Avelo Airlines reduces capacity while shifting focus among US destinations

Since September last year, Avelo has cut service at eleven airports: Boise (last flight April), Chicago Midway (January), Colorado Springs (September), Destin-Fort Walton Beach (August), Kalispell (August), Las Vegas (August), Palm Springs (June), St Louis (January), Salem (August), Santa Rosa (August), and Savannah (January).

At the same time, nine new destinations have been added: Chicago O’Hare replaced Midway in May; Dallas/Fort Worth began in March; Detroit started in April; Grand Rapids commenced in May; Hartford launched last November; Jacksonville began this February; Long Island was added in May; Montego Bay started scheduled flights last November; and Punta Cana began scheduled service this February.

Among the airports that continue to be served since last September—32 out of the current network—capacity has grown by about 3% overall. However, Avelo’s offering has decreased at more than half of these locations, with a collective drop of nearly a third across those affected facilities. Significant reductions occurred at Burbank, Greenville-Spartanburg, Orlando International, Redmond, and Tweed New Haven airports.

Orlando International saw its seat count drop by more than a quarter from last year due primarily to reduced flight frequencies rather than route cuts—a change partly attributed to Avelo's new presence at Lakeland airport.

Some airports experienced notable growth: Nashville saw almost five times more seats offered than a year ago after increasing from one route to five. Its total now stands at around 20,300 seats for September but still represents less than one percent of Nashville’s domestic air travel market. Other airports with strong increases include Lakeland, Rochester, Wilmington (Delaware), and Wilmington (North Carolina).

Tweed New Haven Airport remains Avelo’s largest base by capacity with about 112,000 seats for sale next month—a decrease of roughly twelve percent from last September—but still over three times greater than its second-largest operation at Wilmington in North Carolina.

From Tweed New Haven next month Avelo will fly twelve routes—one fewer than last year—with dropped service including Chicago Midway, Destin-Fort Walton Beach, St Louis, San Juan (returning October) and Savannah. Four new links were added: Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit and Jacksonville. In several cases Avelo competes directly against Breeze on key routes.