Here is a reality check for anyone specifically looking at Breeze for Tampa… you should take a hard look at what we lunched with route wise and what we still have. You will see there has been very minimal growth in tampa overall.
The Ejet base was only two planes and it peaked at 14 CAs. Most of the Ejet flying was transitioned to the A220 with some of it remaining but being flown by other Ejet bases. So there is a little bit of room for new A220 routes for the two planes that will be based there, but as of now, there has been zero new routes announced on the A220 in tampa.
Not only is a large portion of the DEC A220 pilots trying to get TPA, but so will the more senior Ejet pilots who start transitioning to the A220 later this year.
So the reality is, if you are a DEC waiting for a class, expect any base other than TPA for the foreseeable future. If you are applying as an FO, it may be possible.
The company has stated numerous times they need to be able to shift in the market on a moments noticed and the last couple rounds of route announcements show that.
I’m not saying TPA will not grow in size with time, but with current fleet allocations and terminal space constraints, there are no present indications that they are attempting to make it the biggest base anytime soon.