Breeze Airways is launching its very first service from one of the major airports in the Washington, DC area – and is planning four new routes.
Meanwhile, due to aircraft delivery delays plaguing the global aerospace industry, the airline will postpone the launch of two new routes from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), which were scheduled to launch in 2025.
New service in the capital
Let’s start with the good news: Breeze announced Tuesday that it will launch service from Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside Washington.
The airline’s arrival at Dulles, about 26 miles outside of DC in Virginia, will begin soon – in just ten days. By November, however, the Utah-based carrier will be serving four new Dulles routes.
Breeze’s first route will connect the Washington metropolitan area with New York’s Ogdensburg International Airport (OGS). The flight will connect the nation’s capital region with the small community located across the St. Lawrence River from Canada, about 60 miles from Ottawa.
The route is subsidized by the U.S. government through the Essential Air Service program, a federally funded program run by the U.S. Department of Transportation that guarantees a minimum level of service to small communities.
But Breeze is planning a larger presence at the Dulles site.
Breeze’s 4 new IAD routes
Here’s the full rundown of Breeze’s four new routes departing from Dulles this fall:
- IAD-OGS – daily, starting September 27th.
- IAD to Provo Airport (PVU) in Utah – operates Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays starting October 1.
- IAD to South Bend International Airport (SBN) in Indiana – operates Mondays and Fridays, beginning November 8
- IAD to Vero Beach Airport (VRB) in Florida – operates Thursdays and Sundays, starting November 21
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Dulles and Ogdensburg are both new airports for Breeze, bringing the airline’s service to 66 communities nationwide.
Meanwhile, as part of this expansion, Breeze will also double its presence in South Bend, where the company just announced its first service in August.
The airline already has a strong presence (and continues to grow) in both Provo and Vero Beach.
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Breeze postpones routes to New Orleans
There is not only good news. Breeze has to postpone the launch of two new routes that are scheduled to depart from New Orleans in 2025, the airline announced on Tuesday, citing aircraft delivery bottlenecks.
This happened against the backdrop of extended delivery times at Airbus. Disruptions in the supply chain were cited as the reason for the extended delivery times for some aircraft.
In Breeze’s case, the delays impact delivery times for A220 aircraft. As a result, the airline will postpone the planned launches of its MSY flights to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to fall 2025. Both flights were scheduled to launch in February.
In addition, the delivery delays are delaying another of Breeze’s goals: moving to an all-A220 fleet. Although Breeze had hoped to replace its remaining Embraer jets with A220s by the fall, Breeze now expects to continue flying some Embraer jets at least through next summer.
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