Breeze Airways To Join Competition On Hartford-Orlando Route

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Breeze Airways will launch service from Hartford, Connecticut's Bradley International Airport (BDL) to two leisure destinations—one on each U.S. coast—in May 2024.

From May 29, the carrier will commence seasonal flights between BDL and Florida's Orlando International Airport (MCO). The route will be operated 3X-weekly with an Airbus A220 aircraft.

Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines all operate on the BDL-MCO route.

On the same date, Breeze will open 5X-weekly same-aircraft, one-stop seasonal service between BDL and John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California. The airline did not indicate where the stop will be or whether it will use the same stop on each flight. The BDL-SNA service will also be operated with an A220 aircraft.

Orlando is home to the Disney World theme park, while the Disneyland park is located in Orange County. Earlier this year, Breeze opened daily A220 service between MCO and SNA.

“Breeze has served Bradley International Airport since our very first day of operations [in May 2021] and Hartford was one of our first few bases of operations,” Breeze President Tom Doxey says in a statement. “These two new routes to Orlando and Orange County will connect our guests with two great, family-friendly destinations and access to both Disney parks.”

Breeze Airways currently operates nonstop from BDL to: Charleston, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Sarasota, Tampa and Vero Beach in Florida; Las Vegas; Phoenix; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia.

Aaron Karp

Aaron Karp is a Contributing Editor to the Aviation Week Network.