Summary: <br> Is the US market ready for another commercial airline? Serial aviation founder David Neeleman is <a href="https://crankyflier.com/2020/02/07/david-neelemans-new-airline-is-officially-called-breeze-heres-everything-he-told-me-about-it-across-the-aisle/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ready to give it another go</a>, and <a href="https://paxex.aero/2020/02/what-we-learned-about-breeze-in-this-weeks-dot-filing/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Breeze hopes to fly later this year</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this week's show:<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="http://aa.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">American Airlines</a> and GOL teamed up on codeshares, <a href="https://paxex.aero/2020/02/american-airlines-gol-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">helping to restore AA's Brazilian coverage</a>. But does it matter that much?* <a href="http://united.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">United Airlines</a> <a href="https://hub.united.com/2020-02-05-united-airlines-to-become-only-major-u-s-carrier-to-own-and-operate-a-flight-training-academy-focused-on-training-and-developing-aspiring-pilots-2645042553.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bought a pilot training school</a>.* Cape Air wants to fly seaplanes to NYC* The jet stream delivered some <a href="https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1226395432252780544" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">crazy quick flights from NYC to London</a> last week and <a href="https://twitter.com/VirginAtlantic/status/1226629027852701696" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">some stellar snark</a> to go with.* Air Italy is liquidating its operations. Turns out running a profitably airline in Italy is very hard.* Korean LCC Jeju is grounding 20 of 45 planes owing to the drop in China traffic<br> <br> <br> <br> And lots, lots more. We went off the planned topic list early and often this week. Maybe because we recorded on an election day.<br> <br> <br> <br> Hope you enjoy the show!<br>
