Breeze Airways targets Florida with massive 11-route enlargement

Extremely-low-cost provider Breeze Airways is popping to Florida for its newest massive enlargement.

The startup provider introduced 11 new routes to the Sunshine State on Tuesday, trying to lure sun-seeking leisure vacationers because it grows its route map.

Breeze’s greatest enlargement push is available in Fort Myers alongside Florida’s southern Gulf coast.

The provider is including 9 routes from town. Fort Myers sits alongside a well-liked strand of shoreline that is residence to in style vacationer hotspots like Naples and Sanibel Island. With the brand new routes — together with nonstop flights to locations like New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio — Breeze will now provide flights to 13 locations from Fort Myers.

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Breeze’s Florida enlargement additionally consists of new nonstop routes to each Jacksonville and Vero Seashore from Windfall, Rhode Island.

Breeze is the brainchild of serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman. It launched in Might 2021 and has been on a fast progress trajectory ever since. The provider focuses on serving smaller cities with nonstop routes too “skinny” to draw the eye of bigger rivals that depend on a hub-and-spoke mannequin.

The newest additions introduced Tuesday will considerably improve the airline’s presence in Florida, which has lengthy drawn leisure vacationers.

As soon as Breeze’s new routes start in November, the provider could have a complete of 58 nonstop routes to seven Florida locations; different spots embrace Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa and West Palm Seashore.

Here’s a listing of the brand new routes: