By Lori Weisberg | San Diego Union-Tribune

Just in time for late spring and summer travel, low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is making its debut at the San Diego airport next month with the first of five new nonstop flights to major cities in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Leading the slate of new nonstop destinations is Raleigh-Durham, N.C., which will begin April 30. The remaining nonstops — to Jacksonville, Fla., Norfolk, Va., Cincinnati and Pittsburgh — all start in early May.

Each of the flights, Breeze says, are seasonal, which means they will not be available year-round. A Breeze spokesperson said that all of the flights, except for Raleigh-Durham, will end by late August or early September. There is no end date yet for the Raleigh flight.

Breeze Airways is a relatively new airline started in 2021 by David Neeleman, the founder of JetBlue. While none of the new Breeze destinations for San Diego are currently served by any of the airlines operating out of San Diego International Airport, Southwest Airlines will be offering a single nonstop flight weekly to Pittsburgh this summer between June and August.

With the start of the spring season, Breeze Airways announced on Wednesday a promotional discount of 34 percent off all round-trip base fares booked by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Friday. The promotion is good for travel between March 27 and Oct. 1 of this year.

All the new San Diego routes will be served on Breeze’s new fleet of Airbus A220-300 aircraft.

Breeze, which characterizes itself as a “nice low-cost carrier,” offers three classes of fares, with the pricier tiers including seat assignments and complimentary checked luggage. Breeze does not charge change or cancellation fees, and for flights that customers cancel, a credit is available for future use during a two-year period.

In California, Breeze is already operating in San Francisco, Los Angeles, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, and San Bernardino.

This story originally appeared in San Diego Union-Tribune.

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