Breeze Airways adds flights to new Florida destination from Stewart Airport

STEWART AIRPORT – New York Stewart International Airport will expand its service again later this year with the addition of a new route to Vero Beach, Florida, served by Breeze Airways beginning in November.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the Newburgh area airport, announced the new service.

The twice-weekly service to Vero Beach will operate on Thursdays and Sundays beginning Nov. 21.

Port Authority said this will build on Breeze Airways’ previously successful service from Stewart, which includes routes to Orlando and Fort Meyers in Florida, and Charleston, South Carolina.

“We’re thrilled to see Breeze Airways offer even more service at New York Stewart, giving travelers more warm weather destination options just as this region experiences the cooler seasons,” Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton said in a statement.

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“We’ve seen tremendous demand from New York to Vero Beach in the last couple of years,” said Breeze Airways CEO David Neeleman in a statement. “So I’m thrilled to announce today that we’re adding service from New York Stewart, joining flights to the popular Treasure Coast from Long Island-Islip, Westchester, Hartford and Providence.”

Port Authority says New York Stewart is an economical, convenient alternative to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan region’s other airports, offering minimal wait times at security, seamless border and customs checks and simple baggage claims.

The airport’s other offerings include nonstop daily service to Reykjavik, Iceland, with connections to dozens of popular cities in Europe via PLAY Airlines; service to Orlando-Sanford, Punta Gorda and St. Petersburg-Clearwater in Florida and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina via Allegiant Airlines; and seasonal service to Vagar via Atlantic Airways, the nation’s first and only nonstop service to the Faroe Islands.

Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com.