The routes were slated to be launched May 31, each operated 2X-weekly using Embraer E195 aircraft. Jim Justice last month revealed Breeze would begin serving West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia, with flights to both MCO and Charleston (CHS), South Carolina. Runs Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.Breeze Airways is ramping up capacity on a new route between West Virginia and Orlando (MCO) before it even launches the service, citing robust advance sales.Runs Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
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Here's a full list of the new routes, including both the new cities and existing markets within Breeze's network: From Jacksonville "Removing some of the Tuesday and Wednesday frequencies, things that are historically lower demand days to fit in - (is) what we think is a safer route announcement given oil prices," he said. Johnson noted the airline decided in the days ahead of the announcement to reduce frequencies on some of the new routes due to surging fuel costs. "Until the airline gets more established, it's not something we're looking at." New routes in a growing networkīreeze’s inaugural long-haul A220 flight will be on May 25 from San Francisco to Richmond, although the airline will have already put the planes temporarily on some shorter routes in May in order to help familiarize crew members with the new plane ahead of its transcontinental debut. "The Embraer fleet is flying an hour, hour-and-a-half flights," he said, suggesting that connectivity on those routes was less crucial. The airline does not plan to add similar connectivity options to its Embraer fleet, chief operating officer Lukas Johnson told TPG by phone on Monday. While the entire A220 fleet will eventually have the Viasat connectivity and streaming, the service won't be available until October, according to Breeze. Read more: Neeleman’s new airline Breeze will use a ‘see how it goes’ approach to succeed.
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Streaming movies and TV shows will also be available for passengers to watch on their own devices, Breeze said. The A220 fleet is also outfitted with new in-flight connectivity and entertainment.Įach seat has a power outlet and USB-C port, and Wi-Fi provided by Viasat will be available. In a statement, Breeze said that later deliveries will be configured with 137 seats, consisting of 12 first-class recliners, 45 extra-legroom seats, and 80 standard economy seats.Ī first class seat on Breeze Airways' Airbus A220. The first deliveries, which will enter into service in the coming months, feature 126 seats, including 36 "Nicest" first-class seats, 10 extra-legroom "Nicer" seats and 80 standard economy seats. The airline has ordered a total of 80 A220-300s, with options for up to 40 more. The airline has also said it plans to offer international destinations using the A220 at some point in the future.īreeze took delivery of its first A220 in the fall, and expects to take delivery of one new aircraft per month for at least the next six years. The A220-300, which has a range of 3,900 miles, according to Airbus, would enable any routing within the continental United States. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. With the exception of one route - San Francisco-San Bernadino - all of the West Coast routes will be serviced by the A220.īreeze initially launched with a fleet of leased Embraer E-190 and E-195 jets, which the airline has used to fly short routes - under two hours of flying time - between smaller and midsized markets that lacked direct air service connections. The other new cities are Nashville Savannah, Georgia and Syracuse, New York.
Three of those markets are in Florida: Jacksonville, Fort Myers and Sarasota/Bradenton.
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Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG’s free new biweekly Aviation newsletter!Īdditionally, the airline will add service to six new markets on the Eastern seaboard and the Southeast. Breeze will be the only scheduled commercial airline operating out of San Bernardino. The expansion marks Breeze's first steps over to the West coast, with routes added from San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Bernardino in California, as well as Las Vegas.
With the expansion, Breeze will fly 77 routes between 28 cities. The expansion also sees the formal introduction of the airline's new Airbus A220-300 fleet, though the carrier plans an earlier soft launch of the plane with crew familiarization flights on existing routes. Breeze Airways, the nearly year-old startup by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, announced a major expansion on Tuesday, featuring 10 new cities and 35 new routes.
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