Budget airline Avelo to fly deportation flights for ICE from Arizona

[Wicked Blue]

Source: AP

Budget carrier Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly federal deportation flights from Arizona starting in May, according to the company, whose founder acknowledged the decision may be controversial.

Andrew Levy, also CEO of the Houston-based airline, said Avelo is flying for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement agency as part of a “long-term charter program” to support the agency’s deportation efforts. The company decided the move would help with expansion and protect jobs, he said.

“We realize this is a sensitive and complicated topic,” Levy said in a statement.

The domestic and international flights will be supported by three Boeing 737-800 planes and based at Mesa Gateway Airport, Avelo said in a statement.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/avelo-airline-deportation-ice-arizona-463bc3e5c65b002c0cca9976be066df6

[Blues Heron]

1. Maybe they can be the next Tesla

[cbabe]

2. Next hands off rally at Mesa Gateway like the SeaTac rally

https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/04/08/nearly-1000-rally-and-march-in-seatac-demanding-an-end-to-ice-incarcerations-supporting-public-education-student-safety-public-workers

Nearly 1,000 Rally and March in SeaTac Demanding an End to ICE Incarcerations, Supporting Public Education, Student Safety, Public Workers

Megan Christy
Published on:
Apr 07, 2025, 5:09 pm
On a sunny afternoon, nearly 1,000 people gathered beneath the blooming cherry blossoms of Angle Lake Park, carrying signs with messages ranging from "Melt ICE" to "Support Immigrant and Trans Students" to "Power to the Working Class." All had gathered for a rally and march to the Federal Detention Center a little under a mile away, a protest organized as part of the nationwide "Hands Off" mass mobilization effort on Saturday, April 5.

As the range of signs suggested, the march and rally had four key demands: stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and detentions (or "Melt ICE" for short), fund public schools, support immigrant and trans students, and defend public workers and services.


Labor unions and worker activists from across different industries were out in full force at the SeaTac protest. Sponsors included Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS), the Seattle chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), the Seattle Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators (SCORE), Radical Women, and the Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association. Other unions and organizations endorsed and attended the protest, including the Highline Education Association (HEA), IBEW Local 46 Women's Committee, the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition, UFCW 3000, MLK Labor, Legacy of Equality Leadership & Organizing (LELO), and more.

With the placid Angle Lake as a backdrop, rally speakers decried the Trump administration's actions that have had drastic impacts on immigrant rights, public education funding, trans and immigrant student safety, and the accessibility of public services.

"In the Highline School District, the DOE [Department of Education] spends $29.5 million, of which $9 million … goes to feed children," said Jeb Binns, a Highline High School teacher and HEA president, in reference to the Trump administration's plan to dismantle the DOE. "And if we all of a sudden think that feeding children is not something that we should do, then we need to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves."

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[mgardener]

3. I wonder if he does?

Really?

“We realize this is a sensitive and complicated topic,” Levy said in a statement.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

4. Corporate speak for

"We know this is terrible but....money."

[bdamomma]

5. Avelo Airlines

in cahoots with ICE, Rachel just spoke about this on April 10th show. New Haven Connecticut a small airport called Tweed Airport to fly people out of the country. Avelo signed a contract with the regime to do this. Boycott this airline until they stop deporting people out of the country. Please contact your Reps and Senators.

https://www.aveloair.com/

[Bengus81]

6. What happened to the other airline they were using,everyone quit?

Just like that other airline their attendants did NOT sign up for the shit coming their way.

[Skittles]

7. "we realize this is nazi-ish but we need the money"

fucking disgusting

[tonekat]

8. Frequently, they can't land at Tweed

There's a lagoon that produces fog next to the Tweed runway. There's no one in the control tower after a certain hour, it gets controlled from NY. If it's windy they don't land, if it's foggy they don't land.

Usually, they'll circle over L.I. Sound, and eventually go land at Bradley outside Hartford, or Albany, or Binghamton, or somewhere else. The next day you see short "hops" coming back to Tweed with the passengers if the weather is good.

I hate when they fly north to get into the southbound airways, especially when they wake me up. I'm 12 miles north of the airport.

The first time they flew to Chicago, I was watching on ADS-B, and thought I'd go outside and watch it. I thought they were going to trim the trees. No idea what they were thinking that day.