The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021. "When you have Goliaths, and you're just David, it's really hard," said Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy. David Neeleman, founder and CEO of Breeze Airways, before boarding the airline's inaugural flight at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, on May 27, 2021. A Breeze Airways airplane on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, on May 27, 2021. Operational costsOffering low airfares has made industry-wide cost increases all the more daunting for Avelo and Breeze.

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