“Local residents have shown their eagerness to travel, and we are thrilled to welcome visitors from the West Coast, Vegas, central New York, and southwest Florida. Today’s announcement reinforces the strength of our regional economy and the Charleston area’s national relevance,” said Helen Hill, CEO of Explore Charleston and Chair of the Aviation Authority. “The addition of four new routes – including South Carolina’s inaugural coast-to-coast service to San Francisco – further illustrates the significance of our Breeze Airways’ partnership for the Airport, our region’s travel industry and the broader community. The airline intends to serve point-to-point routes that are underserved, with a vast majority of the routes not having any competition from other airlines. The addition of the new destinations brings the number of cities served by Breeze Airways from Charleston to 17.īreeze Airways is South Carolina’s only airline with nonstop services to San Francisco and Las Vegas. Updated: Ma45 Breeze Airways is the newest airline startup in the United States, and the carrier launched operations in late May 2021. I couldn’t be prouder of our Breeze partners as they continue to raise the bar not just for Charleston but for the entire US airport system.” “CHS is the only airport in South Carolina offering direct service to the West Coast, and Breeze’s new A220 aircraft will offer passengers a unique travel experience. “This is a major milestone in delivering low cost, non-stop air service to some of the nation’s most popular West Coast cities,” said Elliott Summey, Airport Director and CEO. (WCBD) – Charleston International Airport (CHS) announced nonstop services to four additional cities from Charleston, starting in May.īreeze Airways will begin nonstop flights from Charleston to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Syracuse, and Fort Myers. In addition to the Westchester flights, Breeze is adding a flight between Hartford, Connecticut, and Las Vegas and New Orleans and Savannah, Georgia.NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. Once at the airport, he said, "there wasn't a conga line of 30 airplanes ahead of you to take off.'' "When we had the opportunity to fly out of there, it was a treat for our family because we didn't have to worry about … the stress of getting to the airport," he said. Neeleman said he preferred the Westchester airport to Newark or JFK when he lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, which is 20 miles from the airport.
Introductory fares start at $149 each way on the long-haul flights. The Breeze flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas will be offered daily unlike most of the airline's routes, which are operated a few times a week. MASK UPDATES: Airlines drop their mask mandates.
SMALL PLANES, CHEAP TICKETS: The inside scoop on budget-friendly Breeze Airways "It just kind of goes along with our business model of flying to places where others don't fly," Neeleman said. It will offer one-stop service from Westchester to New Orleans.īreeze said it will be the first airline to offer cross-country service from Westchester, where JetBlue is the largest airline. The airline said Wednesday that it will add eight routes out of the small airport, a few debuting in June and the rest this fall as new planes are delivered.īreeze is adding nonstop flights from Westchester to: Los Angeles San Francisco Las Vegas Charleston, South Carolina Norfolk, Virginia Jacksonville, Florida and Savannah, Georgia.
The startup airline from JetBlue founder David Neeleman, which began service a year ago and has grown rapidly, is adding flights from Westchester County Airport 30 miles north of New York City. Watch Video: Planes, trains, busses lift mask mandates and travel restrictionsīreeze Airways is expanding to metropolitan New York, but travelers won't find any flights out of the city's major airports.
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