US EditionBudget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations
- Avelo Airlines, a Houston-based budget carrier, began federal deportation flights on Monday from Mesa Gateway Airport near Phoenix, Arizona.
- This development comes after Avelo reached a deal in April with the Department of Homeland Security, coinciding with Congressional discussions on legislation aimed at financing the deportation of one million immigrants annually and increasing the number of ICE officers by 10,000.
- Avelo operates as a sub-carrier under New Mexico-based air broker CSI Aviation, which contracts with two other carriers responsible for most ICE deportation flights, totaling nearly 8,000 in the past year.
- The deportation flights provoked protests and a boycott petition, with flight attendants’ union citing evacuation safety concerns due to handcuffed deportees, and community leaders calling the business decision contrary to New Haven's values.
- Avelo's CEO Andrew Levy acknowledged the topic's sensitivity and said the ICE contract would help the company expand, while declining to disclose financial details as a private airline.
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Budget airline begins deportation flights
Avelo Airlines, a budget carrier, began deportation flights from Arizona on Monday under contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Flights departed from the Mesa Gateway Airport outside Phoenix, according to The Associated Press, which added that the company will use three Boeing 737-800s for the removals. “Having a portion of our company dedicated to charter flying, without exposure to fluctuating fuel prices or risk from macro…
Avelo Airlines begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations
Avelo Airlines, a budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities, began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona. The move has inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants. Avelo Airlines announced in April it had signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to make charter deportation flights from Mesa Gateway Airport outside Phoenix. It said it…
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Budget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations
A U.S. budget airline has begun making deportation flights out of an Arizona airport, an unusual and controversial move for a company that depends heavily on its consumer brand.
Over 100 at Tweed protest Avelo's deportation flight
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — More than 100 people gathered with signs and bullhorns in front of Tweed New Haven Airport to protest the deportation flights by Avelo Airlines. And while those flights are not arriving or departing from Tweed, protesters were looking to send a message to the owners of the airline, which is being paid by the federal government to fly some immigrants out of the country. New Haven protestors rally against Avelo depor…
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