Breeze Airways founder and CEO, and perennial airline entrepreneur, David Neeleman sat down for a wide ranging conversation with Brian Sumers at the Skift Global Forum in New York last week.
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Breeze Airways was created by the JetBlue founder, David Neeleman. Breeze is Neeleman's fifth airline start-up, and it was preceded by JetBlue, Brazil-based Azul, Canada-based WestJet and Utah-based Morris Air (which was purchased by Southwest Airlines). Breeze Airways is headquartered in Salt Lake City.
Low-cost carriers Breeze Airways and French Bee have their own versions of first and premium class seats at the front of the plane. We recently tested them out to see how they stack up. Breeze Airways' “Nicest” class of service is the low-cost carrier's version of first class.
FlightAware data identifies operational struggles as well. In fiscal 2022, Breeze canceled 473 flights out of 14,683, or 3.2%, and 34.7% of flights were delayed for 64 min. on average.
There are plenty of reasons a Breeze flight, just like a flight on any other airline, might be canceled. In addition to bad weather and equipment issues, problems like staff shortages or scheduling snafus can also arise.Sometimes the cancellation is the result of a decision made by air traffic control.
Breeze provides nonstop service between underserved routes across the U.S. at affordable fares. With seamless booking, no change or cancellation fees and customized flight features delivered via a sleek and simple app, Breeze makes it easy to buy and easy to fly.
Bottom line. While it's anyone's guess how things play out, Breeze Airways seems to be struggling. Between Q1 2022 and Q2 2023, the airline had an operational loss of roughly $175 million, on just over $200 million in revenue.