A Look At Breeze Airways’ Fast-Growing Operations In 2025

Four years have passed since Breeze Airways’ first commercial flight, on May 27, 2021. Since then, Breeze’s fleet has grown to 53 aircraft: 40 Airbus A220-300s, 10 Embraer E190s, and three E195s. It has already started to phase out its E195s. The airline previously said it’d retire all its Embraers in 2026, but some may be retained and used for charter flights.

US Department of Transportation data shows that Breeze carried 4.4 million passengers in the 12 months to February 2025, all domestic. It was therefore the US’s 11th-largest airline in this sense. Given the sheer scale of the country’s domestic market, Breeze had just 0.5% of the traffic. One in every 200 passengers flew it. It filled 77% of its available seats, a relatively low proportion and lower than all carriers in the market (83%).

Breeze’s Map Consists Of 70 Airports Across The US

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As of May 30, Breeze plans to serve 70 airports across the country in the remainder of the year (June to December). They are shown on the map above. The carrier anticipates flying to 150 airports by 2030, and who knows? They may even include destinations outside the US, which it has hinted at for some time.

Three airports have exited its network in 2025: Mobile, Montrose, and Plattsburgh. However, eight airports have been added, as summarized below, none of which were previously on its map. The additions include Salisbury, with October 1 marking Breeze’s debut in Maryland. This means the carrier will now serve 32 states, with Maryland having the fewest flights. It’ll fly between Salisbury and Orlando International, Salisbury’s largest unserved market. The US DOT shows that no airline has served it before, but Allegiant flew Sanford-Salisbury in 2012.

Airport

First Breeze flight on…

Routes in 2025 (as of May 30)

Albany

June 5

Charleston, Raleigh/Durham

Fort Lauderdale

November 5

Akron/Canton, Wilmington (North Carolina)

Greensboro

January 2

Hartford, Orlando

Key West

June 12

Orlando, Raleigh/Durham, Tampa

Memphis

May 7

Raleigh/Durham, Pensacola, Tampa

Rochester (New York)

May 8

Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh/Durham, Tampa

Salisbury

October 1

Orlando

Wilmington (North Carolina)

February 13

Akron/Canton, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, Long Island, Orlando, Providence, Tampa

These Are Breeze’s Top 10 Airports Between June And December 2025

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Orlando will be Breeze’s number one airport for departures, as shown below. It plans 2,852 takeoffs, with an average of 13 daily departures until the end of December. Half of the days will have more and half will have less. Schedule analysis shows Breeze will have up to 17 daily flights from Orlando. Some 33 routes will be served, of which 72% will have no direct competition (from Orlando International).

Breeze is not the leading airline at any of the 10 airports. This is unsurprising, as its low frequency per route makes it extremely difficult. The closest it gets is at Akron/Canton, at which it is the second-largest operator after American. With an average of five daily departures, varying from four to seven daily, Breeze has 29.3% of the market across 15 routes, of which four have direct competition.

Departures from June to December*

Average daily flights**

Airport

% of the airport’s domestic flights

2,852

13

Orlando International

3.1%

2,662

12

Charleston

13.6%

2,582

12

Raleigh/Durham

6.3%

2,460

11

Tampa

5.0%

2,037

10

Providence

15.9%

1,983

Nine

Hartford

11.7%

1,667

Eight

Norfolk

9.7%

1,649

Eight

Fort Myers

8.4%

1,122

Five

Richmond

6.6%

1,117

Five

Akron/Canton

29.3%

* Double for both ways

** Flights/days of operation

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But, Charleston Was Its Most-Served Airport Last Year

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Between June and December 2024, Breeze had more flights from Charleston than anywhere else. Providence was second, and Orlando was third. Things have changed markedly in 2025. With two-thirds more flights, Orlando has leapfrogged the pair to top the table. In contrast, Charleston has ‘only’ a quarter more departures than it did, while Providence is up by just 8.8%. All pale compared to Raleigh/Durham, with Breeze having 88% more departures than last year.

Breeze’s Orlando growth has been helped by six new routes: Key West (begins June 12, 2025), Greensboro (starts June 6, 2025), Gulfport/Biloxi (began February 6, 2025), Raleigh/Durham (started May 9, 2025), Salisbury (begins October 1, 2025), and Wilmington (North Carolina; started February 13, 2025). However, two routes have been dropped this year: Mobile (flights ended in January 2025) and Plattsburgh (ended in April 2025).