<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - COVID travel: CDC says fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Breeze Airways, a new budget airline from the founder of JetBlue, will take off on May 27 with flights concentrated in the southeastern U.S.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The airline, whose launch was delayed by the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/coronavirus/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">coronavirus pandemic</a> that devastated travel, initially plans to offer flights to and from four airports: Tampa, Florida; Charleston, South Carolina; New Orleans; and Norfolk, Virginia.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The first flights, beginning in late May in time for Memorial Day travel are Tampa-Charleston; Tampa-Louisville, Kentucky; Charleston-Hartford, Connecticut; Charleston-Tampa, and Charleston-Louisville.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Additional flights will be added in June and July, giving Breeze 39 nonstop routes between 16 cities as far east as Providence, Rhode Island, and as far west as San Antonio, Texas, this summer.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Tickets go on sale today on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.flybreeze.com/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">airline's website</a> and start at $39 each way on all routes. They are introductory fares, and the cheapest seats will be limited, especially given the rebound in travel and Breeze's limited flight schedule. The airline is not offering daily service on any routes, with four times a week the highest frequency.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">Breeze is the second US airline to start during the pandemic </h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Breeze will be the second U.S. airline to launch this year, joining <a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/airline-news/2021/04/28/avelo-airlines-fleet-routes-fares-bag-fees-burbank-flights/4873472001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Avelo Airlines</a>, which debuted in late April.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Breeze CEO David Neeleman,who ran airlines in South America after being ousted as JetBlue CEO more than a decade ago, said there is an untapped market in the U.S .for nonstop flights between small cities. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/05/21/breeze-airways-fares-fleet-routes-tampa-charleston-new-orleans-norfolk/7411802002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
