# Breeze Airways Launches Six Nonstop Routes on Routes Abandoned by Spirit Airlines > Breeze Airways will launch six nonstop routes abandoned after Spirit Airlines shut down in May 2026, including Tampa to Montego Bay and Latrobe to Orlando. - Published: 2026-11-04T16:23:52+00:00 - Section: Expansion - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-04/breeze-airways-spirit-airlines-routes - Source: [New York Post](https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/lifestyle/breeze-expands-nonstop-flights-to-orphaned-spirit-routes/) ## Key takeaways - Breeze Airways is adding six nonstop routes that Spirit Airlines flew before its May 2, 2026 shutdown. - Breeze will hold a monopoly on both Latrobe routes, to Myrtle Beach and Orlando. - Spirit ceased operations after a failed $500 million federal rescue deal and two Chapter 11 filings. [Breeze Airways](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000022b/breeze-airways) will launch six nonstop routes that [Spirit Airlines](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00006cl/spirit-airlines) abandoned when it shut down in May 2026, including Tampa to Montego Bay and Santo Domingo and two routes from Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The New York Post [reported](https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/lifestyle/breeze-expands-nonstop-flights-to-orphaned-spirit-routes/) the additions on November 4, 2026, with service starting between December 2026 and July 2027. ## Breeze Airways Fills Routes Spirit Airlines Left Breeze Airways, a Utah-based low-cost carrier founded by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, began service in May 2021 and flies point-to-point nonstop routes between smaller airports. From Latrobe, it will fly to Myrtle Beach starting February 9, 2027 and to Orlando on May 26, 2027. Breeze will hold a monopoly on both Latrobe routes, which ceased after Spirit's shutdown. From Tampa, Breeze adds Montego Bay, Jamaica on December 19, 2026 and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 18, 2027, alongside a Cancun route starting December 19, 2026 and St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands from December 16, 2026. Buffalo Niagara International Airport gets three new Breeze routes: Raleigh-Durham on June 29, Myrtle Beach on July 1 and Charleston on July 2, 2027. The Buffalo to Raleigh-Durham flight replaces a [Frontier Airlines](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000021w/frontier-airlines) nonstop that stops this month, according to the Post. Spirit Airlines ceased all operations and began a wind-down on May 2, 2026, after a multi-year financial decline and a failed $500 million federal rescue deal. The airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice, first in November 2024 and again in August 2025, when it faced roughly $8.1 billion in debt. ## Spirit Airlines' Shutdown in Company Records Spirit Airlines, a Miramar Beach-based ultra-low-cost carrier founded in 1992, ceased operations on May 2, 2026, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show the wind-down cancelled all flights and laid off approximately 17,000 employees after senior creditors Citadel and Ares Management rejected a $500 million rescue package. Spirit's fleet of 172 aircraft became available through bankruptcy proceedings, and by mid-May 2026, 67 of 94 aircraft had been ferried to storage, primarily in Arizona. ## Spirit Airlines' Earlier Restructuring Steps Spirit's second Chapter 11 filing in August 2025 converted to court-approved liquidation after it failed to emerge from the November 2024 filing amid roughly $7.4 billion to $8.1 billion in accumulated debt, according to akta.pro records. In October 2026, the Atlanta City Council approved Delta Air Lines' takeover of Spirit's gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, with Delta paying a $12 million one-time fee for gates C4 and C6 and taking the lease until June 30, 2031. That same month, the Federal Aviation Administration approved JetBlue Airways' takeover of Spirit's takeoff and landing slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, Bloomberg reported, on condition JetBlue cannot lease or trade any of the 22 slots to another carrier until after April 2028. ## Breeze Airways' 2027 Launch Dates Breeze's Latrobe to Myrtle Beach service begins February 9, 2027, followed by Latrobe to Orlando on May 26, 2027. The Buffalo routes start June 29, July 1 and July 2, 2027, and Tampa to Santo Domingo begins June 18, 2027. ## Companies in this story - [Spirit Airlines company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00006cl/spirit-airlines) · website: https://www.spirit.com - [Frontier Airlines company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000021w/frontier-airlines) · website: http://www.flyfrontier.com - [Breeze Airways company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000022b/breeze-airways) · website: https://www.flybreeze.com --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt