Overview

• Avelo will exit Sonoma County Airport effective August 11, ending its last five flights from that regional hub.
• On August 12, it will reduce its Hollywood Burbank base from two aircraft to one before closing it entirely on December 2.
• The airline plans to redeploy its Boeing 737 fleet to more lucrative East Coast hubs in Delaware, North Carolina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Florida.
• CEO Andrew Levy says poor financial returns in crowded West Coast markets drove the pullback instead of protests over its DHS deportation charter.
• The budget carrier began ICE deportation flights from Mesa Gateway Airport in May, prompting protests and flight crew safety warnings that the airline says did not influence its decision.