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irisblue

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1. Suffer Andrew Levy Chair& CEO, your Faustian bargan with ICE is costing you.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 06:57 AM
Tuesday

Source-https://ktla.com/news/california/avelo-departing-los-angeles-burbank
title- Low-budget airline shutting down entire West Coast operations
Travis Schlepp reporter


snip-"On Monday, CEO Andrew Levy confirmed that Avelo would be reducing its number of planes flying out of Los Angeles County to one by mid-August, before shutting the base down entirely on Dec. 2, 2025. That closure will coincide with Avelo ceasing all West Coast operations, company officials confirmed.

Levy described the decision as a difficult one, adding that there’s no singular reason for Avelo ceasing operations with one of its longest airport partners." [ edit mine]

snip-"In addition to flying ticket-purchasing passengers out of Los Angeles County, Avelo also received backlash and calls for boycott after it was announced the airline had partnered with the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide charter flights to assist with its deportation efforts. Those flights were specifically operated out of the Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona, but a push for a company boycott was widespread on social media."

snip-"A spokesperson for the company denied that the decision was related to its charter program in Arizona, and said the company had invested “significant time, resources and efforts,” that have not produced “results necessary” to continue its West Coast presence."



more there.

Working for ICE isn't bring you in enough blood money huh?

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