JetBlue founder to launch new airline by end of 2020
Almost 20 years after the first JetBlue Airways flight, the New York-based company has filed an application with the DoT to launch a new airline, US media reported. Flights for the new carrier — named Breeze Airways — could take off by the end of the year, JetBlue founder David Neeleman said. Breeze aims to become “the world’s nicest airline” and will focus on mid-sized US cities “abandoned by our current air transportation network,” JetBlue said in its application, which was filed on Friday. The leisure-focused, low-cost airline would initially use Embraer 195 planes sublet from Brazil’s Azul, another of Neeleman’s companies. Airbus A220s are scheduled to begin arriving in April 2021 for use.<br/> “We’re going to fly where no one else is flying,” Neeleman said, adding he was considering about 500 city pairs, allowing travellers to bypass connection hubs.<br/>
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JetBlue founder to launch new airline by end of 2020
Almost 20 years after the first JetBlue Airways flight, the New York-based company has filed an application with the DoT to launch a new airline, US media reported. Flights for the new carrier — named Breeze Airways — could take off by the end of the year, JetBlue founder David Neeleman said. Breeze aims to become “the world’s nicest airline” and will focus on mid-sized US cities “abandoned by our current air transportation network,” JetBlue said in its application, which was filed on Friday. The leisure-focused, low-cost airline would initially use Embraer 195 planes sublet from Brazil’s Azul, another of Neeleman’s companies. Airbus A220s are scheduled to begin arriving in April 2021 for use.<br/> “We’re going to fly where no one else is flying,” Neeleman said, adding he was considering about 500 city pairs, allowing travellers to bypass connection hubs.<br/>
