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Avelo Airlines has the most flights of any carrier out of Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN). It brought commercial service to the airport recently and has grown to soon offer 27 destinations. Breeze Airways is now looking to start a turf war as it’s introducing 10 new routes when it adds the airport to its route network this winter.
Avelo Airlines launched in 2021 and operates a fleet of modern Boeing 737 aircraft. It serves 55 destinations across 24 states in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It competes with Spirit Airways, Breeze Airways, Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, and Sun Country Airlines. Avelo has been aggressively tweaking the route network, adding new destinations, cutting some, and it opened a sixth aircraft base in June.
Avelo has the following cities to/from Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) on its route map:
- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Charleston International Airport (CHS)
- Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (USA)
- Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
- Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB)
- Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP)
- Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
- Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
- Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL)
- Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)
- Nashville International Airport (BNA)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Palm Beach International Airport (PBI)
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
- San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)
- Savannah International Airport (SAV)
- Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport (TVS)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
- Wilmington International Airport (ILM)
Breeze Airways is a low-cost airline that offers point-to-point flights to underserved markets across the United States using a fleet of modern Airbus A220 aircraft (and some Embraer E190s). I flew Breeze for a second time earlier this year and loved the experience (you can read the full review here). Travel & Leisure named it as one of the five best US airlines for the second consecutive year in 2023. The map above does not have all of the latest destinations. New Haven is Breeze’s 64th destination.
Breeze Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, Lukas Johnson, said:
From day one, our playbook has included significant growth across the Northeast region of the U.S. due to the high population density and limited nonstop travel options.”
Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) was an airport that lacked commercial service until Avelo entered and launched its stronghold there. Breeze sees an opportunity to take some of its marketshare and is going to go head-to-head with Avelo on six of the routes served. Here is the full list:
- Charleston International Airport (CHS) (4x weekly; starts on February 6th)
- Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)(2x weekly; starts on February 6th)
- Norfolk International Airport (ORF) (2x weekly; starts on February 6th)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO) (5x weekly; starts on December 11th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
- Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) (5x weekly; starts on December 11th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) (2x weekly; starts on February 7th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
- Richmond International Airport (RIC) (2x weekly; starts on February 6th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
- Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) (2x weekly; starts on February 7th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
- Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) (5x weekly; starts on December 11th) *Also served by Avelo Airlines
Breeze Airways is also touting BreezeThru service (where passengers don’t have to deplane before connecting) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). This will begin on February 6th and coincidentally is a route that Avelo just added today (more here).
Anthony’s Take: The battle for Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) is just starting to heat up. Passengers in the area now have tons of choices and fares should remain pretty competitive.
(Image Credits: Breeze Airways and Avelo Airlines.)
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