Airlines
DOT Clears Neeleman’s Breeze Airways for Launch
Breeze Airways will begin service by the middle of the year flying Embraer E-Jets.
Breeze Airways took delivery of its first leased Embraer E190 in early February. (Photo: Breeze Airways)
Breeze Airways took delivery of its first leased Embraer E190 in early February. (Photo: Breeze Airways)

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday cleared David Neeleman's latest airline venture, Breeze Airways, to launch operations with up to 22 large aircraft. The Salt Lake City-based company has already taken delivery of its first of 15 Embraer E190s leased from Nordic Aviation Capital and a pair of E195s subleased from another Neeleman-established airline, Brazil’s Azul. A revised agreement with Airbus called for first delivery of an order for 60 Airbus A220-300s this August.