Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE

Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE

Avelo Airlines got a warm welcome from travelers and politicians in Connecticut when the budget carrier brought nonstop flights to Tweed New Haven Airport.But that reception has turned chilly after Avelo announced a contract to begin operating deportation flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) starting next month. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the New Haven, Conn., airport this month to denounce the move.“To the pre…

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Rachel Maddow on budget airline Avelo facing backlash after it agreed to help the Trump administration carry out deportation flights.

What's Up with Avelo and Deportation Flights?

Avelo leaders say they ran similar charter operations for the Biden administration. The post What’s Up with Avelo and Deportation Flights? appeared first on LkldNow.

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• ICE Air in Eugene? Startup budget airline Avelo started flying out of Eugene Airport in 2021 with nonstop flights to Hollywood Burbank Airport. Now in 2025, Avelo Airlines has agreed to “dedicate three of its 20 planes to carrying out deportation flights as part of the charter network known as ICE Air.” Former Eugenean and current PNW-based ProPublica journalist McKenzie Funk reports that Connecticut’s attorney general sent two warnings in a m…

US’s Avelo Airlines looking to raise up to $100mn

Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) has hired American investment bank Jefferies Group LLC to help it raise up to USD100 million, according to a report from The Airline Observer. The report states that USD50 million will be used for growth, the rest to improve the company’s finances, including reducing its leverage. Chief executive Andrew Levy said that Avelo could be looking at raising the money in two separate tranches. The first would be for short-t…

Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE - TPR: The Public's Radio

Facing financial headwinds, budget carrier Avelo Airlines struck a deal to operate deportation flights for ICE. Now it's dealing with angry customers and politicians at its hub in Connecticut.