en.Wedoany.com Reported - Breeze Airways has carried over 16 million passengers since its first commercial flight in 2021, but the five-year-old airline is adjusting its route network. According to Cirium Diio schedule data, 18 routes were terminated between January 2025 and May 2026, collectively offering approximately 248,000 round-trip seats, accounting for less than 2% of the airline's total capacity during that period.

Eighty-eight percent of the airline's fleet consists of 137-seat Airbus A220-300s, a relatively low-capacity aircraft that allows it to target underserved or previously unserved thin markets. All canceled routes are domestic, including Orlando to Mobile International (non-hub airport) in January 2025, Fort Myers to Bangor, Fort Myers to Stewart, and Westchester to Sarasota in February 2025, Orlando to Plattsburgh in April 2025, Stewart to Vero Beach in May 2025, Akron-Canton to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Tampa to Orange County in August 2025, Huntsville to Los Angeles International Airport, Norfolk to Syracuse, and Westchester to Greenville/Spartanburg in September 2025, Raleigh/Durham to Los Angeles International Airport in January 2026, Orange County to Montrose and Orlando to Ogdensburg in April 2026, and Hartford to Daytona Beach, Orlando to Manchester, Westchester to Daytona Beach, and Westchester to Jacksonville in May 2026.

Akron-Canton has been part of Breeze Airways' network since June 2021, making it one of the airline's original airports. Ranked 165th in U.S. flight volume, the airport is positioned as a low-cost alternative to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, about an hour's drive away. Over the following five years, Breeze Airways operated 20 routes from this airport. Among them, the long-haul route from Akron-Canton to Los Angeles International Airport operated from May 2024 to August 2025, covering a one-way distance of 1,801 nautical miles (3,335 kilometers). According to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) data, it is the longest scheduled passenger route ever from the Ohio airport and the first time this route has been served. The route operated 75 round-trip flights, offering 20,550 seats, carrying 14,270 passengers, with a load factor of 69.4%. During the same period, Breeze Airways' overall network load factor was 77.6%, while all routes from Akron-Canton had a load factor of 79.8%. The average fare (excluding taxes and fees) for this market was $103 per segment, 32% higher than the airline's overall network average fare from this airport, but the flight distance was 137% longer than the typical stage length.

In contrast to the canceled routes, Breeze Airways will introduce 34 new markets starting this month, including 29 domestic routes and 5 international routes. All international services depart from Tampa, with flights to Nassau on June 11, Punta Cana on July 2, San Jose, Costa Rica on October 3, Cancun on December 16, and Montego Bay on December 19. Routes to Nassau, San Jose, or Montego Bay will have no direct competitors. Additionally, the Tampa to St. Thomas route is considered domestic as it is part of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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