How Breeze Airways Makes Money On Routes With Just 10 Passengers Per Day Each Way

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Launching 19 new and returning routes in just 72 hours would be an ambitious move for any airline. Yet for Breeze Airways, the expansion is less solely about adding destinations and more about validating a business model that many once questioned. Between July 1 and July 3, the airline expanded its network with routes connecting smaller US cities, pushing its July schedule to approximately 266 daily departures, about 44% more than in the same month a year earlier. Underpinning that growth is CEO David Neeleman’s belief that Breeze can profitably serve markets generating as few as 10 passengers per day each way (PPPD).

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