Fort Myers is certainly one of seven Florida airports served by Breeze Airways. The carrier has added nine routes from Fort Myers, most – as you’ll expect – without direct competition with one other carrier. Breeze first flew to Fort Myers in June 2022 and presently has three non-stop routes, so it is a huge network expansion.
Breezes adds nine Fort Myers routes
This text was published at 07:00 EST when the extra routes – shown within the map below – are loaded on Breeze’s website but not bookable. Seen posted by Ishrion Aviation, they’re believed to start out in November.
When writing, the precise start dates and frequencies and whether or not they’ll use Airbus A220s or Embraer 190/195s will not be yet known, likewise if it is going to create a base in Fort Myers or just overnight aircraft or flow through from other bases. I’ll add more details when available.
Image: GCMap.
It brings to 13 its network from the Southwest Florida airport. Based on November, they’ll join Windfall (began in July 2023; day by day), Hartford (began in May 2023; five weekly), and Las Vegas (began in June 2022; twice-weekly).
Six haven’t any direct competition
As the next table shows, six routes is not going to see one other carrier from Fort Myers. As you possibly can see, many routes were previously linked, some until earlier in 2023; they’re effectively ‘readymade markets’.
Photo: Alexander Mitchell | Easy Flying.
The 2 big markets – Columbus and Pittsburgh – had a second carrier until recently. Breeze will fill that gap and goal the various passengers who flew via a hub. That is one other way of identifying if a market is underserved. But can Breeze, with smaller aircraft and fewer seats to fill and lower trip costs but higher seat-mile costs, together with arguably a greater product, do what others couldn’t?
Fort Myers to… |
Served? |
Comments* |
2022 roundtrip passengers** |
Find flights |
---|---|---|---|---|
Akron Canton |
No |
Spirit from November 2016-April 2022 |
19,000 |
|
Columbus |
Yes |
Southwest; had Spirit until May 2022 and United until March 2022 |
213,000 (40,000 connected en route) |
|
Louisville |
No |
Had Southwest November 2022-April 2023; Spirit November 2021-April 2022 |
45,000 |
|
Recent Orleans |
No |
See below |
22,000 |
|
Norfolk |
No |
See below |
21,000 |
|
Pittsburgh |
Yes |
Southwest; had Spirit until April 2023 |
186,000 (47,000 connected en route) |
|
Syracuse |
No |
Had Frontier from November 2018-April 2022 |
48,000 |
|
Raleigh Durham |
Yes |
Avelo; had JetBlue until June 2021 |
39,000 |
|
Richmond |
No |
Had AirTran until April 2006 |
24,000 |
|
* Not a whole list of airlines |
** Booking data; non-stop and indirect |
Notice Recent Orleans and Norfolk. In accordance with the US Department of Transportation T-100 data, they’ve not been served before, at the very least not within the 33 years since 1990. Without further evaluation, so crucial in any realistic discussion about viability, they appear pretty obvious additions based on passenger traffic.
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What about Allegiant?
We must not forget Allegiant from Punta Gorda, which it serves for the broader Fort Myers region. The ULCC will provide indirect competition to Akron Canton, Columbus (it serves Rickenbacker against John Glenn for Breeze), Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Richmond.
What do you make of all of it? Tell us within the comments.