announced on Feb. 5: Rochester and Albany in upstate New York and the blues music capital, Memphis.
The Memphis flights will start running from Tampa and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina on May 9. The Providence, Rhode Island routes will begin on May 7.
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Also launching in May, the Rochester routes will start running from Raleigh-Durham, Charleston, New Orleans and Orlando while the Albany destination will be kicked off with flights from Charleston, Raleigh-Durham and Fort Myers.
The two Florida destinations and the Memphis-Providence route are BreezeThru flights in which the airline stops at another airport along the way but existing passengers do not deplane.
“We experienced incredible growth in 2024 thanks to our amazing partners in the cities we serve and the hard work and dedication of our Team Members across the U.S. and we look forward to continuing that momentum this year,” Neeleman said in a statement about the network changes. “We see great demand and opportunity for our premium product offering in secondary markets across the country and are excited to add Rochester, Albany and Memphis to our network.”
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In total, Breeze has announced 13 new routes that it will launch by either May or early June.
Some of the new routes between cities it has already been flying to include a new flight between Burlington, Vermont and Charleston, South Carolina launching on May 30 as well as flights to South Carolina’s Greenville-Spartanburg from Pittsburgh, Fort Myers, Maine’s Portland and New York’s Westchester County (all launching on May 1).
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North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) will reap the biggest benefits from the expansion with five new routes launching from the city between May and June: Albany, New York running twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays, Memphis running Mondays and Fridays, Orlando running on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, Rochester running on Mondays and Fridays on top of a seasonal summer and fall flight to Pensacola, Florida.
Rochester and Greenville-Spartanburg will each get a respective four new routes; other cities are receiving between three and four new flights.
To promote the new flights, Breeze is offering promotional fares starting at $39 for some routes in one direction without airport fees, taxes or checked baggage — the exact dates when the low fare is available can be found by searching for the trip one wants to take on the Breeze website.
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