A Breeze Airways airplane on the tarmac at Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA) in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, Might 27, 2021.
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Breeze Airways plans so as to add eight flights, together with service to California, from Westchester County Airport in New York, a guess that the start-up can win over suburbanites looking for to keep away from a visit to the New York Metropolis space’s giant hubs.
The airline, launched by JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman, is providing nonstop routes from Westchester to Los Angeles; San Francisco; Charleston, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Norfolk, Virginia. It would additionally provide a flight with one cease to New Orleans.
The announcement comes a month after Breeze Airways mentioned it might almost double its community this yr. The Westchester flights are a part of a method from upstarts like Breeze and Avelo Airways to capitalize on demand from vacationers in smaller cities.
“They need to go nonstop, and so they need to do it extra effectively,” Breeze CEO Neeleman mentioned in an interview.
Neeleman mentioned the technique is targeted on leisure vacationers, noting that many enterprise vacationers prioritize airways that supply a number of frequencies in addition to frequent flyer standing.
Breeze Airways plans to make use of its Airbus A220-300s on the cross-country routes, which embody 36 first-class seats.
The service can be including service from Hartford’s Bradley Worldwide Airport to Las Vegas, its eighth route from the Connecticut airport.
