Breeze Airways will fly a new nonstop route next spring from Long Island MacArthur Airport to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Islip Town officials said Monday.

The flights to Myrtle Beach, which will run twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays from the airport in Ronkonkoma, will begin May 6, according to the town, which operates MacArthur.

It will mark Breeze Airways' ninth route from MacArthur in the past four years, in addition to flights to Charleston, South Carolina, and Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. The airline is now booking flights from MacArthur to Myrtle Beach starting at $69 at flybreeze.com.

Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter said passengers had been asking for more service to Myrtle Beach.

"Breeze Airways continues to grow at Islip’s MacArthur Airport to the de

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