Two new low-cost airlines have bet on smaller routes in the United States

Americans have been traveling in unseen quantities for more than a year and will soon have two new low-cost airlines.

Both hope to attract passengers by covering smaller routes on the network that spans the United States.

Avelo Airlines He said on Thursday that he will start flying this month to 11 destinations in Burbank, California. The new company plans to add more routes to the western United States as its Boeing 737 fleet grows.

Avelo was launched by a veteran executive of the airline, who believes that there is room for low-cost airlines, along with those that are already on the market.

“There are too few seats offered by low-cost airlines in the United States. That’s why we think the opportunity is huge, “said Andrew Levy, Avelo’s president and CEO. “Passengers really want a cheap way to get from point A to point B.”

Wait to start it Breeze Airways, the new creation of David Neeleman, the executive who helped launch the Canadian WestJet before founding JetBlue and the Brazilian airline Azul.

Breeze intends to fly to “neglected, forgotten” destinations, including many that have been abandoned by major airlines. Breeze is conducting test flights for the Federal Aviation Administration and may announce details of its routes and prices next week and may begin passenger transportation in May.

Plans for the two airlines began before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, but both will begin as Americans try to resume their travels after more than a year of blockages. More than 1 million Americans have flown every day in the past month and the number is expected to rise in the summer.

The last new airline in the United States was Virgin America, which began flying in 2007 and disappeared after being acquired by Alaska Airlines for $ 2.6 billion in 2016.

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Levy is a former executive of Allegiant Air and United Airlines who has finally realized a year-long dream of launching his own airline.

Avelo’s strategy comes directly from the low-cost airline’s manual originally written by Southwest in the 1970s and copied by others, including Allegiant. Part a the strategy is to limit it to secondary airports, which have lower costs and less congestionAs the planes land, they take on new passengers and take off quickly, spending more time in the air and less time on the ground.

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However, Breeze did not detail where the operations will begin suggested it would be in the southeastern United States, including Florida, a popular destination for leisure travelers. Neeleman says it’s the right time.

“Pleasure traffic is crazy right now. Many people have been vaccinated and the youngest and healthiest people are not afraid to travel, “Neeleman said in an interview. “There is a very high demand, probably higher than the number of seats available.”