Mixed things up with one of the newest entrants to the cut-throat low-cost carrier scene in the United States. Breeze specializes in connecting smaller cities to major air transport hubs, like most of the legacy carriers did before deregulation and the mushroom-like rise of regional airlines operating under contract for said legacy carriers. Today’s flight will be between sunny Florida and chilly Maine.
Server: Solo
Airline: Breeze Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A220-300
Origin: Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida (MCO)
Destination: Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine (BGR)
Flight Number: MX252
Route: KMCO-KBGR
Seat: 9A (Economy XL)
Time En Route: 3 Hours 8 Minutes
Morning boarding and pushback from Gate 30
Taking off from the former McCoy Air Force Base, headed to another ex-Strategic Air Command B-52 base, which used to be Dow Air Force Base
Cruising past the mouth of the Chesapeake
Near New York City
Initial descent over Worcester, Massachusetts, which is pronounced nothing like how it’s spelled
Making preparations for our final descent into Bangor
Made it to Maine! Even though the B-52s are long gone, there’s still a major tanker presence in the form of the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st ARW, flying the KC-135R Stratotanker.
Eye-to-eye with the A220