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Breeze announces new base in Fort Myers, records first profitable month
10.04.2024 - 13:35 / thepointsguy.com / Airlines
Breeze Airways is deepening its ties to Florida. The startup ultra-low-cost carrier is adding Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) near Fort Myers as its newest operating base later this year.
The Provo, Utah-based budget airline will make Fort Myers its ninth operating base effective Oct. 1, the company said Tuesday. The announcement comes just days after the airline opened another Florida base at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
As part of the move, the airline will base aircraft at RSW overnight — three jets from the outset — and become a crew base for both pilots and flight attendants.
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Launched in 2022, Breeze has placed a strong emphasis on Fort Myers of late.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the carrier doubled its footprint at the airport over the prior year, the company noted Tuesday.
It flew a robust schedule this past winter season, as shown by Cirium. It included nonstop flights to many of the airline's other operating bases (especially on the East Coast) and a handful of smaller cities, such as Syracuse, New York; Akron, Ohio; and Louisville, Kentucky.
Taking both seasonal and year-round destinations into account, Breeze serves 19 destinations from Fort Myers, it said. It also plans to add five routes from there in the coming months.
Here's the full rundown of Breeze operating bases, including Fort Myers.
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Interestingly, zeroing in on Fort Myers will give Breeze three operating bases in Florida. It's a noteworthy move at a time when several airlines have been de-prioritizing the Sunshine State — and particularly Orlando — amid dropping fares and challenges flying profitably to longtime rock-solid leisure destinations.
Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines have both embarked on major network shakeups in recent months in search of more profitable flying. Frontier, for one, has shifted significant traffic out of the state since the start of the year.
Among Breeze's peers, Frontier will grow its scheduled domestic seats to Florida by just 1.5% this summer after growing by 24% the previous summer. Spirit will grow by just 2.7% in June, July and August after 12% growth a year prior.
Fellow startup carrier Avelo (launched in 2021) will drop its capacity to Florida 41% this summer.
Breeze, on the other hand, will grow by around 49% this summer.
Though bucking the recent Florida trends, in some ways, the airline may be operating with a bit of confidence of late. On the same day it announced its Fort Myers plans, the company also revealed it wrapped up its first-ever profitable month in March — less than two years after commencing
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