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US's Avelo Airlines to open Raleigh/Durham base in mid-1Q23

Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) will open a new crew base at Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, next February to launch new nonstop services to six Florida cities, significantly expanding air access to the so-called Research Triangle in the Piedmont region anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham.

In a statement, Avelo Airlines said it would open the fifth base on February 16, 2023, with one B737, adding a second later in the quarter. Over the next two years, it plans to deploy five to seven aircraft to Raleigh/Durham. The airline operates a leased fleet of six B737-700s and five B737-800s, ch-aviation fleets advanced data reveals. The budget carrier also has crew bases in Burbank, New Haven, Orlando International, and, from early February, Wilmington, DE.

Starting on February 2, 2023, Avelo Airlines will launch flights from Raleigh/Durham to Fort Lauderdale International, Fort Myers Southwest Florida, Orlando International, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tampa International, and West Palm Beach International. It will be the only airline serving Fort Myers,...

US's Avelo Airlines to open Wilmington, DE base

Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) has announced plans to launch its fourth base - at Wilmington, DE - with five routes to Florida operated by a single B737-800.

The low-cost carrier will connect the Delawarean city with Orlando International (3x weekly), Fort Lauderdale International, Fort Myers Southwest Florida, Tampa International, and West Palm Beach International (2x weekly each), the ch-aviation schedules module shows. The base is scheduled to open on February 1, 2023.

Avelo said it hoped to serve not just Delaware, but also south-eastern Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia metro area (Philadelphia International being just 38 kilometres away from Delaware airport), South Jersey, and the northern part of Maryland. The carrier will become the only commercial scheduled operator at Wilmington, DE, following Frontier Airlines' exit earlier this year, and as such, also the first airline with a crew base in the city. No other airport in Delaware has scheduled services.

Avelo Airlines currently operates six B737-700s and five -800s, the ch-aviation fleets...

US's Avelo Airlines to open Fort Myers, FL base in 4Q22

Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) accelerates its expansion across the United States with the opening of a base at Fort Myers Southwest Florida; its second in Florida and its fourth overall behind Burbank, New Haven, and Orlando International.

Beginning in November, Avelo will base one of its B737s at Fort Myers. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the fleet numbers five B737-800s and six B737-700s. Only two of its B737-800s are owned, the rest of the fleet is leased from Castlelake, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, GECAS, and Genesis Aircraft Services respectively, ch-aviation fleets advanced data shows.

The airline expects to increase its fleet to 14 aircraft by the end of 2022 and to16 by the second quarter of 2023, according to a company statement.

Avelo Airlines currently operates flights several days per week between Fort Myers and New Haven. Beginning November 10, it will serve four additional destinations from Fort Myers: Raleigh/Durham in North Carolina; Binghamton in New York; and...

US's Avelo Airlines to open Orlando base

Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) has named Orlando International as its third base of operations, as well as five new US East Coast routes, and a new integrated flight crew training programme as the budget carrier prepares for continued growth in its second year of operation.

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Levy, in a statement, said the new base would open in June, joining the West Coast base in Burbank north of Los Angeles and the East Coast base in New Haven, Connecticut.

Over the 2022 summer, Avelo will initially take delivery of and base two B737-800s at Orlando, the airline confirmed to ch-aviation. It expects to base additional B737NGs in Orlando in the third and fourth quarters. The company said that the fleet would grow to at least fifteen B737NGs by the end of 2022.

The carrier aims to serve at least ten non-stop destinations from Orlando by the end of 2022, including New Haven, which it already serves daily nonstop.

This summer, Avelo will...

Editorial Comment: Updated with confirmation that Avelo initially will base two B737-800s at Orlando International. - 06.05.2022 - 06:26 UTC