Breeze Airways begins nonstop flights from RDU to a new city. What to know

Breeze Airways begins flying nonstop from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Thursday, part of a rapid expansion at RDU that includes new destinations nearly every month this year.

The low-cost carrier now flies to 40 places from RDU, making it the busiest airport in the airline’s network.

Here are key takeaways:

• Breeze will launch nonstop flights from RDU to Birmingham, Alabama, and Tallahassee, Florida, this summer, with Tallahassee service starting July 2 and Birmingham service starting July 3.
• The airline will be the only carrier offering nonstop service to Birmingham and Tallahassee from RDU, continuing its strategy of serving underserved markets.
• Earlier this year, Breeze announced new nonstop routes to San Antonio and Madison starting May 8, plus Atlantic City beginning June 11.
• San Antonio, the seventh-largest U.S. city, was RDU’s most popular unserved destination, with nearly 100 daily passengers connecting through other airports.
• A new twice-weekly nonstop route to Provo, Utah, will launch Oct. 2, giving Triangle travelers a second nonstop option to Utah alongside Delta’s daily Salt Lake City flights.
• Breeze will operate 137 flights per week from RDU this summer and is establishing a crew base with more than 200 pilots and flight crew starting in March.
• The carrier more than doubled its RDU passengers last year to nearly 660,000, making the airport the busiest in Breeze’s 80-airport network.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by Richard Stradling. The source reporting referenced above was written by Richard Stradling.