Avelo plans US East Coast expansion with New Haven base

Recently launched US start-up Avelo Airlines will expand to the US East Coast this year with flights from Tweed New Haven airport in Connecticut. Avelo will also open a crew base at Tweed, which has struggled to retain air service in recent years despite being located within the populous New York metropolitan area. The airline, which began operations on 28 April with flights from Burbank, California, will begin flying from Tweed in the third quarter, using Boeing 737-700s, it says on 6 May. Avelo has not disclosed which routes it will serve from New Haven. The airline also agreed to invest $1.2m to help “upgrade and modernise facilities and operations” at Tweed. Those funds are part of a $100m improvement project underway at Tweed that includes construction of a new terminal and a runway extension. Avelo intends to base more than 100 staff at Tweed, including pilots, flight attendants, customer support staff and technicians.<br/>