en.Wedoany.com Reported - Florida's prominence in Breeze Airways' network continues to rise. According to Cirium Diio data, the Sunshine State will account for nearly half (48%) of the airline's flight volume in July and August 2026. Flights to, from, and within Florida have increased by 51% year-over-year, outpacing Breeze's overall operational growth rate by 7 percentage points.
Breeze Airways' flight schedules for July and August 2025, as submitted to Cirium, have been compared with the actual schedules for the same period in 2026. The comparison reveals that Breeze has added 38 new Florida routes, including 36 domestic and 2 international routes. During the same period, only six routes involving the state were canceled.
These new routes span multiple launch timelines: 15 were launched in 2025, 9 between January and June 2026, and another 12 are scheduled for July 2026. Among the routes launching in July, half were previously operated by the now-defunct Spirit Airlines in 2025 or early 2026, making the takeover of existing routes a key strategy for Breeze's expansion.
Of the 36 new domestic routes, 14 involve Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). Cirium data shows that among Breeze's total network of 84 airports, FLL will become its ninth-largest operating airport in July and August 2026. Breeze only began operations at FLL in November 2025. Among these 14 FLL routes, six are already served by other airlines, including Allegiant Air, JetBlue Airways, or Southwest Airlines; another six airport pairs previously had nonstop flights; the only entirely new route is between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Salisbury.
Compared to July and August 2025, Florida has added two new international routes for the same period this year, both departing from Tampa International Airport (TPA). One route flies to Nassau, launched on June 11, 2026, with 2 to 4 weekly flights; the other goes to Punta Cana, launched on July 2, 2026, with 2 weekly flights. As of May 2023, TPA had no flights to this popular Dominican Republic destination. JetBlue exited this market in June 2026, while Frontier Airlines plans to exit in August.
The TPA-Nassau route, at just 324 nautical miles (approximately 600 kilometers) one-way, is Breeze's shortest scheduled international route ever. Cirium data indicates that over the past 20 years, regional subsidiaries of American Airlines and Delta Air Lines operated nonstop flights until 2006, after which the market lacked direct service for years. In 2016, the now-defunct Silver Airways began operations, and after its cessation, Breeze has now taken over. Since Breeze's fleet consists entirely of jet aircraft, this marks the first time in 20 years that the TPA-Nassau route has been served by jets.
Breeze Airways launched flights from its busiest airport, Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), to Key West in October 2025. Prior to this, the 695-nautical-mile (1,287-kilometer) one-way route had never had nonstop service. According to U.S. Department of Transportation data, during the period from October 2024 to March 2025 without nonstop flights, a total of 8,886 round-trip passengers opted for connecting flights, with 76% of them traveling via Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) or Miami on American Airlines flights.
After the launch of nonstop flights, the number of round-trip passengers increased to 12,615 between October 2025 and March 2026, a 42% year-over-year increase. This growth was primarily driven by lower fares, with the average one-way base fare at that airport dropping 21% from $232 to $183. The nonstop service, operated by Breeze, carried 6,035 passengers, and its market share partly came at the expense of American Airlines, whose share in this market fell by 45 percentage points.
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