Breeze Airways Adds 22 Routes and Four Cities, Making Myrtle Beach Its Biggest Focus for 2027

Breeze Airways on 13 October 2026 announced one of its largest single network expansions yet: four new cities, 22 new routes, and a 70 percent seat increase at Myrtle Beach International Airport that the carrier says will make it the largest airline there by destinations and seats in the second quarter of 2027. Bookings opened the same day, with promotional one-way fares starting from $49 on selected routes.

Four new cities, led by Buffalo and Santo Domingo

The Salt Lake City–based airline is adding Boston; Buffalo, New York; Latrobe, Pennsylvania; and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic — its newest international destination — to the Breeze map. Founder and CEO David Neeleman said in the company release that every new route starts from the same question: where Breeze’s direct service can bring convenience that travellers do not already enjoy. With the additions, Breeze says it will reach 95 cities.

Buffalo receives three nonstops: Charleston, South Carolina, on Mondays and Fridays from 2 July 2027; Myrtle Beach on Thursdays and Sundays from 1 July; and Raleigh–Durham on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 29 June, with introductory fares from $49 to $69 one way depending on the market. Buffalo Niagara International Airport’s leadership called the new carrier a vote of confidence for Western New York.

Myrtle Beach becomes the centre of gravity

Eleven of the new nonstops are tied to Myrtle Beach. Destinations include Albany, Boston (daily from 4 May), Buffalo, Burlington, Columbus, Latrobe (from 9 February), New Haven, Portland (Maine), Portsmouth (New Hampshire), Stewart/Newburgh and Syracuse. Breeze said January 2027 capacity at Myrtle Beach will be about 70 percent higher than January 2026, and that by the second quarter of 2027 it expects to lead the airport in both cities served and seats offered. Local coverage described Breeze stepping into a larger role after Spirit Airlines’ exit from the market.

Other nonstops in the package include Latrobe–Orlando, Tampa–Santo Domingo from 18 June, and Raleigh–Durham–Nassau from 30 June. Several one-stop “BreezeThru” products — same aircraft, no plane change — link markets such as Akron–Canton–Boston, Albany–Orlando and Burlington–Fort Lauderdale.

Aircraft and what is verified

Breeze’s network is built around the Airbus A220-300. The 13 October announcement does not publish a separate type assignment for each new city pair in the press materials reviewed here, so travellers should treat aircraft as the airline’s standard A220 product unless the live booking path shows otherwise. Frequencies, start dates and introductory fares above are taken from the national press release and from Airline Geeks’ same-day report, which matches the airline’s list.

The package is a classic Breeze playbook move: concentrate growth on leisure cities that lack convenient nonstops from secondary Northeast and Midwest airports, then sell the schedule early for summer 2027. Myrtle Beach’s leap to 25 Breeze nonstop destinations if the plan holds would cement that beach market as a core hublet rather than a seasonal sidelight.

What to watch

Schedule filings can still shift before first flight. The verified story today is the announcement itself: 22 routes, four new cities including Santo Domingo, a Myrtle Beach-led capacity jump, and tickets already on sale. Competing carriers at Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Raleigh–Durham will feel the seat dump first; Buffalo’s three new Carolinas and Triangle links are the clearest overnight gain for a market that previously relied on seasonal or connecting options for those beaches.