Breeze Airways introduced a significant West Coast growth Thursday, bringing service to 5 new cities and launching seven new routes.
The airline will begin flying to Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) and California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport (ACV) in California; Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) close to Bend and Eugene Airport (EUG) in Oregon; and Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) in Pasco, Washington. Service to the brand new cities will start in March 2026.
“With an expanded West Coast presence that connects vacationers to our broader nationwide community, Breeze’s service will convey much more choices and comfort to those underserved communities,” Breeze founder and CEO David Neeleman mentioned in an announcement.
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The timing of Thursday’s announcement was notable: Rival startup Avelo Airways simply introduced plans to finish its West Coast presence and can utterly exit a few of the similar markets that Breeze plans to enter, together with Burbank, Eugene, Redmond, Redwood Coast-Humboldt County and Tri-Cities.
Avelo has struggled in latest months, whilst Breeze has seen its first worthwhile quarters since launching in 2021. Avelo has additionally confronted backlash for working deportation flights from the U.S. for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — critics launched an “AvelNO” promoting marketing campaign in response.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Breeze is intentionally capitalizing on Avelo’s exit, or whether or not the timing of the announcement is a coincidence.
When requested particularly in regards to the timeline, a spokesperson for Breeze mentioned that “whereas the information actually cleared an open path, it would not have been attainable with out dozens of different items being in the appropriate place on the proper time.”
“Burbank is an ideal instance of a secondary market with underserved air service to communities like PSC, RDM, EUG and ACV, and we’re assured our mannequin would be the excellent long-term match for vacationers within the space,” the spokesperson added
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The airline’s press launch saying the brand new routes additionally steered that Avelo’s community had already had in Breeze’s consideration.
“We’ve lengthy been monitoring alternatives to broaden our community on the West Coast and hope the information might be a welcome reprieve for vacationers in these communities,” Breeze’s Chief Business Officer Lukas Johnson mentioned in a press launch.
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The brand new routes, which all start in March, are as follows:
| Route | Launch date | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| ACV-BUR | March 12 | Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays |
| BUR-EUG | March 19 | Thursdays and Sundays |
| BUR-PSC | March 18 | Wednesdays and Saturdays |
| BUR-Provo Airport (PVU) in Utah | March 11 | Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays |
| BUR-RDM | March 13 | Mondays and Fridays |
| PVU-Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas | March 13 | Mondays and Fridays |
| RDM-LAS | March 13 | Mondays and Fridays |
The airline additionally introduced a number of one-stop routes from Provo below its “BreezeThru” mannequin, which lets passengers keep on the aircraft throughout a fast cease on the bottom, together with: PVU-ACV, PVU-EUG, PVU-PSC and PVU-RDM.
The entire new routes might be operated by Breeze’s fleet of latest Airbus A220-300 jets, which supply Wi-Fi and first-class seats.
Breeze makes use of a point-to-point working mannequin that goals to function nonstop flights between smaller markets that don’t in any other case have direct air connectivity. The airline started in 2021 by working quick flights of lower than two hours with a fleet of Embraer jets leased from Azul Brazilian Airways, earlier than constructing a fleet of brand-new Airbus A220 jets.
The airline has expanded quickly since its launch. In 2024 alone, Breeze added 29 cities and 88 routes, the airline mentioned.
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