Breeze Airways, the five-year-old US low-cost carrier, has unveiled its biggest single expansion to date: 16 new nonstop routes launching between February and July 2027. Four airports join its network entirely — Boston Logan, Buffalo Niagara, Latrobe's Arnold Palmer Regional, and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic — which now becomes Breeze's sixth international destination.
Myrtle Beach is the clear centre of gravity. Fourteen of the new routes funnel into this family-friendly South Carolina beach city, and by next year Breeze expects to fly there from 24 US airports. Most run twice weekly, with a daily Boston service starting May 4 that will go head to head with American and Delta. Other new Myrtle Beach links from Portsmouth, Tweed New Haven, Burlington, Portland, Syracuse, Albany, Columbus and Stewart Newburgh put Breeze directly in the path of rival Allegiant, which it is increasingly challenging across the country.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania is a curious comeback story. The airport was left with no scheduled passenger service at all after Spirit Airlines collapsed, but around $1.5 million in local funding helped lure Breeze in. Flights to Myrtle Beach begin February 9, with Orlando following on May 26 — both routes Spirit previously flew.
Buffalo gets three new connections, including a brand-new market to Charleston, South Carolina, where DOT data shows nearly 25,000 round-trip indirect passengers in the year to June 2026 — Buffalo's biggest unserved market within 600 nautical miles. Raleigh-Durham follows in late June, plus a twice-weekly Myrtle Beach run. Breeze says Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, New Orleans and Savannah are possible future Buffalo routes.
The international headline is Tampa to Santo Domingo, starting June 18. It's a market Frontier is abandoning — its last departure is January 2027, after averaging a mediocre 65.8% load factor since 2023. Breeze's smaller 137-seat aircraft and lower frequencies give it a better shot at filling planes. The airline only began flying abroad in January 2026 but now plans 15 international routes to Cancun, Montego Bay, Nassau, Punta Cana, San José and Santo Domingo, with Tampa its only Florida gateway to foreign destinations. Nassau also picks up a new link from Raleigh-Durham, the first regular service there since American pulled out in 2004.
For travellers, the practical wins are obvious: dozens of smaller Northeast and Midwest cities get cheap, easy nonstops to one of America's classic beach towns, and 2027 should bring launch fares and promotions worth watching. Just book with the usual LCC caveats — schedules and frequencies on routes like these can shift before the first flight.
