Breeze Airways announcing Destinations tomorrow
May 21, 2021, 7:17 am
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There are additional details of Breeze's plans in these two articles:
Forget friendly skies, how this JetBlue founder’s new airline vows to be ‘seriously nice’
New airline Breeze Airways takes off May 27 with $39 fares, no middle seats and nonstop flights to smaller cities
May 22, 2021, 11:32 am
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It was within 5 minutes after the booking engine opened. The seat map was wide open when I booked but now when I try to change seats, most of the seats are occupied/blocked.
May 23, 2021, 8:53 am
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The secret is I was able to book a seat on the inaugural on their website and I paid for it on my own pocket. I am not an invitee or a member of the press/media.
It was within 5 minutes after the booking engine opened. The seat map was wide open when I booked but now when I try to change seats, most of the seats are occupied/blocked.
It was within 5 minutes after the booking engine opened. The seat map was wide open when I booked but now when I try to change seats, most of the seats are occupied/blocked.
May 23, 2021, 10:05 pm
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Yup, I know THE inaugural is TPA-CHS, that's why I specified second ever revenue flight, and it is the "inaugural" flight from CHS to BDL.
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How was the flight?
For those who might now have been following the media today, Jason posted an entire series of tweets/photos
Some great planeporn
, views departing TPA, arriving CHS, a couple of water cannons. Scroll down and start with this photo
https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer
How was the flight?
For those who might now have been following the media today, Jason posted an entire series of tweets/photos
Some great planeporn
, views departing TPA, arriving CHS, a couple of water cannons. Scroll down and start with this photohttps://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer
May 27, 2021, 2:13 pm
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How was the flight?
For those who might now have been following the media today, Jason posted an entire series of tweets/photos
Some great planeporn, views departing TPA, arriving CHS, a couple of water cannons. Scroll down and start with this photo
https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer
How was the flight?
For those who might now have been following the media today, Jason posted an entire series of tweets/photos
Some great planeporn
, views departing TPA, arriving CHS, a couple of water cannons. Scroll down and start with this photohttps://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer
May 27, 2021, 4:22 pm
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So from today's MX1:
- Stopped at the check-in desk for a souvenir boarding pass: Wasn't charged the $3 desk check-in fee as a courtesy. Breeze Airways ground service is handled by "Delta Ground Services" at TPA, although the employees were wearing Breeze logo uniforms.
- There was a press conference about 08:15 where there was free coffee and muffins. Some local managers and airline executives have gave speeches.
- Security at Concourse C was really efficient in both the TSA Pre and the regular lane with minimal wait. I've heard that some people weren't able to use their TSA Pre but some others were as it required an airline representative manually to enter it to the system.
- There was live music at the gate and about an hour before departure water and first flight exclusive T-shirts were handed.
- 45-50 minutes before departure, media was invited to the aircraft to take photos while empty.
- 35 minutes before departure an orange juice toss was done with the participation of David Neeleman.
- Later on, a cake was given to passengers who wish to have one
- 30 minutes before departure boarding started with the respect of group numbers starting with people with families and then Zone 1,2,3 and 4. ( I was also at the boarding area at MX2 at CHS and interestingly, they boarded with the order Zone 4,3,2,1 over there )
- Although you need to pay for a carry-on at Breeze, I didn't see gate agents checking if people have paid for one or not, probably due to the first flight.
- During boarding a bag with a portable fan, a postcard and a mask with a Breeze logo was handed to passengers.
- Media was allowed to film the champagne pop ceremony at the tarmac.
- I have purchased a Nicest fare thus was seated in one of rows 2-5 with extra legroom. The seats are regular Embraer seats that you would find in most airlines. If you're flying in the Nicest cabin, my seat ranking would be Exit-Row>1DF>2AC>Other Seats in terms of legroom.
- Before takeoff, the captain introduced himself at the cabin and a water salute was done after pushing back.
- After takeoff, David Neeleman and his wife made a celebratory announcement at the front of the airplane from the PA and thanked everyone for flying. At that time an airline employee handed Breeze and Embraer logo bag tags.
- The service consisted water, chips and a Kind bar and was free for everyone regardless of their cabin ( Nicer and Nicest ). I am not 100% sure but this should be temporary as people sitting in the Nicer cabin shouldn't have got food according to what is on the Breeze website. No Buy-on-Board offered yet.
- No Wi-Fi, no power outlets, no USB ports, no personal device entertainment, no onboard magazine. No entertainment is offered but this would change when the A220's arrive.
- There were 6 cabin crew onboard, 3 have worked previously for other airlines and 3 were part of the student-cabin crew program of Breeze. They were all friendly and they were trying to interact with passengers, they weren't hiding in the galley.
- Upon landing at CHS, there was a huge bunch of people welcoming us at the terminal and there were government officials where I spotted some private bodyguards and lot of police.
- Some swag were given at the gate at CHS to passengers and David Neeleman made another speech on the spot at the gate.
Conclusion:
*To conclude, I haven't seen anything special that Breeze offers but other US carriers don't.
*They are currently weak in terms of entertainment and their meal service onboard is decent for a 1h-2h flight, although on longer flights ( when they start in the Fall ), I would expect a better service, at least hot food ( microwaved is fine ) for purchase as secondary airports that Breeze flies might not have that many decent food options.
*I might fly them in the future but if AA, AS, UA which I have status benefits is cheaper than MX, I'll still choose them over Breeze.
Photos:
Coming in the next post.
- Stopped at the check-in desk for a souvenir boarding pass: Wasn't charged the $3 desk check-in fee as a courtesy. Breeze Airways ground service is handled by "Delta Ground Services" at TPA, although the employees were wearing Breeze logo uniforms.
- There was a press conference about 08:15 where there was free coffee and muffins. Some local managers and airline executives have gave speeches.
- Security at Concourse C was really efficient in both the TSA Pre and the regular lane with minimal wait. I've heard that some people weren't able to use their TSA Pre but some others were as it required an airline representative manually to enter it to the system.
- There was live music at the gate and about an hour before departure water and first flight exclusive T-shirts were handed.
- 45-50 minutes before departure, media was invited to the aircraft to take photos while empty.
- 35 minutes before departure an orange juice toss was done with the participation of David Neeleman.
- Later on, a cake was given to passengers who wish to have one
- 30 minutes before departure boarding started with the respect of group numbers starting with people with families and then Zone 1,2,3 and 4. ( I was also at the boarding area at MX2 at CHS and interestingly, they boarded with the order Zone 4,3,2,1 over there )
- Although you need to pay for a carry-on at Breeze, I didn't see gate agents checking if people have paid for one or not, probably due to the first flight.
- During boarding a bag with a portable fan, a postcard and a mask with a Breeze logo was handed to passengers.
- Media was allowed to film the champagne pop ceremony at the tarmac.
- I have purchased a Nicest fare thus was seated in one of rows 2-5 with extra legroom. The seats are regular Embraer seats that you would find in most airlines. If you're flying in the Nicest cabin, my seat ranking would be Exit-Row>1DF>2AC>Other Seats in terms of legroom.
- Before takeoff, the captain introduced himself at the cabin and a water salute was done after pushing back.
- After takeoff, David Neeleman and his wife made a celebratory announcement at the front of the airplane from the PA and thanked everyone for flying. At that time an airline employee handed Breeze and Embraer logo bag tags.
- The service consisted water, chips and a Kind bar and was free for everyone regardless of their cabin ( Nicer and Nicest ). I am not 100% sure but this should be temporary as people sitting in the Nicer cabin shouldn't have got food according to what is on the Breeze website. No Buy-on-Board offered yet.
- No Wi-Fi, no power outlets, no USB ports, no personal device entertainment, no onboard magazine. No entertainment is offered but this would change when the A220's arrive.
- There were 6 cabin crew onboard, 3 have worked previously for other airlines and 3 were part of the student-cabin crew program of Breeze. They were all friendly and they were trying to interact with passengers, they weren't hiding in the galley.
- Upon landing at CHS, there was a huge bunch of people welcoming us at the terminal and there were government officials where I spotted some private bodyguards and lot of police.
- Some swag were given at the gate at CHS to passengers and David Neeleman made another speech on the spot at the gate.
Conclusion:
*To conclude, I haven't seen anything special that Breeze offers but other US carriers don't.
*They are currently weak in terms of entertainment and their meal service onboard is decent for a 1h-2h flight, although on longer flights ( when they start in the Fall ), I would expect a better service, at least hot food ( microwaved is fine ) for purchase as secondary airports that Breeze flies might not have that many decent food options.
*I might fly them in the future but if AA, AS, UA which I have status benefits is cheaper than MX, I'll still choose them over Breeze.
Photos:
Coming in the next post.
