A Breeze Airlines passenger jet sits on the tarmac at West Virginia International Yeager Airport on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Breeze will resume nonstop service to Tampa, Fla., in October and add up to four additional new nonstop destinations over the next two years.
A Breeze Airlines passenger jet sits on the tarmac at West Virginia International Yeager Airport on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Breeze will resume nonstop service to Tampa, Fla., in October and add up to four additional new nonstop destinations over the next two years.
RICK STEELHAMMER | Gazette-Mail
Low-cost carrier Breeze Airways will resume nonstop service to Tampa, Florida, in October and add up to four additional new nonstop destinations to West Virginia International Yeager Airport's flight schedule during the next two years, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the airline announced Tuesday.
Nonstop service to and from Tampa International Airport will return to ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Mondays and Fridays starting Oct. 3, with one-way fares starting at $49, Fiona Kiesel, Breeze Airways' chief guest officer, said at a news conference at the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä airport.
"As we have continued to build our brand awareness in this state and region, we have seen growing demand for our service," Kiesel said. "We now have nonstop flights from ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä to Newark and Orlando and seasonal flights to Myrtle Beach. In addition to Tampa, we'll be adding up to four more cities."
Morrisey said state, county and airport officials are encouraging the airline to prioritize Las Vegas and either Dallas or Houston as the next nonstop destinations from the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä airport.
The added air service, "gives West Virginia more opportunities to connect with the rest of the world," while allowing travelers from other parts of the nation "see what the Mountain State has to offer," Morrisey said.
Since Breeze began operating at CRW in May 2023, "it has doubled the number of nonstop destinations and generated $27 million in economic output," Morrisey said. "It has also helped reduce airfares here by 12% through the power of competition," he added.
The return of the nonstop Tampa route and the planned additional destinations are "a direct response to passenger demand and the continued success of our partnership with Breeze and the state of West Virginia," said Dominique Ranieri, the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä airport's director and CEO.
The new two-year partnership with the airline includes support from the West Virginia Division of Tourism, the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Area Alliance, Kanawha County Commission and the city of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä. A new Small Community Air Service Development Grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation will be used to support the effort to add a ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä-Las Vegas flight.
Breeze began offering seasonal nonstop service to Tampa in 2023. The following year, Tampa became the second stop on seasonal flights to Myrtle Beach continuing on to Florida. Breeze Airways operates flights serving 72 cities in 32 states, using a fleet of 137-seat Airbus A220-300 aircraft.Â
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