Avelo Airlines begins flights from Arizona to Guatemala

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Avelo Airlines begins flights from Arizona to Guatemala

Avelo Airlines announced this week new nonstop service from New Haven to Maine. What it didn’t announce were new flights from Arizona to Guatemala, to facilitate the Trump administration’s removal of migrants. Avelo Airlines first sparked outrage in early April when the airline announced a new position for a full-time flight attendant, to be based out of Mesa, Arizona. The posting came with a disclaimer that the job ​“is for a charter program fo…