PhocusWire, a sister publication of Travel Weekly, interviewed airline industry veteran David Neeleman, who launched Breeze Airways in May 2021, making it his fifth commercial airline startup along with Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue and Azul. Headquartered in Utah, Breeze Airways is a low-cost carrier that provides nonstop service between cities in the U.S. that were previously only accessible with connecting flights.
Q: What is your reaction to the Frontier/Spirit merger announced yesterday? And how does this impact your strategy for Breeze?
A: It has no impact on us. Breeze doesn’t fly where other airlines already go. Ninety-five percent of our routes have no nonstop competition. We’ll just continue to connect travelers in cities without existing service.
Q: You launched Breeze Airways flights in May of last year. Since then what have been have been the biggest challenges — and, conversely, has anything surprised you in a positive sense?
A: Well, Covid has been the biggest…
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