Breeze Airways will offer direct flights between Portland and Myrtle Beach
A man sits near departures at Portland International Jetport in September 2023. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer)
Breeze Airlines will add nonstop, year-round flights next year between the Portland International Jetport and Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina.
The airline started offering that route this year with one stop, where passengers do not need to change planes. Now, the flights will be direct on Thursdays and Sundays starting May 2027.
“Every route we add to our network starts with the same question: where can Breeze’s direct service bring travelers a convenience they don’t already enjoy today?” said David Neeleman, founder and CEO of Breeze Airways, said in a news release. “These new routes and destinations now bring Breeze’s high-value, low-cost service to these cities, making affordable travel to great destinations more convenient than ever.”
Breeze Airways currently offers 15 destinations with 11 nonstop options from Portland.
Last year was the busiest year ever for the jetport, with nearly 2.6 million passengers. Nine airlines provided service to 27 nonstop destinations in 2025. American Airlines carried more than 726,000 people, nearly one-third of all travelers in and out of Portland.
Breeze, which had added several new destinations in recent years, accounted for 180,000 travelers, or more than 7%, according to jetport officials.
In the first six months of 2026, the total number of passengers was lagging slightly behind the same period last year, according to the jetport’s website.
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Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and. More by Megan Gray
