Each week, airlines submit schedule changes to Cirium Diio, OAG, etc. From this, analysis can be conducted on what’s happening and why. In the latest update, Breeze Airways revealed 17 routes. They add to multiple links that began recently, examples of which are shown here.
It’ll begin flying to two new cities: Birmingham and Tallahassee. The latter means that 12 Florida airports will now be served. Of course, other places in the Sunshine State might be added in the coming months. For obvious reasons, more than one in four of Breeze’s flights will touch Florida in 2026.
Eight Routes Have Been Added From Ft. Lauderdale
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Until the latest schedule submission, 
Fort Lauderdale was to be Breeze’s 34th most-served airport out of 83 airports in its network. Eight other facilities in Florida were to have more flights. Perhaps surprisingly, only its presence at Sarasota and Daytona Beach was smaller than that of Fort Lauderdale.
Breeze has added eight routes from the South Florida airport, as shown above and detailed below. As such, its planned departures have risen by 147% over the past week. This has contributed greatly to Fort Lauderdale becoming the budget carrier’s 18th most-served airport out of the 85 places that is now on its map.
State Date
Fort Lauderdale To…
Breeze’s Operations
Comments
July 1
Jacksonville
Daily
JetBlue pulled out earlier this year
July 1
Salisbury
Two weekly
Brand-new market
July 1
Tampa
Two daily*
Silver Airways pulled out last year (the airline no longer exists)
July 1
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Two weekly
Brand-new market
July 2
Charleston
Three weekly
Face-to-face competition with JetBlue. Spirit pulls out in April
July 2
Greenville/Spartanburg
Four weekly
Head-to-head competition with Allegiant
July 2
Tallahassee
Three weekly
Silver Airways pulled out last year (the airline no longer exists). JetBlue ended flights in 2024
July 3
Birmingham
Two weekly
Spirit pulled out last year
* The airline’s new joint-second-most-served city pair
These Other Nine Routes Will Also Begin
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It’d be reasonable to wonder what the demand is between Portland (Maine) and Akron/Canton. As the US Department of Transportation shows, the market, which covers 521 nautical miles (965 km) each way, effectively has no existing demand. Just one passenger flew between the two cities daily.
Obviously, that’s not why Breeze will begin the route. It’ll do so because it uses Akron/Canton to serve the broad Cleveland market, which is an hour or so away by car. When Cleveland is included, the existing market rises to 14,700 annual round-trip passengers, which is 20 passengers daily each way. That’s quite standard for Breeze, and it’ll increase demand through nonstop flights and fairly low fares. Or will it be among its worst-performing markets?
State Date
Route*
Breeze’s Operations
Comments
July 1
Savannah to Columbus Glenn Columbus
Two weekly
Breeze served this market in 2022 (Allegiant operates from Rickenbacker)
July 1
Tampa to Atlantic City
Two weekly
Competes directly with Spirit
July 2
Portland (Maine) to Akron/Canton
Two weekly
Brand-new market
July 2
Raleigh/Durham to Tallahassee
Three weekly
Brand-new market (at least since 1990; did American have flights from its Raleigh hub before then?)
July 2
Tampa to Columbus Glenn Columbus
Two weekly
Spirit pulled out in 2025. Breeze faces Southwest
July 3
Cincinnati to Greenville/Spartanburg
Two weekly
Last served by Delta in 2013
July 3
Cincinnati to Portland (Maine)
Two weekly
Last served by Frontier in 2024
July 3
Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach
Two weekly
Frontier operated briefly in 2021
July 3
Raleigh/Durham to Birmingham
Two weekly
Last served by Expressjet in 2008
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Ready-Made Markets Are Important
Credit:Â Breeze
It is critically important for airlines to continually monitor market changes. This has multiple benefits, including spotting new route opportunities. You’ll notice from the tables, especially the one about Fort Lauderdale, that several of the routes were served by another carrier until recently. Breeze believes they make sense for its network and thinks they’ll perform sufficiently.
Such markets include Fort Lauderdale to Birmingham. According to US DOT data for July 2024 to June 2025, when Spirit flew nonstop, 64,256 round-trip passengers flew, equivalent to 88 passengers daily each way. It was a decent-sized market, yet is now unserved. No wonder Breeze is keen.