Rebook or cancel up to 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure without penalty. stronghold, Southwest Airlines, by winning an order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 7. Our point-to-point network means no connections for an easier, quicker and nicer journey. The latest deal comes weeks after Boeing barred the A220 from its main U.S. (BREZ) Stock Price, Quote & News - Stock Analysis Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. Breeze plans to keep both types in its fleet.īreeze is in talks with Airbus to increase the A220's range with an extra fuel tank, Neeleman told the conference, confirming an Air Current report. The first A220 jet from the existing order will be delivered to Breeze in October and serve longer routes.Īlthough costs for the Embraer jets have fallen sharply, the newer Airbus model is cheaper to operate, Neeleman said. The aircraft is expected to be delivered to Breeze in the coming weeks. and Knighthead Capital Management are investing in a 200 million second round of capital to support the expansion of startup low-cost carrier Breeze Airways. cities starting with older Embraer 190/195 jets, some of which have been inherited from Brazil's Azul, another Neeleman venture which has been hit hard by a second local wave of the COVID-19 virus. Mobile, Alabama, USA, OctoBreeze Airways (Breeze) unveiled its first of 80 A220-300 aircraft on order during a preview event at the Airbus A220 final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. "There is a ton of pent-up demand on the leisure side," he told last week's World Aviation Festival.īreeze is Neeleman's fifth commercial airline and originally went under the launch name Moxy. Its arrival injects new competition into a battered airline market just as domestic flying in the United States is recovering as vaccination rates increase. The inaugural flight of David Neeleman's Breeze Airways. Airbus and Breeze both declined comment.īreeze is on course to start flying in the summer, Neeleman told a recent conference. Fares are as low as 39 with 39 new routes starting between May 27 and July 29. The order matches a purchase of 20 A220-300 from an undisclosed buyer, reported by Airbus in a monthly report last week. Bringing the startup's total order for the jet to 80, the deal would make Breeze the second-biggest customer for the Canadian-designed A220 family after Delta Air Airlines, leapfrogging JetBlue which Neeleman also founded. Breeze Airways is offering what it calls summer blockbuster fares, starting at 41 one way, on 11 routes from Hartford for flights between July 5 through Aug.
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