US Carrier Breeze Confirms Buying 20 More Airbus A220 Jets

David Neeleman, founder of Azul SA, attends an event to mark the service launch of its new E2-195 planes with Brazil's No. 3 airline Azul SA in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil on Sept. 12, 2019. Roosevelt Cassio/Reuters

WASHINGTON—Breeze Airways, the new U.S. carrier founded by entrepreneur David Neeleman, on Monday publicly unveiled an order for 20 more Airbus A220–330 aircraft as it looks to operate longer flights, confirming a Reuters report earlier this year.

The order brings Breeze’s total A220 order to 80, making it the family’s second-biggest customer after Delta Air Lines and leapfrogging Neeleman-backed JetBlue.